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2023

3/6/2023	First woman wins Can-Am Crown 250 in Fort Kent	News Center Maine
3/5/2021	Mushers get little sleep in preparation for Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races	News Center Maine
3/5/2021	Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races are about more than just winning	News Center Maine
3/4/2023	The 30th Annual Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races kick off in Fort Kent	News Center Maine

2021

2/23/2021	Fun Run is alternative to Can-Am Crown	The County
2/21/2021	Musher embarks on more than 200-mile expedition to honor heroic sled dog Togo	by Jessica Potila (Piscataquis Observer)
2/21/2021	Aroostook musher embarks on more than 200-mile expedition	by Jessica Potila (Bangor Daily News)

2020

11/26/2020	Can Am Crown sled dog race cancelled	WAGM
11/25/2020	Can-Am organizers to consider virtual version of sled dog race event	by Jessica Potila (Fiddlehead Focus)
11/22/2020	2021 Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog races cancelled	by Jessica Potila (Bangor Daily News)
7/21/2020	Can-Am Dog Walk Fundraiser set for August	by Jessica Potila, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/9/2020	Mushers and their dogs are a special breed of houseguest	by Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
3/2/2020	Quebec musher wins Can-Am 250 with just 35 seconds to spare	by Jessica Potila (Bangor Daily News)
3/2/2020	Quebecer wins 250-mile dog sled race by a mere 35 seconds	Associated Press (CTV News Montreal)

2019

12/26/2019	St. John Valley Sports in Review 2019	by Jessica Potila, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/4/2019	Martin Massicotte wins record 10th Can-Am 250 crown	by Jessica Potila, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/28/2019	County Faces: Rita Cannan of Fort Kent	by Jessica Potila, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/25/2019	Plenty of snow will welcome new and veteran mushers to Can-Am	by Jessica Potila, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
1/12/2019	Real mushers never say 'mush' and other insider tips on dog sledding	Bangor Daily News

2018

12/31/2018	St. John Valley Times/Fiddlehead Focus Year in Review for 2018	Fiddlehead Focus Staff
4/14/2018	Teen with Fort Kent ties a contender for Maine film award	by Jessica Potila, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/8/2018	Massicotte said he will return to seek 10th Can-Am Crown 250 title	by Jessica Potila, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/5/2018	Massicotte and his dogs race to record ninth Can-Am Crown 250 victory	by Don Eno, Staff Writer (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/3/2018	Happening now: First images of the 2018 Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race	Fiddlehead Focus Staff

2017

3/23/2017	MDI musher completes Can-Am	By Taylor Bigler Mace (Mount Desert Islander)
2/25/2017	West Brookfield woman leads pack with dogsledding business	By Paula J. Owen (Worcester Telegram)

2016

3/17/16	Victim in Can-Am snowmobile accident talks about crash, vows to return	By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff
3/10/16	Dog care is job one for Can-Am Crown veterinary team	By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff
3/7/16	Quebec Musher Wins Seventh Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Race	By Irwin Gratz for MPBN
3/5/16	Juvenile snowmobiler charged in crash that sent Can-Am musher to the hospital	By Julia Bayly, BDN Staff
3/5/16	Can-Am Crown dog sled races getting underway	By Associated Press in The Washington Times
3/4/16	Can-Am mushers concerned about dogs, not gender or age of competitors	By Don Eno, St. John Valley Times
2/26/16	Can-Am gets 'green light' despite recent rains	By Don Eno, St. John Valley Times
2/24/16	Can-Am trails are ready, despite unusual winter	By Don Eno, St. John Valley Times

