Funny News Items From Canada's North

Benefits of Northern Living…

funnynorthernnews — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:00:17 +0000

This quote was seen immediately after reading about the “unfair” descriptions Lonely Planet made for towns such as Hay River and Yellowknife. Maybe no one took them on a tour of the second largest shopping centre…

Can your 8yr old do this?

funnynorthernnews — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:00:56 +0000

Northern Culture

funnynorthernnews — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:00:59 +0000

And just when we thought that we were in danger of losing the culture in the North…

Hip Hop Youth

funnynorthernnews — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:00:19 +0000

The look on her face was too priceless not to post! Someone please come up with a good tag line for this…

Beer Problem

funnynorthernnews — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:00:38 +0000

I love that beer has “street value” up here, but all I can hear in my mind is

“Well boys, there’s not much room in the warehouse and we can’t risk this making it back to the streets. Time to get your game face on…”

Cracking down on youth crime

funnynorthernnews — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:00:49 +0000

Northern Time…

funnynorthernnews — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:00:44 +0000

This is a perfect example of Northern Time. This ad was published 21 January 2009. Just in time for Christmas cards!

Today at school…

funnynorthernnews — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:00:12 +0000

For those of you unaware, beavers are actually fairly vicious and probably would not take well to being held like this. Maybe that’s why the other kid looks so very excited!

Update: Yellowknife Health

funnynorthernnews — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:12:57 +0000

This is the last time I will blog about health in Yellowknife as it’s getting a bit ridiculous. This suspicious looking man seems to have an awful lot to do with it…

Update on jail escape

funnynorthernnews — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:10:54 +0000

As commented on my last post about security in the North, you really can just walk out of jail!