Husky News

Norwegian musher Kjetil Backen ended in ninth place as he arrived at Nome on Wednesday local time, completing the 1770 km Alaskan sled dog race Iditarod. Read the rest of this entry »

Iditarod champions of this decade Read the rest of this entry »

Sled-dog racing pundits said it couldn’t be done. Read the rest of this entry »

When Alyson Smith follows her shadow, it doesn’t always mean the sun is out. Read the rest of this entry »

For kids: The Jr. Iditarod sled-dog race gives teens a taste of adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »

The moment that made Bethlehem skating coach Janet Tremer as a faithful fan of Iditarod champion Lance Mackey was the 2006 race. Read the rest of this entry »

Sunbeams shot through the lodgepole pine forest, striping the snow-blanketed mountain trail with shadows. On this crisp, clear winter morning, I could have skied. But instead, I traded my skis for a team of eight huskies yoked to a sled at Good Times Adventures, in Breckenridge. Read the rest of this entry »

Tim Hewitt will go to sleep and awaken in darkness with temperatures plunging to 40-degrees below zero. Read the rest of this entry »

Cim Smyth is threatening to make the Klondike 300 sled dog race his own. Read the rest of this entry »

Barking and yipping with excitement, the dogs leap into the air, tugging at the ropes that tie them together as a team. Read the rest of this entry »

Township council passed on an opportunity to be the key sponsor for this year’s Cannington Dog Sled Races.
Despite a request from organizers for a one-time sponsorship of $5,000 for the event, council opted at Monday’s finance committee meeting to provide $1,000. Read the rest of this entry »

Sixty Alaskan Huskies yipped and yelped and howled on a frozen river 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle, itching to run. Read the rest of this entry »

The Grande Odyssée, one of the world’s most difficult dog sled races, is currently underway in alpine regions of Switzerland and France. The real stars of the show are, of course, the dogs and, in our second report on the event, WRS’s Conor Lennon finds out how the huskies cope with racing 1000 kilometres over 11 days. Read the rest of this entry »

Laura Daugereau of Port Gamble doesn’t consider herself famous. Read the rest of this entry »

On race day – feel the energy as the dogs eagerly await the start. The excitement builds as the dogs are harnessed – pulling and eager to run. As the chaos reaches a crescendo, their leader gives a command – LET’S GO! Read the rest of this entry »

Former Olympian keeps his competitive edge sharp on the dogsledding circuit Read the rest of this entry »

Your chance to tow a snow-sled under racing conditions comes Saturday - yours and any other kind of dog whose humans see fit to enter the Mutt Pull at the Seeley Lake Sled Dog Races. Read the rest of this entry »

Thirty-two mushers faced harrowing trail conditions at Saturday’s start of the Knik 200-Joe Redington Sr. Memorial Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based producer/director Anne Pick is at Town Shoes on Bloor St. shopping for mukluks to wear in Whitehorse, at the launch party for her six-part series Out in the Cold, which debuts tonight on Discovery Channel. Read the rest of this entry »

Eight Alaskan sled dogs were straining at their harness and barking up a storm until their owner, Lyle Wendland, who was standing on the back of the sled, yelled “Hike!” Read the rest of this entry »