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Author Archives: Walt Humphries

Walt Humphries Tales from the Dump column standard for Yellowknifer

Tales from the Dump: The evacuation system needs to be improved

by Walt Humphries May 29, 2023May 29, 2023

Life is a learning experience and every time you have an experience you should learn something from it. Communities in the North have been evacuated several times over the years and every time it happens, the public and those in charge of these things, should learn from it and modify their procedures for the future.

Tales from the Dump: Earth is a rather active planet

by Walt Humphries May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Tales from the Dump: Costumes galore!

by Walt Humphries May 14, 2023May 14, 2023

Tales from the Dump: The honkers in the sky are a sure sign of spring

by Walt Humphries May 7, 2023May 7, 2023

Tales From the Dump: From canines to felines, a look at kitty litter

by Walt Humphries April 23, 2023April 23, 2023

Tales from the Dump: Dumps should be a resource, not a liability

by Walt Humphries March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

Tales from the Dump: Was Chicken Little right?

by Walt Humphries March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

Tales from the dump: New mineral abounds in the snow

by Walt Humphries March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Tales from the Dump: More sunlight creeping in day by day

by Walt Humphries March 5, 2023March 5, 2023

Tales from the dump: Surviving the snows of 2022

by Walt Humphries February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

Tales from the Dump: Let’s make winter travel more tolerable

by Walt Humphries January 9, 2023January 9, 2023

Tales From The Dump: How windy was it? Depends on where you were and how it was measured

by Walt Humphries December 12, 2022December 13, 2022

Tales from the dump: Nap-o-philes unite

by Walt Humphries January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

Tales from the dump: pilot biscuits, the original survival food

by Walt Humphries August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Tales from the dump: heart attack hens

by Walt Humphries July 9, 2021July 16, 2021

Tales from the dump: hot take

by Walt Humphries July 2, 2021July 16, 2021

Tales from the dump: with respect to the forest spirits

by Walt Humphries June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Tales from the dump: Just call him mellow, Yellowknife

by Walt Humphries June 4, 2021June 7, 2021

Tales from the dump: Inside the iron ring of protection

by Walt Humphries March 19, 2021

Tales from the dump: Glued snowshoes

by Walt Humphries November 27, 2020November 26, 2020

Tales from the dump: Toward a noiseless snow-gliding anti-gravity dasher

by Walt Humphries November 20, 2020November 19, 2020

Tales from the dump: One deconstructed waffle, please

by Walt Humphries November 6, 2020

Tales from the dump: Berry picking is the one true exercise

by Walt Humphries September 12, 2020September 11, 2020

TALES FROM THE DUMP: A guide to better berry picking

by Walt Humphries August 22, 2020August 21, 2020

TALES FROM THE DUMP: The salvagers want in

by Walt Humphries August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

Tales from the dump: A modest mosquito proposal

by Walt Humphries July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

Tales from the dump: learning from territorial wildlife

by Walt Humphries July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Tales from the dump: orange you glad I said petrichor?

by Walt Humphries July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

Tales from the dump: Three men and a boat trailer

by Walt Humphries June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

Tales from the dump: Swimming for snagged lures

by Walt Humphries June 19, 2020

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