It was brought to my attention that CBC’s hit show Dragon’s Den announced the dates it will be coming to Yellowknife. A couple weeks ago CBC announced that it would be coming to Yellowknife but didn’t release the dates. Read all about it in the press release below.

Do you have a hot new invention or the next million-dollar idea? Think you have the money-making chops to take on the savviest business tycoons in the country? Then DRAGONS’ DEN wants to hear from you!

The DRAGONS’ DEN production team will be in Yellowknife scouting for Season Six of the hit series on CBC Television. The show gives aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their businesses to a panel of wealthy Canadian moguls for the chance to earn real cash and real investment – from the Dragons’ own pockets!

Open auditions are taking place on Thursday, March 25th from noon – 7 pm at the Yellowknife Inn, 5010 49th St, in the Zinc Room.

No experience is necessary – just be ready to pitch your business in under five minutes. If you can convince producers you’re ready for the limelight, you could be invited to face Dragons when the upcoming season is filmed in Toronto.

And as extra incentive this year — entrepreneurs with an eco-friendly business, invention or idea could qualify for a $100,000 Greenvention prize from Sun Chips.

Please apply online starting March 1st and bring your completed application form to the auditions. More details can be found on the show’s website at http://cbc.ca/dragonsden.

DRAGONS’ DEN airs on CBC Television at 8 pm Wednesday nights. Full episodes and web extras can be viewed on the DRAGONS’ DEN website.

Knowing a fair number of people in this town, I know this is an excellent opportunity. We here in Yellowknife are privileged to have so many bright minds living among us. If you think you have what it takes to be on the show or know someone who should be make sure you’re at the auditions.

As I have been mentioning for the last couple weeks, Folk on the Rocks has been in a race for #1. The competition is to become the #1 Music Festival in Canada. The festival that wins, will receive bragging rights and will have CBC Radio come to the festival and broadcast live. Our festival has come along way, making it through to the top 80, top 40, top 20, and then to the top 10.

Unfortunately Folk on the Rocks is not number one. We are very proud of the festival for making it that far. It is still amazing. No matter where the festival placed we hear in Yellowknife will still think it is #1. Even though it is not #1 in Canada it is still going to an amazing 2010 festival. The festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary and there is nothing that will detour us from celebrating the Musical Festivities.

Many of us have been campaigning for votes a lot and at times I felt as though I might have been pushing a little to hard. Then again passion for a community is a powerful thing. Did you vote for Folk on the Rocks? What do you think of the Folk on the Rocks festival? Although I am very positive, I’m sure not everyone is the same. Is there something you don’t like about the festival that you think can be improved?

The North’s beloved folk festival, Folk on the Rocks, has made it into the Top 10 Best Music Festivals in Canada. THey are more than pleased with this and what to thank the community for rallying behind them and voting. The festival has so far gone through 3 rounds, top 80, top 40, and top 20, and on its way to becoming number 1. That is why we are sending out this one last plea for votes. Voting is simple and helpful, do so here: http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote.

This year marks 30 years of Folk on the Rocks and regardless of a win this year promises to be one not to be missed. Planning is already underway for the festival, which is scheduled for July 16-18, 2010.

“Folk on the Rocks is honoured to have made it to the final round of voting,” said Board
President, Claudia Haas. “This community has really rallied behind us and we can’t thank
them enough!”

If you want to see Folk on the Rocks become number one in Canada vote now and vote everyday (http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote). If you need help voting we have created this step-by-step guide on how to do it. Voting is opening until Tuesday, March 9th, at 6pm and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, March 10th at 12pm by Grant Lawrence on CBC Radio 3. Go Now!

I have encouraged everyone to vote, everyday, for Folk on the Rocks to become the best festival in Canada. Well your support is showing, the festival in now in the Top 20! This upcoming festival will be the 30th anniversary of the festival, so to be the best in Canada would really be something.

Wouldn’t it be great for not only the festival, but Yellowknife collectively if it did become the best in Canada. It would! We still need to beat out the other 19 festivals, so make sure you head to http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote and vote EVERYDAY!

If you are unsure how to vote, we created an easy step by step guide the first time I mentioned the nomination. So go now.

I received an e-mail before lunch today, letting me know that our very own folk festival, Folk on the Rocks, has made it to the Top 40 in the CBC Radio 3 Searchlight 2010. This is awesome news, but it is not over yet. FOTR still needs your help to become number 1 in Canada. They are asking everyone that has ever attended, played at, listen too, been a apart of or just lives/lived in Yellowknife to head over the CBC Radio 3 website and vote. Not once, but everyday!

To vote for Folk on the Rocks head to http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote. If you are unsure how to vote read the post I wrote for the first round, it includes a step by step guide. http://ykonline.ca/2010/02/folk-on-the-rocks-nominated/

At about 11:30am this morning the jury came out from 12 hours of deliberating with a verdict to the RCMP Murder Trail happening here in Yellowknife. The jury has convicted Emrah Bulatci of first-degree murder, after shooting Const. Christopher Worden in 2007.

You can find more information out on the CBC North site.

Emrah Bulatci, 25, was charged in the shooting death of Const. Christopher Worden in Hay River on Oct. 6, 2007.

The courtroom gasped after the verdict was announced. Bulatci bowed his head and cried.

Readers, those of you in Yellowknife and out, what are your thoughts on not only Bulatci’s actions but the process as well? Leave your thoughts below.

Just a quick note that I will be on CBC North Radio at around 5pm tonight (Wednesday) talking iPhone.

About what it is, how it works and what it can do for you. Also about Bells new network and 12 other new phones like the Blackberry Bold.

Tune in on your drive home 1340 AM 5:10 – 5:30pm ish.

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Show Notes:

• NNSL mass e-mail incident. http://ykonline.ca/2009/09/nnsl-headline-email/
• Vaccine Discussion. http://ykonline.ca/2009/09/episode-07-were-talking-city/
• Emergency Council Meet and By-Law discussion. After the Meeting , Before the Meeting & Issue
• Northern Podcasts: UpHere, CBC This Week in the North
• Winners of the “Being David Hasselhoff” Contest on Snowcoveredhills
• UpHere Blog featuring northern bloggers.
• All that and more.

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Sorry about my audio be out of whack and the podcast being quiet overall. Still trying to work out all the kinks.

On Sunday CBC North reporter Loren McGinnis will be heading to MacKay Lake Lodge with a bunch of high school students, teachers and guides to go fish, track caribou and take part in Dene cultural activities.

Because we no longer live in the stone age, McGinnis will be updating the CBC Caribou Blog while at the lodge as well as taking photos and recording audio. He says he hopes to show everyone the barren land and caribou through the eyes of the students.

To find out all the information about his trip and to follow the blog head over the the CBC Caribou Blog

If you for some reason didn’t notice, this morning cell phone service went down. In this CBC article a NorthwesTel spokesperson said a fiber line owned by Bell was cut just outside of Dawson Creek, BC (which ironically is where I am at the moment). A crew was sent to fix the line but there was no estimate of a time of completion.

Read the full CBC article here.

UPDATE: Approximately 3 hours and everything will be restored to normal. (as of 12:00pm)