You could win a trip for 2 from Yellowknife to Edmonton courtesy of First Air and The Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel.
To enter we want your best Carrie Underwood impression and why you deserve to go see Carrie LIVE at Rexall Place.
Youtube video or pictures from look-a-likes to men with blond wigs and make-up for their best impression. The winner will be decided based on creativity, likeness and the best reason why you deserve to go.
Leona Aglukark is my fav Canadian. She is a great role model for Aboriginal people of all Nationalities. She has brought herself into the Government of Canada from a small isolated community and is making changes for all of us Aboriginal people. She is a strong, committed and well respected Aboriginal woman in the Government of Canada!
Lloyd Thiessen
Tony Whitford is my favourite Canadian.
In the past there has been many accolades about his character. He has been the NWT's Commissioner, representing the Queen here in the North. Was the "Speaker of the House."
It would be great to see him represent Canada as the governor general. The past few GGs have been "firsts" First Slavic, First woman and Chinese, first black. He would be the first "First Nation's" GG.
He is always friendly, always willing to lend a helping hand. Stands up for what he believes. Is diplomatic. Wears cool clothes. Often quietly steps in and volunteers along side, in what you are doing.
One day I was at the Co-op store here in Yellowknife, pushing carts back in. I had gathered a few, but there was Tony, the NWT Commissioner, with a few more carts and he went back for more! Wow!
He has been Rotary's auctioneer for many annual bike auctions. Did I mention he is an all around, good guy? I vote for Tony Witford as my favourite Canadian.
Kim Sangris
My favourite canadian is a great listener, is very wise, is strong inside & out, is intelligent, and most of all is both a lover and a fighter and that would be my mom.
She is my favourite Canadian because she is a fighter. My mom is a fighter because she fights for me, my sisters, and my big brother to have a good education and a good life.
She fights for the rights of our people. She fights for what she loves. But most of all she fights for what she believes in, and that is why I admire her a lot, she may not know but she is my role model, my idol, my superior, my mother, and most of all my favourite Canadian!
I LOVE YOU MOM! If anyone deserves this honour, it would be her!
Trudie Bekale
Celine Dion is one of the most recognizable faces in the music industry and very down-to-earth.
She knows her roots and where she comes from. Seems to be very grounded in the world that she has created and very real.
I laugh and listen every time I see her on Oprah. She is a remarkable performer and would love to see her perform live one day!
Cloe Bilodeau
When I was thirteen, there was a two month period during which I went to the hospital three times a week. I can't remember the number of missed classes, blood tests taken, or number of hours of anxiety spent with my mom in waiting rooms. The cause of these visits turned out to be a non-life threatening benign tumour. However, I had to undergo back surgery to have the growth removed.
After so many visits to the hospital, I lost the fear for my safety and adopted a can we please be done with this with minimal scarring so I can still go to the beach? attitude. However, my biggest trouble during this period was guilt. I felt guilty for making my mother worry about me. However, thanks to Tommy Douglas, I didn't have to feel guilty for draining my family's budget as well.
In the 1960s, Tommy Douglas fought the medical establishment and brought universal public healthcare to Canada. Especially in light of the recent American Health Care debate, Canadians can be proud of their Father of Medicare. I for one am grateful. That is why Tommy Douglas is not only the greatest, but my personal favourite Canadian.
Congrats to our Cabin Fever winner, Stephanie Yuill
Why I need to get away!
This summer ended with a bang. No ... more like a crash really. Literally.
An ordinary hike down an unassuming escarpment in Wood Buffalo National Park ended when my left foot slipped in the mud. My right leg thought it knew a shortcut and decided to go an entirely different direction.
An eight hour drive back to Yellowknife, a two-hour stay in Stanton and I was diagnosed, casted and crutched - with a broken leg.
Life in the Knife with a fractured limb isn't pleasant at the best of times - but add snow, ice and a fiercely independent character and you have a recipe for a frustration and impatience.
A weekend in Edmonton would certainly soothe my weary body and shaken soul. Yet it would also be a tremendous way to say thank you to my knight in shining armour.