2015

3/3/15	After race, litter of seven new sled puppies greets Can-Am musher	Julia Bayly, (Bangor Daily News)
3/3/15	2015 Can Am Crown Was Another Huge Success	Rene Cloukey, (WAGM News)
3/2/15	Massicotte Wins Sixth Can-Am	Jessica Potilla, (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/1/15	Skijoring adds another day of dog-powered sports to Can-Am weekend	Julia Bayly, (Bangor Daily News)
3/1/15	Mushers rest for final leg of Can-Am Crown 250	Julia Bayly & Ashley Conti, (Bangor Daily News)
2/28/15	Spectators Enjoy a Taste of Skijoring	Melanie Daigle, Editor, (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/28/15	CAN-AM 30- AND 60-MILE SLED DOGS SAIL ON THE	Jessica Potilla, (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/28/15	What you need to know about the Can-Am Crown	Julia Bayly, (Bangor Daily News)
2/28/15	Races launch with Can-Am 60	Andrew Birden, (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/27/15	Can-Am is for everyone	Andrew Birden, (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/27/15	Vets check out dogs while mushers check in at Lonesome Pine Trails	Jessica Potilla, (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/26/15	Fort Kent community excited about 2015 Can-Am Crown	Katie Zarrilli, (WAGM News)
2/24/15	Main Street organizers on target for Can-Am Crown	Jessica Potilla, (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/16/15	New skijoring race to coincide with Can-Am International Sled Dog Races	Don Eno, (St. John Valley Times)
2/16/15	Musher Ashley Patterson lives for training and being on the trails with her dogs	Julia Bayly & Ashley Conti, (Bangor Daily News)
2/16/15	Can Am organizers add skijoring to sled dog race weekend	Julia Bayly, (Bangor Daily News)
1/28/15	Sled Dog Racing at its Finest	Beurmond Banville, (Bangor Metro Magazine)
1/28/15	Nearly 40 mushers registered for 2015 Can-Am Crown	Don Eno, (St. John Valley Times)
1/1/15	Hike!	Virginia M. Wright, (Down East Magazine)
12/21/14	Women changing the face of dog sledding in Maine	Deirdre Fleming, (Bangor Daily News)

2014

3/3/14	Massicotte wins his fifth Can Am sled dog race early Monday	Julia Bayly, (Bangor Daily News)
3/2/14	Mushing makes for strong bonds on and off the trails	Julia Bayly, (Bangor Daily News)
3/2/14	Can Am Crown Sled Dog Race weekend	Julia Bayly, (Bangor Daily News)
2/23/14	16-year-old musher preparing for next weekend's Can Am 250 sled dog race	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
3/1/14	Aroostook County's Can-Am sled dog races test mushers and their dogs	By Gabe Souza - Staff Photographer (Portland Press Herald)
3/3/14	Massicotte again takes Can-Am 250	Monique Labbe (St. John Valley Times)
2/24/14	Cyr preps for Can-Am with 7,000 trail markers and oil tank	Monique Labbe (St. John Valley Times)

2013

3/4/13	Ryan Anderson wins Can-Am 250	Jen Lynds, (Bangor Daily News)
3/4/13	Minnesota man wins 250-mile Can-Am Crown sled dog race in northern Maine	(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
3/4/13	Minnesota musher defends Can-Am Crown 250 title	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
3/2/13	Ryan Anderson wins Can-Am 250	Carter McCall, (special for Bangor Daily News)
3/2/13	And they're off at the annual Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races	Carter McCall, (special for Bangor Daily News)
3/2/13	First Can-Am Crown 2013 images	Jenna Beaulier (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/2/13	Anderson wins second straight Can-Am Crown 250 race	Monique Labbe (St. John Valley Times)
3/2/13	Female mushers making strides in Can-Am races	Jen Lynds (Bangor Daily News)
3/2/13	Last year's CAN-AM winner talks about 2013 race	Carter McCall (Bangor Daily News)
2/25/13	It's Can-Am sled dog time for young and old in Fort Kent this weekend	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
2/5/13	Can-Am fever 2013 just around the corner	Beurmond Banville (Fiddlehead Focus)

