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January 26, 2012

My NWT: Soaring with Ted Grant

Longtime bush pilot Ted Grant, president of charter and flightseeing company Simpson Air (www.simpsonair.ca), comes by his bush pilot genes honestly. His grandfather’s first cousin was legendary...

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January 26, 2012

Spectacular landscapes featured on CBC’s new TV series “Arctic Air” are giving people a craving for a Bird’s-eye view of the NWT

For those of you who haven’t seen it, “Arctic Air” is a TV series about a maverick airline based in the city of Yellowknife, NWT which airs on CBC. Three episodes have aired to date, and people are a...

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November 30, 2011

MY NWT: Unexpected. Unforgettable in Fort Smith

Fort Smith Mayor Janie Hobart’s face lights up as she talks about participating in the swimming competition when her community hosted the NWT Seniors Games last summer. “I was finally old enough to...

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September 14, 2011

My NWT: Hotel to the Royals

The guests were lined up in the lobby of Yellowknife’s Explorer Hotel (www.explorerhotel.ca), waiting expectantly for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to arrive. General manager Douglas Pears stood...

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September 14, 2011

Royal Moments in the NWT

Chef Frankie Parker was nervous about cooking for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in July at Blachford Lake Lodge. But she relaxed as soon as she arrived on what has been dubbed Honeymoon Island a...

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Did you know?

Salt Plains

The Salt Plains, extending over 200 square kilometres, are extremely rare, and one of the reasons Wood Buffalo Park was declared a World Heritage Site. Salt bubbles up in springs across the plains, in some places forming mounds up to two metres high. In spring the salt is dispersed across the landscape forming white patterns on the land... Read more »