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Hot News!January 22 - I just found this description of the Jan. 23rd episode of "Arctic Air": Bobby (Adam Beach) lies to gain the trust of a Dene elder and friend of his father, but when tragedy strikes, Bobby must trust the elder with his own life. I can't find any more information about the episode, so I don't know who's playing the Dene elder, but it might be worthwhile for Nof60 fans to watch this episode. As part of the "8th Fire" TV/radio/online series, "Arctic Air" writer (and former Nof60 writer) Jordan Wheeler and journalist Trevor Greyeyes were asked to discuss TV shows that had portrayed Aboriginals--whether well or poorly. You can see the list on the CBC website. Yes, Nof60 is mentioned, although all the descriptions are short. Tantoo Cardinal spoke about the Keystone pipeline (she was arrested in Washington, D.C. last year during a protest against it) on this past Thursday's edition of the APTN National News. Go to the APTN website and click to position the progress bar at 45:35. It's about a five-minute interview. I've moved the links about Gordon Tootoosis's death to a separate page. January 16 - Attention anyone within easy transportation distance of Stuttgart: Tom Jackson will be appearing at INDIANER INUIT: Das Nordamerika Filmfestival, which runs from this Thursday to Sunday. The festival will be showing one of his first films, "Medicine River." The web page about the festival's special guests includes a link to a discussion on CTV News that Tom participated in about living conditions in Native communities. January 13 - Today's episode of "North of 60" on The Accessible Channel was "Borrowed Time," the series finale. Next week, TAC will return to the beginning of the show, so if you haven't seen those episodes for a while (I think TVtropolis viewers were getting frustrated with not getting the first few seasons), here's your chance. "Arctic Air" has yet another Nof60 connection: the music for the series is done by Tim McCauley. Adam Beach was on CBC Radio One's "Q" program today. The audio for the interview should be on the show's past episodes page tomorrow. Reports are that the season premiere of "Blackstone" had an opening slide marking the passing of Gordon Tootoosis, and a scene where a memorial service is held for his character on the show, Cecil. APTN will be rerunning that episode this weekend, so if you haven't seen it yet, you may want to catch it. January 8 - This is going to be a good week for "North of 60" fans! Lots of Nof60 alumni will be showing up in new episodes of series on CBC and APTN. First up, today (Sunday), is the return from holiday break of "Heartland" on CBC. Nathaniel Arcand is a regular on this Alberta-based CBC family drama (produced by "our own" SEVEN24 Films), and you can see him in some of the photos about this week's episode. American Nof60 fans: don't forget that older episodes of "Heartland" air on the GMC channel and in local syndication in the U.S.; be sure to check your TV listings to find it. Tuesday night is the series premiere on CBC of "Artic Air." Developed by the same people who make the reality program "Ice Pilots," this show's cast is headed by Adam Beach, and also includes Michelle Thrush and Timothy Webber. Here are some interviews and articles about the show:
On Wednesday, it's the season premiere of "Blackstone," with Michelle Thrush reprising her Gemini Award-winning role in this gritty rez drama. She recently stopped by George Stroumboulopoulos's show to talk about "Blackstone," "Arctic Air," and other topics; you can see the video on CBC's website. Other faces you'll find familiar in "Blackstone" are Nathaniel Arcand and the newly added Tantoo Cardinal. Viewers will certainly miss Gordon Tootoosis, who was in season 1 of the show before his death last July. Thursday night brings something a little different that should be of interest to Nof60 fans: the beginning of a documentary series about the Aboriginal experience in Canada. Called "8th Fire," it includes reports on CBC TV, CBC Radio One, and the CBC website. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the videos will be available to web visitors outside of Canada. However, we can listen to the portions of the project that air on Radio One, because streams of that service from multiple time zones are available through the CBC website. And finally, a heads up for Timothy Webber fans: in addition to his new role in "Arctic Air," he's a regular in two older series that are currently being rerun: "Men in Trees" on CosmoTV and "Tom Stone" on Vision. January 3 - It looks like TVtropolis has removed Nof60 from its schedule for now. You can still catch the show weekdays on TAC. |
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Current Air ScheduleWhere to find North of 60 on TV |
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DVDs/VideosThe latest information about Nof60 DVD releases |
| I haven't heard anything from Echo Bridge Entertainment in a long time about the possibility of North of 60 DVDs, but it can't hurt to keep voting for DVD releases on TVShowsOnDVD.com. Before you go to that site, please read this important information about the voting. Don't be the person who jeopardizes the voting by abusing the system! |
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Episode Guides
Essential North of 60 reference information |
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I've written three different North of 60 episode lists and guides. Choose the one that meets your needs!
I also have two other lists available: |
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TV MoviesNews about the North of 60 TV movies |
| The first North of 60 TV movie, entitled "In the Blue Ground," aired on CBC in March, 1999. "Trial by Fire" premiered in January, 2000. "Dream Storm" was broadcast in October, 2001. "Another Country" aired in February, 2003. "Distant Drumming" premiered in January, 2005.
Click to see more information about the first five North of 60 movies. |
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Cast & CharactersInformation about Lynx River residents and visitors |
| Want to know who played a recurring role on Nof60, or who the guest star was in a specific episode? Then visit my "Cast & Characters" page. Or click on one of the links below to go to the specified section.