2012

3/24/12	USA East Race Results List	Stan Flagg (Sled Dog Central)
3/14/12	Ryan Anderson - CanAm 2012	DavidAcou (You Tube)
3/14/12	Mario Racine - CanAm 2012	DavidAcou (You Tube)
3/14/12	Student athletes experience Can-Am up close and personal	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/18/12	Wrapping up the Can-Am	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/16/12	MDI musher takes on Can Am	Emerson Whitney - (Fence Viewer)
3/7/12	Another Can Am wrapped up	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
3/7/12	Perfect season for local musher	EMILY GEDDE (International Falls Daily Journal)
3/6/12	Murphy's last ride	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/5/12	Anderson takes the Crown in a close finish	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/4/12	Can-Am Crown 250: Day 2, evening report	Andrew Birden (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/4/12	Julie Daigle's Can-Am 2012 image gallery	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/4/12	Can-Am Crown 250: Day 2	Andrew Birden (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/3/12	Husband and wife take top spots in Can-Am 30 and 60	Julie Daigle & Andrew Birden (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/3/12	Can-Am characters - Monica Pettengill Jerkins' Can-Am 2012 image gallery	Monica Pettengill Jerkins (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/3/12	Jessica Daigle's Can-Am 2012 image gallery	Jessica Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/3/12	Molly Jerkins' Can-Am 2012 image gallery	Molly Jerkins (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/3/12	Making the starting track for the Can-Am Crown (video)	Julie Daigle & Andrew Birden (Fiddlehead Focus)
3/3/12	And they're off: Can-Am Crown 2012	(Fiddlehead Focus)
2/5/12	Minnesota musher wins 250-mile Can Am Crown	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
2/4/12	Plenty of Snow at 2012 Can Am Crown	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
2/2/12	Jumping into action at the Can Am Crown	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
2/28/12	Organizers gear up for 20th Can-Am start	Andrew Birden (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/28/12	Girls rule, local female musher profiles (with video) Meet Julia Bayly and Kim Paradis	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/28/12	Girls rule, local female musher profiles, cont. Meet Sara Levesque	Monica Pettingill Jerkins (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/23/12	Recalling 20 years of Can Am	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
2/21/12	Twentieth Can-Am to be last for first musher	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/21/12	Can-Am, yesterday and today	Beurmond Banville (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/14/12	Making Can-Am possible: Volunteers - ready, set, go	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
2/7/12	Banville to lead Can-Am into future	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
1/31/12	CanAm Crown celebrates 20	Andrew Birden (Fiddlehead Focus)
1/26/12	Mushing retirement home not such a bad idea	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
1/18/12	Sled dog races drew international mushers	Monique Labbe (St. John Valley Times)
1/15/12	Tremblay sets new record for Eagle Lake 100	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
1/14/12	Eagle Lake 100- and 30-miler dogsled race gallery	Julie Daigle (Fiddlehead Focus)
1/7/12	Eagle Lake gets enough snow to hold sled dog races	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
12/1/11	Local craft fairs safer, saner places to shop on Black Friday	Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News)
-	Aroostook Sled Dog Central	Discover Maine Magazine

2011

3/16/11	Local musher hopes for better luck next year	International Falls Journal
3/10/11	This year's Can Am Crown 250 sled dog race in northern Maine a challenge to cover	Bangor Daily News
3/9/11	Last nine miles the toughest for top Can Am finishers	Bangor Daily News
3/9/11	Sullivan musher takes sixth in Can Am event	The Keene Sentinel
3/7/11	Marchildon wins one of closest, toughest Can Am Crown sled dog races	Bangor Daily News
3/6/11	Mushers off in 250-mile Can-Am race	News Telegram
3/6/11	Massachusetts musher youngest to finish Can Am 60	Bangor Daily News
3/5/11	Can Am Crown dog sled race kicks off in Fort Kent	Bangor Daily News
3/4/11	Young and old racing their dog teams at the Can Am	Bangor Daily News
3/2/11	Can Am Crown set for this weekend	Bangor Daily News
2/28/11	Can-Am Crown arrives Saturday	Fiddlehead Focus
2/2/11	Anderson wins Beargrease by 20 seconds	Duluth News Tribune
1/26/11	Can Am mushers to get gift of sled dog rations from N.B. company	Bangor Daily News
1/13/11	Can-Am on the heels of World Cup	Fiddlehead Focus
1/10/11	84 sled dog racers registered for Can-Am Crown March 5	Bangor Daily News
1/7/11	Can-AM Crown International Sled Dog Races	Travel New England Travel Blog
12/29/10	Can-Am musher's first novel a fast-paced tale of a rough life in the bush	Bangor Daily News
12/15/10	St. John Valley hosting races, activities this winter	Bangor Daily News
11/17/10	Mushers to run for fun in Ellsworth	Bangor Daily News
10/26/10	83 mushers signed up for the 19th Can-Am Crown	Bangor Daily News

