The Arctic Winter Games are just about here and although they are down in Grande Prairie you can still keep up to date about what is going on. Here is how:

CBC North has launched page on there website dedicated to bringing up to date information on what is happening throughout the games. There are several different section to the website including a place to share photos, connect with athletes, read blogs, see the history of the games and a live twitter feed of the hashtag #awg2010. You can find this site here: http://www.cbc.ca/north/features/awg2010/

The Official 2010 Arctic Winter Games website is full of information. Most prominently is the countdown that is going on, on the homepage. Along with that there is information for athletes, volunteers, and spectators. There are also photos sections, a cultural section, store, and sponsor information. This site also provides the latest news of what is happening in preparation for the games and presumably during the games. You can find all that and more at http://www.awg2010.org

CJCD has also been promoting that they will be bring up to date results from the games at the top of every hour during the games. One of their News Announcers will be traveling down to Grande Prairie for the games. 100.1FM in Yellowknife and Hay River.

The Official Arctic Winter Games Blog can be found at http://awg2010.blogspot.com/. It goes along with the official site and has a large amount of information about the preparation for the games, although I don’t know if it will be updated during the games.

Here is a live feed of the Official hashtag of the games #AWG2010.

I may also write a couple posts about how the games are going, although I’m not going to duplicate what you can find else where. If you come across any blogs or photo streams of the games please post them in the comment section for others to enjoy.

YkOnline.ca is wishing all of our Yellowknife and NWT athletes the best of luck at the 2010 Arctic Winter Games.

The Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP) has launched their new website. WAMP is a non-profit arts organization right here in Yellowknife. They support, promote, encourage, produce and showcase independent media throughout the Northwest Territories.

Their new website is clean and proper looking. The navigation is simple and can be easily used. They have all the information you need to know about the organization. Upcoming classes and events, equipment rentals, and community forum. If you are at all interested in anything to do with the film industry go check out their website.

Click Image to go to WAMP Website

On a side note, along with any other events coming up this weekend I will also be throwing in the full Yellowknife Film Festival schedule.

Yellowknifers and businesses alike have no doubt heard of Twitter, but now some are actually dipping their feet in. Over the last week or so I have seen more and more businesses take the plunge and at least try it out. There can be many benefits if a business properly uses twitter. Marketing is only part of it, a small part at that, remember that it is about the conversation and that is what will draw in customers. Be forward and helpful, don’t hide behind the wall.

Here is a list I compiled of businesses on Twitter. If you are on twitter you can follow the entire list by going here. If you don’t see your business on the list, make sure to let me know.

• Buffalo Air Wear
• Yk Movies
• Dave Brosha Photography
• Ice Pilots NWT
• CBC North
• SSi Micro
• Coldwell Banker
• NorthwesTel
• NNSL
• Adam Dental Clinic
• Mackenzie Valley Review Board
• Kellett Comunication
• UpHere Magazine
• Gourmet Cup
• Roy’s Audiotronic
• Yk Centre Mall
• Aurora Decorating
• Wesclean
• Janet Pacey Design
• Northern Images

As the I find more I will be sure to add them. If you are not already following YkOnline on Twitter be sure to @YkOnline.

Stay tuned for a post with all the local businesses I follow-on Facebook.

We’re starting something new here called the Sunday Morning Link Fest. On Sunday mornings every once and a while a new post will be published of different sites around Yellowknife. If you know of a good sites that you want featured like your own or one you may have just found go to the Contact page and send it in.

This week:

1. Yellowknife Ravens is Yellowknife’s official Broom Ball team. Check them out at  http://www.yellowkniferavens.com
2. NWTers is a neat new site the brings NWT Twitter tweets together on one site. Tags such as #yzf, yellowknife, x1a, inuvik and the GNWT, as well as some of the News accounts from around the north. It definitely deserves a bookmark if you don’t use a twitter desktop client.
3. Netvibes is an excellent cite for bringing together content from all over the web. In this case we going to look at Liz’s Yellowknife tab. You can find the page here and there you will find loads of Yellowknifey Goodness. Everything from Twitter updates about Yellowknife to Flickr Photos and Youtube videos tagged with Yellowknife. With news from GNWT and the City as well as updates from UpHere Magazine and YkOnline. If you haven’t already checked it out, do so for a nice refreshing ray of Yellowknife.
4. I thought I would add in the Folk on the Rocks site in light of the fact next weekend is the festival. You can find their site at  http://www.folkontherocks.com

There you have it folks 4 sites from and about Yellowknife. Remember if you know of a good local site you want to plug send it in through the Contact page.