Yellowknife's Year-End Fireworks Display for 2022 (Photo taken by MyTrueNorthNow Staff)
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Yellowknife Ends 2022 with Incredible Fireworks Display

Connor Pitre
By Connor Pitre

The skies over Yellowknife flashed with colour as the city closed the book on another year.

Yellowknife’s Year-End Fireworks Display for 2022
(Photo taken by MyTrueNorthNow Staff)

Hundreds of city residents gathered at the Somba K’e Park at 8:00 pm and turned their attention to Frame Lake. It wasn’t long before the popping sound of the fireworks drew everyone’s attention to the coming show.

Yellowknife’s Year-End Fireworks Display for 2022
(Photo taken by MyTrueNorthNow Staff)

For the next fifteen or so minutes, all eyes were drawn to the lake as explosions of colour filled the night sky.

Yellowknife’s Year-End Fireworks Display for 2022
(Photo taken by MyTrueNorthNow Staff)
Yellowknife’s Year-End Fireworks Display for 2022
(Photo taken by MyTrueNorthNow Staff)
Yellowknife’s Year-End Fireworks Display for 2022
(Photo taken by MyTrueNorthNow Staff)

 

Connor Pitre
Connor Pitre
Born and raised in Central Alberta, Connor Pitre attended the Western Academy Broadcasting College in Saskatchewan, before making his way to the NWT in November of 2021. Since then, he has become a regular staple of the True North FM crew in the News department, and occasionally filling in on the afternoon show.

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