My knight carried me off the escarpment, took me to the hospital and stayed by my side the entire time. He drove me to and from work, cooked meals, bathed me, did laundry, dressed me, bought me feel-better presents and then thanked me for everything I do!!!
I may need a weekend away but my knight deserves it.
This is a picture of my daughter, Adrienne, and I as local photographer Dave Brosha took family pictures for us. Adrienne was getting sick of smiling until a First Air plane flew overhead - she loves planes!
She's been on planes, but is getting old enough that on her next trip she'll realize she's on a real plane. Wouldn't it be nice for my husband and I to take her south where she may get a chance to see some farm animals and big big trees.
She loves the outdoors and the birds and squirrels around here, but a trip south could show her a few more things that we don't have. And she can tell the southerners about the wonderful things we have up north.
Look at this sweet little girl - can you really say no?
Gerry Morris
I need toget away simply because the last trip to edmonton my wife got pregnant for the second time there.
Three times the charm to help populate Yellowknife and have fun doin it.
Sara Jane Jackson Wiebe
I would like to escape the Great White North because it will allow me to become sane once again and to tour a city I've never been too. It will also allow me to get away from a city my mom really loved when she was living here, she passed away from Cancer this month.
Being in Yellowknife is getting hard to live in, as it has many memories for me.
Sarahrose Minina
A long time ago, I was a youthful, spirited lady. I was carefree and I loved life. I would fashionably frolic about with a silly smile on my face and hum tunes while I relaxed at home on a Sunday.
Then I got married.
Then I started to save for a house.
Then I got a third job.
I failed to keep up with the patches and mending.
I convinced myself the disrepair was "style."
Alas, the frown in my brow is not from laughing all the time.
Sunday became Never.
I would be very happy to fly away to Edmonton, if only for 2 nights.
Two nights consecutively spent, languishing in my newly found fashionable attire.
Hopefully, going for a night at the hockey rink.
Afterwards, going to town and catching a good ol' blues band at the city saloon.
Falling fast asleep, in the lap of luxury beside my hardworking husband.
A good nights rest with a moment to spare come daybreak.
Refreshed, revived, I will return home, happy once more.
With a smile on my face.
It is all I could ever ask for.
Teresa Long
We need to get away!
My husband is so desperate for a BBQ steak, he has been faithfully cleaning ice and snow off the bbq to cook in the dark and cold by flashlight! (see photo) - the man deserves a vacation!
Congrats to our April Fools contest winner, Theresa Hickey
Morning of April 1 - My daughter Beverly called from work to tell me that someone in Yellowknife had won 10 million dollars on the previous nights Lotto 649. She asked if I had tickets. I indicated that I did have tickets but had not yet checked them. I let her know that I would ask my husband to get the numbers on-line when he returned and check my numbers. When my husband came home I relayed Bev s message. He went to his computer and came back with the numbers copied onto a piece of paper. I went to my purse to check my numbers. My numbers were a match. I screamed and shouted, as you can imagine. We are millionaires!! We are millionaires!! I was jumping around and hitting his chest screaming with excitement. We won. We won!! Right away I said I had to call work and quit my job. He advised I hold off and hop in the shower With a big win like that, they are going to want to take your picture. Call work later. While you are having a shower, I ll have a drink. I replied, Just because we are millionaires, doesn't mean you have to starting drinking.
What a feeling to have momentarily won 10 million dollars. A millionaire for two hours. Indescribable.
I showered and dressed in my best. My husband and I drove to the ticket counter to claim my winnings. I ran into the counter so excited and told the girl (Grace) I had won the 10 million dollars. Grace congratulated me and asked what I planned to do with all that money. I replied that I didn t know yet, but had lots of ideas - buy my dad a new car, get a new motor home, give some to charity, buy new homes for all my kids. I was still so excited, I could not stop jumping around. Grace kept congratulating me for winning. She checked my ticket as all the people around the ticket booth congratulated me. Grace handed me an application to fill out and as she did said Happy April Fool s Day! My heart sank. I was so embarrassed. My husband stood by laughing and my daughter popped her head out from the next aisle with her camera flashing. I walked away defeated.
