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Northwest Territories judo team aims high at Canada Winter Games

Garrett Hinchey, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 15:35
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It’s rare for a territory to medal at the Canada Winter Games. Rarer still is when an athlete enters the

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Young players play to win at hand games tournament in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 16:11
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The crowd roars as Jay Masuzumi flashes a grin and waves his fingers to show his empty palm. Once again,

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Why a remote wilderness lodge in Alaska became a magnet for mushers

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019 at 16:06
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Along one of the most remote stretches of the Alaska’s road system is a wilderness lodge that’s become thoroughly popular

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Northern speed skaters set records, personal bests at Canada Winter Games

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 11:17 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 13:50
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A 15-year-old speed skater from Yellowknife placed eighth in the 1500m short track event at the Canada Winter Games in

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut caps ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ week with historic win at Canada Winter Games

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 09:54
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Nunavut’s boys hockey team won its first ever game at the Canada Winter Games, in Red Deer, Alberta (Prairies) on

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Yukon Quest mushers recount hairy times on stormy mountain pass

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 15:30
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Whitehorse, Yukon musher Rob Cooke is being lauded for helping guide some fellow Yukon Quest mushers safely over a stormy

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Hundreds of northern athletes descend on Alberta for Canada Winter Games

Garrett Hinchey, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 13:36
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Some of the North’s best and brightest young athletes will be in action over the next two weeks in Red

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

France’s Thierry Corbarieu wins Yukon Arctic Ultra race in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 14:56 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 13:34
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After nine days and nearly 700 kilometres, France’s Thierry Corbarieu has won the 2019 Yukon Arctic Ultra. Corbarieu arrived at

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Alaska’s Brent Sass wins Yukon Quest sled dog race

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 10:50
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Alaskan musher Brent Sass has claimed victory in the Yukon Quest, four years after he last won the grueling, 1,600-kilometre

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Ice fishing World Championships latest in Finnish series of odd sports events

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 13:34
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In Sami and Tanja Niemimuukko’s field in the countryside near Lappeenranta (southern Finland) close to the Russia border lies the

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Northwestern Canada: Hallucinations in a ‘frozen paradise’ at Yukon Arctic Ultra

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 14:46
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The Yukon Arctic Ultra has reached the stage where competitors are seeing things that aren’t there. “Last night was terrible.

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canada: 2022 Arctic Winter Games to be hosted in northern Alberta

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 15:53
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The 2022 Arctic Winter Games will be hosted by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, in northern Alberta (Canadian Prairies).

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Eighteen competitors drop out of Yukon Arctic Ultra in northwestern Canada

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 15:56
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Eighteen competitors have now scratched from the Yukon Arctic Ultra, in northwestern Canada. Some racers went voluntarily as a preventative

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Northern Canada: Yukon Arctic Ultra race is a ‘spiritual’ journey, says competitor

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 12:10
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The Yukon Arctic Ultra began Sunday to some applause muffled by mittens. A small crowd gathered in Whitehorse, northwestern Canada,

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon Arctic Ultra competitors wary of cold-weather risks

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 15:14
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The temperature in Whitehorse, Yukon has dipped, just as competitors are doing final preparations for the Yukon Arctic Ultra this

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