Whitehorse raring to go as 2007 Canada Winter Games approach
The 2007 Canada Winter Games are less than five months away and the mayor of Whitehorse is looking forward to the exposure they will bring to the countrys north.
We see it as a bit of a coming out party, Ernie Bourassa said Tuesday during a promotional rally for the event at Torontos downtown Dundas Square. The north is not a homogenous unit - Nunavut has a different geography and people than the Northwest Territories and both are different from the Yukon.
Thats why were hosting the Games as a pan-northern Games.
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