I have been extemely diligent this year in making sure that the snow is cleared from my walks as soon as I can. There have been evenings when I have shoveled the walks after work and with the snow still falling, swept them while taking the dogs out before bed. I am in the best [...]

I did a post a couple of weeks ago about how some pedestrians in Yellowknife really annoy me   ok, piss me off. So, while I can bash those who are not in my good books, I should commend those who are.
I was out the other day after work diligently clearing snow from the front walks. [...]

While I was taking my sabbatical from posting I made a list of things to write about. I was going to wait until later in the week to do this however I happened across a problem today that was on my list.
To the people of Yellowknife: the red hand (or man) at the cross walks means [...]

Busy Ice Road
Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs
The weather today and where our kids live dictated that I do a post. The weather is strange and it is good to be able to laugh at other areas once in a while.
Today in Yellowknife it is a very sunny -8° (at noon) while in Edmonton and Red Deer [...]

Pet Peeves are something we all have. This past week has been a bad one for a couple of mine.
Pet Peeve is defined on Wikipedia as a minor annoyance that can instill great frustration in an individual. The word detective gives us some information on the origin of the phrase:
A “peeve” is something [...]

Everyone has different ways of spending their Easter Sunday. Some spend it with their kids hunting for Easter Eggs. Some spend their time in church doing whatever it is you do in church. Some get together with families to have a big feast. How did I spend my Easter? I spent it with my brother [...]

Are all Department of Motor Vehicles as difficult as the GNWT’s. I have never had such problems.
Let me explain. I went into the DMV this morning to renew my driver’s license. It had expired on my birthday on the 16th of February. Now, to begin with the NWT is a little slow in the [...]

I don’t follow things like eclipses closely so when I saw the event posted on Facebook, I decided to accept the invitation. What was the event? It was an invitation to view a lunar eclipse. All I had to do was show up outside on Wednesday, February 20th between 7:00pm and 9:00pm.
According to astronomers [...]

Global warming is a topic that fills the news these days. While discussions on the topic fill political arenas everywhere, we are in the midst of one of the coldest spells in many years. Over the last 2 weeks we have seen temperatures as cold as -49° C and wind chills as cold as -55° [...]

Having lived the last 18 years in the north, the 1½ years in Yellowknife has shown me something interesting. Something many people don’t see or just don’t pay attention to.
During the dark periods in Inuvik it was dark. Even when it is cloudy the sky is still dark. The town isn’t really big enough [...]