Contributors
Larissa Ardis (senior reporter) is a Smithers-based freelance writer and communications consultant. When not slinging words, images and sound, she’s often found chasing inspiration on mountain trails or trying to restore the accordion’s image as a cool instrument to play.
Amanda Follett is a Smithers-based freelance writer who recently discovered she reacts badly to beestings.
Facundo Gastiazoro is a freelance designer who focuses on logos, posters, layout and illustrations. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Facundo is currently living in Smithers. His illustrations appear in every issue of Northword Magazine.
Steve Ogle lives in Nelson, British Columbia. He’s a biologist who got into a habit of exploring remote and all-too-often inhospitable regions of the planet. He says, “I’m not really into self-abuse, I just like to be outside.”
Darryl Oakley lives in Kimberley with his wife Karen and daughters, Patti and Bryn. His stories of northern misadventure are featured in travel magazines throughout North America.
Heather Ramsay is an award-winning community reporter, photographer and creative writer who lives in Queen Charlotte City. She is deeply intrigued by lives and landscapes—past, present and future—swirling around British Columbia’s Northwest.
Doris Ray is a Fraser Lake-area author. She was awarded a BC2000Book Award for The Ghosts Behind Him, chronicling her family’s experiences with her son’s schizophrenia. She has also written a novel based on the secret life of her grandmother.
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Hans Saefkow is an award-winning editorial cartoonist, Illustrator and set designer. If you see this man, do not approach him, feed him, or listen to his idle chatter. It is simply best not to encourage him.
Nikki Skuce is the Program Director for One Sky where she works on local and international issues from a solar-powered office in Smithers. Originally contracted for just four months, she has made the North her home for 6 years now, enjoying moose and the resident fox on her rural property.
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Jane Stevenson, born by the Atlantic and raised by the Pacific, has lived in the Bulkley Valley for eight years. She presently resides on an acreage near Telkwa with her husband and two little girls.
Charlynn Toews has been in printing and publishing since 1985, and is currently selling fancy printers, copiers and scanners across northwest BC. She has published in daily and weekly newspapers, national magazines, and loves a good regional. She writes a regular column for Northword from her home in Terrace.
Betsy Trumpener is a radio reporter and short story writer. She lives with her family outside Prince George. In February/March, Betsy will be on assignment in Whitehorse, covering the Canada Winter Games and cultural events for CBC Radio.
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