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Oct 25, 2024 | 
uphere.ca | Randy Freeman |Alanna Mitchell
Edmonton newspapers hoped James Balsillie would be a Rip Van Winkle of the North. Better luck next time. A murre colony on Nunavut’s Coats Island has a lot to say about the future of animals and plants in the North—and elsewhere. As the Eskimofo, Dez Loreen is Finding his mojo, one body slam at a time.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
uphere.ca | Randy Freeman |Alanna Mitchell
Deztro the Eskimofo emerges from behind a curtain to a chorus of boos and jeers. A group of kids meet him, flashing L-shaped hand gestures and pointing their thumbs down. One boy hands him a folded-up note. It reads, “You suck!” Deztro chuckles and makes his way to the ring. The self-proclaimed “King of the North” has cultivated this twisted fandom for years. This is a big night for the Eskimofo, known by day as Dez Loreen, the face of CBC North in the NWT’s Beaufort-Delta region.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Alanna Mitchell
Despite the zoo’s focus on these reproductive techniques, DeJong would prefer not to have to use them. He’d rather think of them as an insurance policy than as a necessity. “Noah built the ark before the rain, right? When it comes to conservation, it’s raining. It’s changing. And we need more than one ark. We need a lot of them,” he says.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
indiginews.com | Alanna Mitchell
This story was originally printed in Canadian Geographic and appears here with permission and minor stylistic edits. One summer, when the theatre artist Floyd Favel was in his early 20s, he went to a Sun Dance ceremony in the Qu’Appelle Valley of southern “Saskatchewan.” An Assiniboine Elder from “Montana” spotted him and gestured for him to come over. Intrigued, Favel did. The Elder made more gestures with his hands. Favel was astounded.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Alanna Mitchell |David Stobbe
One summer, when the theatre artist Floyd Favel was in his early 20s, he went to a Sun Dance ceremony in the Qu’Appelle Valley of southern Saskatchewan. An Assiniboine Elder from Montana spotted him and gestured for him to come over. Intrigued, Favel did. The Elder made more gestures with his hands. Favel was astounded.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
knightcrier.org | Alanna Mitchell
Is your playlist becoming repetitive? Are you getting bored of the same music over and over again? Well, you’re in luck because there are so many new albums to discover, varying in all different genres and moods. Here are my favorites and my top five albums that I recommend to you. 5. Who Really Cares- TV Girl For those of you who don’t know TV Girl, they are a band that has taken the world by storm. They’re known for their upbeat. 60s bubble gum pop-inspired beats mixed with their melancholy lyrics.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
knightcrier.org | Alanna Mitchell
2023 was a year that filled with stellar movies. With back-to-back hits like Barbie, Oppenheimer, etc, many were rushing to theatres to watch with anticipation. We may all have favorites, but here are my top five movies from last year. Remember that if you disagree, remember that this is my opinion; we aren’t all the same! Spider-Man Across The SpiderverseAs a connoisseur of cartoons, this movie was astonishing from start to finish.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
knightcrier.org | Alanna Mitchell
There are over three thousand students at North Penn High School. Many of these students have lives outside of the classroom. Clubs, sports, and other extracurriculars are always talked about and given recognition, but a certain activity is overlooked: a job. An enormous chunk of students have a school job and you may not even know it. When students do have jobs, many of them have to tackle the stress of schoolwork, clubs, and just life overall all at the same time.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
knightcrier.org | Alanna Mitchell
Do you have a love for all-you-can-eat buffets? Are you looking for a place to take your parents, grandparents, or even a date? Well, look no further! Na Brasa Steakhouse may be the perfect place for you. Na Brasa is located in Horsham, which is not a far drive if you’re looking for a short drive. With its clean and sleek environment and a variety of foods, it is sure to make you fall in love. Na Brasa has a wide variety of meats, spanning from pork to beef.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Alanna Mitchell
Francine McCarthy toast of the world’s geologists, is sitting on a bench beside the lake that made her famous, talking about how she never wanted to be a geologist. Face shaded by a wide-brimmed hat, sapphire-blue-polished toenails peeking out from workaday sandals, she’s already had one major press interview this morning and has to grab lunch before a third. But you can tell she’s relishing telling the tale. It was art school that called to her, she says. She wanted to study environmental design.
