Life in the Knife

On the afternoon of April 30, 2011 I interviewed Joe Handley the Liberal Party candidate for the Western Arctic (aka. the Northwest Territories). I sat down with Mr. Handley at the Liberal campaign headquarters in Yellowknife to discuss matters important to Northerners. Specifically, I asked Mr. Handley questions I have [...]

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On April 30, 2011 I interviewed Eli Purchase the NWT Green Party Candidate for the Western Arctic riding (aka. the Northwest Territories). I asked Mr. Purchase a few questions relevant to my family, friends, colleagues and fellow residents of the NWT. My questions, some provided by people I know, included [...]

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The Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Jack Layton, visited Yellowknife today for a Meet and Greet breakfast that was hosted by the Western Arctic NDP candidate Dennis Bevington who is seeking re-election. The event was held at the cozy NDP campaign headquarters in downtown Yellowknife to [...]

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On the evenings of March 29th and 30th the Yellowknife Choral Society’s Aurora Chorealis Choir performed Brahms’ German Requiem to a packed house at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre in Yellowknife. Both musical evenings were filled with powerful vocals, smooth solos and even an accompaniment of dual pianists on [...]

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It is federal election time again and the national party leaders are making their way about the country. Today, it was the Leader of Liberal Party of Canada, Michael Ignatieff and his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar, who visited Yellowknife to support his Western Arctic candidate Joe Handley. The event, [...]

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This weekend I traveled up the Winter Ice Roads made famous by the popular television series the Ice Road Truckers with my friends Troy and Josh. Our winter ice road adventure was visually stunning (see photos below), awe inspiring and fascinating. In other words, it was an [...]

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In the Northwest Territories of Canada there are a number of ice roads (aka. ice bridges) that offer land transportation options during winter, opportunities for all kinds of sports and recreation and road access to diamond mines and remote communities not accessible during the summer months. On the edge of Great [...]

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(March 13, 2011) – It was the perfect weekend for visiting the annual 31 day long Snowking XVI Winter Festival in Yellowknife. This is the 16th year that the Ice Castle has been built out on the thick ice of Great Slave Lake and inside and outside of its frozen [...]

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On December 10 and December 11, 2010 the Yellowknife Choral Society held its annual winter concert Simple Gifts at the Legislature of the Government of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife. The concert was directed by Margo Nightingale and the musical entertainment was provided by the Aurora Chorealis, the Fireweed Children’s Chorus, pianist’s Shannon Morgan & Jackie Boersma and individual performances from choir members. [...]

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On November 10th through November 11th, 2010 – the Yellowknife Choral Society held the concert Triumph of the Spirit, featuring the Aurora Chorealis choir, at  St. Patrick’s Church in Yellowknife. The concert was both physically chilling and emotionally uplifting, which was, without a doubt, the effect the concert’s two directors, Margo Nightingale and Shad Turner, had intended to achieve.

Triumph [...]

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The summer of 2010 was an unusually rainy one for the Northwest Territories of Canada and it put the breaks on most of my (serious) mountain biking and hiking ambitions. But on August 22 something was different. The morning sky was dull and the air felt cool but I could [...]

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The early morning of September 14, 2010 (12:35 am to 1:16 am) was one of the most spectacular displays of Aurora Borealis (a.k.a. northern lights) that I have seen above Yellowknife this year. And thankfully I did not have to leave the comfort of my own backyard for it.  Every [...]

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After a few days of the slow-mo life on Big Island we spontaneously island hopped to Maui (via Hawaiian Airlines) for what became the second part of our Escape to Hawaii. We were immediately greeted by a different kind of Hawaiian spirit. Whereas the Big Island was quiet, laid [...]

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When one needs to escape the north… one looks for the sun. The summer of 2010 was no exception – and Hawaii was the destination. Our journey began on the Big Island of Hawaii (otherwise officially known as the Island of Hawai’i)… It is the island that can fit [...]

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(This story and photos by Maxim Bludov) – Yes, Yes, I know it sound silly, but fishing for White fish in 3 feet of water closely resembles Bone fishing in the South Pacific or Bahamas. Lake White fish has been a staple of the Canadian Northern waters for generations. Some people [...]

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On June 22, 2010 between 10:55 am and 12:55 pm our two little robin chicks fledged! For the past two weeks we have been host to a little family of American Robins nesting underneath our deck in Yellowknife. We stopped all backyard activities so that we could give them [...]

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