See my "In Memoriam" page for links to online articles about Gordon Tootoosis, who died in July 2011. |
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InterviewsTranscripts of my chats with North of 60 cast and crew members. |
| I've been lucky enough to visit the Nof60 set three times to interview cast and crew members. I've also conducted some additional interviews by telephone. Here's what's available:
-- A greeting from Lawrence to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Tina Louise to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Tom to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Michael to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Tina to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Lubo to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Wilma to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Michelle to Nof60 fans -- A greeting from Tim to Nof60 fans In addition, Montreal journalist Hélèna Katz interviewed John Bean (formerly known as John Oliver) in January, 2001 and kindly provided excerpts for my website. And not actually an interview, but I ran into Tina Keeper, Gordon Tootoosis, and Tantoo Cardinal at the American Indian Film Festival in November, 2004, and have posted a report with photos. |
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Fun & GamesNorth of 60 miscellany |
Fan map
Where do Nof60 fans live? Check out my North of 60 fan map to find out! If you have Javascript enabled in your browser, you can click on a state or province to see the names of the fans who've reported in from that location. Here's how you can get on the map:1. Send an email to patty@wintertime.com with the subject of "Fan map."
2. Copy and paste the following lines into it:
Your first name:3. Fill in the requested information and mail the message to me. If you are within 50 miles of a good-sized city, please provide that name instead of your actual town. That's because the scale of the map doesn't allow me to place markers with any great detail. Notice how the dot I've put on the map to indicate my location takes up all of the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay! Also, if you're in Grinnell, Iowa, it's a lot faster for me to find Des Moines on a map than Grinnell. So, for example, if I were filling out this survey, I would put "San Jose" rather than "Sunnyvale." The 2005 Flood and Lynx River Map In June, 2005, several rivers in the Calgary area raged over their banks. There was extensive damage to the North of 60 set southwest of Calgary along the Elbow River. You can see flood reports and photos on my 2005 Flood page. The page includes a map showing which areas of Lynx River were affected by the floodwaters. As a companion to the flood map, I've posted a regular map of Lynx River. Hope you enjoy it! Quizzes Try your luck at these North of 60 quizzes developed by Helena Katz and me. There are some spoilers in the answers (although not major ones), so you may not want to read them unless you've seen the whole series. Slavey Click here to see translations of some of the written Slavey that appeared under the opening credits of Trial by Fire. |
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Photos"Lynx River" and related photos contributed by fans |
| I've put all the set photos contributed by Nof60 fans on a separate photos page. There are also some photos of the actual Canadian north. Here are some high-resolution photos of "Lynx River" that you're welcome to use on your computer desktop. |
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The ABC Family website has some videos that show the Nof60 set dressed up as the town of Polaris for the TV movie "Santa Baby 2." If you start on the "Behind the Scenes" page, you can click on the "Going to the Dogs" and "Welcome to Polaris" clips. Each link actually contains all seven clips, but the first clip in each set is the one indicated by the clip name. Got that? :-) |
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About meHow I got interested in North of 60 |
| I've had a lot of questions over the years about how someone from California ended up running a website about a Canadian television show. Actually, many of you probably don't even realize that I'm not in Canada! Nor am I a transplanted Canadian. I'm a native Californian who has never lived closer to Canada than Marin County.
Here's how it started. Back in 1994, CBS Television began airing a show co-produced with CTV in Canada called "Due South." Created by Paul Haggis, the show captured me with its wit (including wry comments about U.S./Canadian relations), its interesting characters, and its enjoyable stories. I joined a "Due South" discussion list on the Internet and subscribed to a Usenet group about the show. At some point, one of my fellow listmembers mentioned another Canadian TV series that was also excellent, also about Mounties, and also produced by Alliance Atlantis. I asked whether she could send me a videotape with a few sample episodes. The rest, as they say, is history. :-) (If I recall correctly, the first episode I ever saw was "Moonlight Sonata.") When I found out that CBC co-owned a cable/satellite channel in the U.S. that aired Nof60 and other Canadian dramas (it was called Trio), I ran out and bought a DirecTV system. (Trio was sold in 2000, and its programming changed the following year.) Somewhere along the line, I realized that the official Nof60 website (www.nof60.com) was only posting descriptions of the most recent episodes, so I began writing my own episode guide. Then in 1998, the official site disappeared entirely. By that time, I had started my own site to keep fans updated on news that wasn't being posted on the official site. So with the demise of that site, mine became the go-to place for Nof60 information. (In 2000, another official website was launched at www.northof60.net; it went away in 2007. In 2003, I was able to obtain the nof60.com domain and point it to my site so that fans who saw the URL in the closing credits of the show would end up where they could get Nof60 news.) In 1999, a Vancouver Nof60 fan named Anna started a Yahoo Group to discuss the show. I joined a couple of weeks later. In 2000, Anna handed over the reins of the group to Lonnie Cruse, Nancy Duemling, and me. Lonnie was subsequently replaced by Kelly Tucker, who still helps out occasionally, but mostly it's Nancy and me running that show now. (See the button at the top of this page to join.) In 2000, I made contact with the publicist for the show, Fran Humphreys. She ended up inviting me to visit the set during the filming of "Dream Storm." I later returned for "Another Country" and "Distant Drumming." You can see the results of those trips in the Interviews and Photos sections of this page. I think that brings the story up to date! Please drop me a note at patty@wintertime.com if you have any questions! |
