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 - MAR/APR 2026 “It’s a Filipino thing” For one community in Whitehorse, basketball is more than a game UP HERE - MAR/APR 2026 Flavour Profile Meet six chefs, from epicurean to community, who know how to set a table 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
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