Sometime during our three-week evacuation, I am sure that some dogs and cats that were left behind got together for the occasional conversation.

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EditorSA国际影视传媒檚 note: This is the third and final installment of former Yellowknife resident Barry Zellen and his interviews with author Ed Struzik and former SA国际影视传媒 editor James Hrynyshyn about the forest fire season.

When it comes to the vote for the next NWT premier, I have a different view than Michael Miltenberger.

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EditorSA国际影视传媒檚 note: This is the second part of a three-part series from former Yellowknife resident Barry Zellen and his interviews with author Ed Struzik and former SA国际影视传媒 editor James Hrynyshyn about the forest fire season.

SA国际影视传媒淏ut, is she Indigenous?SA国际影视传媒� The directness of my aunties question startled me. I love her bold, often brash attitude, my dear Auntie - sheSA国际影视传媒檚 always laughing, but when she first asked me, I was startled. I realized she was asking me as if I might have actually had answers. Many of us were, are, seeking understanding, but while I had thoughts, feelings, ideas, I didnSA国际影视传媒檛 have any concrete answers, and so, instead, we began to unpack, together.

My last three articles were about NDEs - Near Death Experiences. These amazing experiences have been reported by millions of people from around the world. Some believe they are the result of an abnormal brain during a medical crisis such as a heart attack. Others believe they are glimpses of the SA国际影视传媒渙ther side.SA国际影视传媒� I have read thousands of cases and have interviewed up to fifty people who report having an NDE. What is an NDE?

I always find it a little amazing when I am walking across a lake that has recently frozen over. Especially when you realize that there are fish down below you, still swimming about and living their lives. It really hits home when you can see them through clear ice before the lakes get covered in snow. I was out working one early winter doing some work on an island not far from shore and I was boating to it each day.

This summer, 65 per cent of the Northwest TerritoriesSA国际影视传媒� 46,000 residents evacuated, including almost the entire population of Yellowknife, due to a wildfire.