Turns out, my husband had checked my purse the night before the March 31st draw. He wrote down a set of numbers from my ticket and replaced the ticket in my purse. He set my daughter up to call me and mention that there had been a big winner in YK in the draw. He went to the lotto booth and requested that Grace get in on the prank. She agreed to play along.
What a feeling to have momentarily won 10 million dollars. A millionaire for two hours. Indescribable.
Looking back, I wouldn t have wished that prank on anyone. And I don t know that I would in fact want to win big money anymore. The entire event was way too stressful. Lucky for me (and them), I am a good sport and was able to laugh with my husband and daughter over coffee later that afternoon. And they both still live to tell the story.
Spring Break March 1986 in Florida, My husband and I meet a group of friends we traveled from March 01 to April 01 we had a wonderful vacation until one of our friends played a April fools joke on us the day we all was to meet at the air port to leave Florida.
She called us at the hotel to say she stopped to buy one more thing on her way and was running in and out of the stores and forgot she had something in her hand. Then she said I can't talk because I'm in jail come and help me, then the phone went dead I panicked.
We didn't believe that it happen because she had money left, hour went she didn't show. So we looked through the phone book and called every Police Station in Florida, no one will help us. We had to leave soon and the door opened and she said APRIL FOOLS.
Cindy Bye
My best April fools prank ever was:
My friend was leaving town for a great job, so we hatched a plan. We made up a sign to sell his 3 yr-old SUV for $5000 or best offer.
We decided, for the fun of it, to also sell his dining room set, washer & dryer, couch and loveseat "loveseat - never been used" and other miscellaneous household items. We made up several signs which said "leaving town, need cash fast" and placed them around town.
When a bank employee approached him and asked him if he sold his vehicle yet, our friend had no idea what was going on. The employee told our friend about the sign at the bank. Our friend ripped into the bank and took the sign down.
However, the damage was done. By the time he got home that evening, his answering machine was full with inquiries about his items for sale, he got into a huge argument on the phone with someone who was ticked off because he didn't really have anything for sale.
He tried to explain to her that it was a joke, and she screamed at him that it was not a very funny joke.
He also missed several phone calls from his mom that weekend, as he refused to answer any phone calls.
Lastly, he thought everyone in town would think he was leaving town broke. We laughed about this one for days.
Rob Hart
My best April fools prank ever was:
I teach at St. Pat's High School and thought my students deserved an extra special prank one year. I went to school on March 29th wearing an eye-patch over my right eye. I explained to the students that I had been hit in the eye with a rock while playing street hockey. They all bought this hook, line, and sinker.
Three days later, when April Fool's Day finally arrived, I was ready to spring my prank upon them. I put some ketchup inside an empty film canister, hid it in my pocket and complained about how much my eye hurt that day.
Then, while I was writing notes on the board, I would put some ketchup on my finger and dab it under my eye. This gave the appearance of some gross, pussy blood dripping down from the eye.
I continued to add more ketchup as class went on. Eventually, the students noticed. When they did, it suddenly got very quiet in class as they whispered to each other and pointed nervously at me.
After a few moments, one of the students got up the nerve to tell me that my eye was dripping. I grimaced as I touched it and then moaned in pain as I lifted the eye patch up.
Now, here is when the prank became truly epic. I had attached a small chocolate Easter egg - which I had coloured white and red - to the inside of the eye patch with an elastic band. So, when I lifted the eye patch, the egg fell out and bounced around as if it was my eye that had fallen out.
It was an absolute success. My students were absolutely shocked and horrified. It was so effective that one of the tougher boys in my grade 10 class almost fell out of his chair as he yelled out in concern.
Everyone had a good laugh after as I looked around the room with a huge smile on my face!
Sandra Teed
My best April fools prank ever was:
I dyed all of the underwear of a guy (who worked underground at Giant Mine) bright pink! Needless to say he took a lot of ribbing.
Theresa Pamplin
My best April fools prank ever was:
Definitely the most embarrassing moment for me. I was in Grade 8 and before school started some kids decided to put plastic wrap over the toilet seats at my school, well I walked in and didn't notice.
Then once I left the washroom the kids were outside laughing at me and saying "how did it go in there?"
Now I always check the seat for plastic wrap on April fools day.
