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“The Manitoba Cree are rediscovering their connection with York Factory, which for 273 years has stood within their traditional homeland. Yet despite the significant place in Canadian history that York holds, southern Canadians with direct cultural linkages to it remain disinterested and removed. Unlike the Cree, they’ve left York Factory to the ghosts.”

Margo Pfeiff, “The Pilgrimage Back to York”
October 2010

Sydney Morning Herald News

“Watching dog-sled teams getting ready to run is a bit like observing a cocktail party sped up into comical fast forward. Frisky females flirt and compete for attention. Alpha males preen and strut. Lesser males scuffle and show off in front of potential girlfriends and older females hold the whole show together by being more sensible than the rest.” [READ FULL ARTICLE]

Ben Cubby, “Where the Fur Flies”
August 28, 2010

Up!

“Walking at night in the Exchange District, once a fool-hardy endeavour, now feels like early 1990s Seattle….studios, coffee houses and boutiques are opening with surreal fervour, run by young pioneers lured by the city’s reasonable rent and the gritty artistic palate.” [READ FULL ARTICLE]

Bruce Ramsay, “Social Networking in Winnipeg“
August 2010

Daily Telegraph

“The bear scanned the horizon, somehow aware that more than just the sub-Arctic wind was intruding into its afternoon repose. For a fleeting moment, seared forever on my mind, its gaze fell on three puny human forms, motionless on the tidal flat grass.” [READ FULL ARTICLE]

Jolyon Attwooll, “Trailing the World’s Largest Land Carnivore”
April 17, 2010

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