Getting the Party Started Tear Sheet In the north, something's always shakin'—celebration, gatherings and jamborees jam-pack the annual calendar. Here's the lowdown on the very finest festivals in the territories. By Up Here Published in Up Here Magazine July/August 2008 Breadcrumb Home Getting the Party Started Related Articles UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026 Chic’s Big Bag of Tricks A Whitehorse card player becomes the first Northerner to earn bridge’s coveted Gold Life Master status UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026 The Long Walk Home Sealskin boots Return to their Kugluktuk Family UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026 No Pain, No Gain The adrenaline rush of kite-skiing is worth all the fear, falls and scrapes UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026 Under New Management Yellowknife’s Weaver family calls it a day as their pioneering general store changes hands after nine decades UP HERE - NOV/DEC 2025 If You’re Gonna Dream, Dream Big Whitehorse wants to be a hockeytown. Gavin McKenna? That’s just for starters Tear Sheet Looking Ahead – The Mackenzie Bicentennial
UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026 Chic’s Big Bag of Tricks A Whitehorse card player becomes the first Northerner to earn bridge’s coveted Gold Life Master status
UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026 No Pain, No Gain The adrenaline rush of kite-skiing is worth all the fear, falls and scrapes
UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026 Under New Management Yellowknife’s Weaver family calls it a day as their pioneering general store changes hands after nine decades
UP HERE - NOV/DEC 2025 If You’re Gonna Dream, Dream Big Whitehorse wants to be a hockeytown. Gavin McKenna? That’s just for starters