The date is coming near, March 4-10, 2012. The 2012 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse will soon be here and Team NWT will heading over to compete for gold. Now even though not all of us came make it to the Yukon, there will still be many ways to follow Team NWT on their journey.
I asked the media of Yellowknife and the NWT how they would be covering the Arctic Winter Games and below is what I have figured out. Please note that I will be adding sources as I find them. If you know of any sources, weather official media or Twitter, please leave a comment on this post and I will add it in.
Websites
Northern News Service: NNSL will be sending 3 people to Whitehorse to cover the AWG. They will be putting up a micro-website where they will post frequent coverage updates on the games. No website address has been provided yet.
CBC North: CBC North has set up a special feature page on their website where they will posting their Arctic Winter Games Coverage and will also be sending reporters from across the north to Whitehorse. .
CJCD News: CJCD will most likely also be posting updates online, but has not confirmed that. .
Radio/Television
CJCD News: CJCD will most likely have special Arctic Winter Games reports and will most likely have someone on location in Whitehorse.
CBC Radio: CBC will have reports on it radio newscasts and on its Television newscasts.
Newspaper
Northern News Service: NNSL will be sending 3 people to Whitehorse to cover the AWG. They will be have coverage in all seven newspaper and after the games will have 3 special features for the NWT, Nunavut and Hay River.
Online
Official Arctic Winter Games Twitter Account. This will have updates about the games overall. @AWG2012
Hashtags (Twitter Keywords)
YkOnline.ca: While I wont be actively covering the games, any post I do will be tagged with awg2012. Follow it here.
If I have missed any one to follow, whether it be a Twitter account, Blog, or media source, please leave a comment and I will add it as soon as possible.
don’t forget about the pin trading facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/AWGPinTrading
Will the games be televised?
Hi Grace, sorry for my late response, especially since the games are now over. I know CBC was doing some coverage, as was NWTel’s community channel.Â
Were you able to catch the games anywhere?