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Flying to Extremes: Memories of a Northern Bush Pilot by Dominique Prinet records Prinet’s experience as a bush pilot in Yellowknife in the late 1960s. Now, I’m just going to be up front with you and say I’ve always considered the Northern landscape to be peaceful and predictable — water, trees, rocks, more water. The winter is even easier — snow, trees, snow, snow. This book proved me wrong.

… His lonely home was way up high in the humid Italian mountains …

This is an open letter to the Premier and MLAs of the NWT, the mayor and councillors of the town of Hay River, the people of Hay River and the people of the NWT who continue to face housing shortages. It has been two years now since the fire at the Mackenzie High Rise in Hay River, NWT and as the owner of the property, I would like to update the community as to the status, and the likelihood of the successful reopening of this housing asset.

A growing trend we’ve seen in all sectors in the North and across Canada is the response that pops up whenever employers face scrutiny over shortfalls in program delivery, reduced access to services, and stressful workplace environments: staff shortage.

Northerners know, perhaps more than anyone, solving Northern problems takes Northern knowledge.

It’s been a long road coping with COVID-19, which has impacted nearly every aspect of life across the globe.

ᐊᖅᑯᑎᑯᑖᖑᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ, ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓇᐅᒃᑯᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᑲᓴᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ.

Yellowknife real estate investor Robert Warburton said the depressing part out loud.

Someone should write an Ode to Pilot Biscuits and build a 20-metre-tall replica of one, to put on display. A monument to Canada’s history. Besides these biscuits have saved more then a few people from starvation. And as one bush rat once said in jest, ‘tis true because you have to be starving to eat them.