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Get your votes in!
If you haven't already cast your votes for the Nunies (Best Blog; Best New Blog; and Best Post) do so now. Polls close in mere hours. Some of the races are awfully close so you might be the difference. The polls are just below this post. And here are the nice shiny badges that the…
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Home Stretch
There is a little more than a day left to vote for your favourite blogs in the Nunies. Here then are the polls once again: Best Blog The nominees for Best Blog are (in random order): Townie BastardTales from the ArcticThe north is my snowcone…Port Town GhostsJen of Nunavut Vote: Vote for Best Blog (…
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Dooced
Dooced: To lose one's job because of one's blog or website. There's apparently trouble in the Nunavut Blogosphere. Right when everything should be at a high point, when we are almost at the stage of chosing winners in the Nunies – The Nunavut blogging Awards, comes word that a couple of our better bloggers are…
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10… 9… 8…
If all goes well, Travis and I will soon be able to launch a rocket into the cold skies above Arctic Bay. Last week the rocket kit, and launch pad kit arrived and we put it together yesterday. We are awaiting some engines (traveling separately as Dangerous Goods), and a nice day without much wind.…
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No Fear
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Venus as our twilight grows
If you're looking for the polls for the Nunies they're slipping a little farther down the page. Best Blog here; Best New Blog here; and Best Post here. If they get too far down there I'll bring them back to the top. Our sky grows steadily lighter during the day now. Every day makes a…
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Slower than molasses in January
When I first stumbled on to the story of the 1919 Boston Molasses Flood I swore it was a joke. I mean surely a story about a wave of molasses travelling down streets, engulfing people, and animals couldn't be true. And in January! For crumb sakes, someone had to make that up. But no, ninety…
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Our Story – Aboriginal writing challenge
The Dominion Institute, an organization whose mission is "to build active and informed citizens through greater knowledge and appreciation of the Canadian story", has many projects that seek to build on pride in our stories, our history, and our accomplishments. One of the those projects, Our Story, seeks to engage aboriginal youth in writing about…
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Voting opens for the Nunies – Best Blog
UPDATE: I apparently forgot to let you know that voting closes at 11:59 pm on the 20th of January, 2009. Winners will be announced shortly after. For some reason I had to split this into three posts but without further ado, here are the polls for the Nunies. Please take a moment to visit each…
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Voting opens for the Nunies – Best New Blog
Best New Blog The nominees for Best New Blog are (in random order): The Blog Bog of the TundraQanuippitArctic DispatchesWorking MemoryCindy, Matt & Our Furry Friends Vote: Vote for Best New Blog ( polls)