2010

-	World News Update: Dog Sledding	WorldPress.com
3/10/10	Can-Am races successful in spite of challenges	Bangor Daily News
3/9/10	Carstens wins Can-Am Crown 250	Bangor Daily News
3/8/10	New Hampshire musher wins 3rd Can-Am Crown	Bangor Daily News
3/8/10	Can-Am features great conditions	Bangor Daily News
3/6/10	Can-Am teams eager for start	Bangor Daily News
3/3/10	Can-Am Races Volunteer - Gale Flagg	St. John Valley Times
3/2/10	Locals to compete in Can-Am sled dog race	Bar Harbor Times
3/2/10	Trio of Can-Am sled dog races set	Bangor Daily News
1/18/10	Minnesota musher slides into win at Lincoln/Seeley Lake 200 Sled Dog Race	Missoulian
1/18/10	Quebec musher captures Eagle Lake 100-mile Race	Bangor Daily News

2009

3/4/09	Carstens wins his second Can-Am Crown	St. John Valley Times
3/4/09	Rocky Brook volunteers remember a friend	St. John Valley Times
3/4/09	Portage: Cold, clear, and, did I mention? COLD.	St. John Valley Times
3/4/09	Can-Am Experience - Rocky Brook logging camps	St. John Valley Times
3/4/09	Can-Am Experience: No strangers in Maibec	St. John Valley Times
3/4/09	Connecting the Can-Am - Adventure on Deboullie Mountain	St. John Valley Times
3/4/09	Maine's extremes test mush teams' mettle	Boston Globe
3/3/09	Last team finishes Can-Am Crown sled dog race	Bangor Daily News
3/3/09	No. 13 wins his second Can-Am	Bangor Daily News
3/4/09	Mushers and dogs race across northern Maine	Boston Globe
3/1/09	Can-Am sled dog race creates new fans among volunteers	Bangor Daily News
2/28/09	Can Am sled dog races under way	Bangor Daily News
2/27/09	Hams set up for Can-Am race	Bangor Daily News
2/26/09	Iditarod veteran in first Can-Am	Bangor Daily News

2008

3/5/08	Martin Massicotte wins fourth Can-Am Crown	St. John Valley Times
3/5/08	Beehive of activity at the Portage checkpoint	St. John Valley Times
3/5/08	And miles to go before I sleep in Rocky Brook	St. John Valley Times
3/5/08	Meeting the - challenge of 'Hotel' Maibec	St. John Valley Times
3/5/08	Endgame plans mark Allagash checkpoint	St. John Valley Times

2007

5/1/07	CAN-AM CROWN 250 - 2007 RACE REPORT	Mushing Magazine
3/7/07	A quick peek behind the scenes at Can-Am Central	St. John Valley Times
3/7/07	Larson wins, Wehseler is second, Hibbs is third	St. John Valley Times

2006

3/9/06	'05 bib finishes its journey around the world	Bangor Daily News
3/8/06	Final mushers cross Can-Am finish line	Bangor Daily News
3/7/06	Can-Am musher weds chef at Allagash checkpoint	Bangor Daily News
3/7/06	Carstens wins Can-Am title in third race	Bangor Daily News
3/6/06	Dog days of winter in Fort Kent	Bangor Daily News
3/6/06	Field tightens in Can-Am sled race	Bangor Daily News
3/6/06	Musher connects pen pals in county schools	Bangor Daily News
3/4/06	Massicotte seeking fourth win	Bangor Daily News
3/3/06	In Fort Kent, it's time to groom the trails	Bangor Daily News

2004

2/25/04	Langmaid captures Can-Am Crown for a second time	St. John Valley Times
2/25/04	Allagash: Tied hands and heart	St. John Valley Times
2/25/04	Life at the busy Hotel Maibec	St. John Valley Times
2/25/04	Big Machias: A mutual love story	St. John Valley Times
2/25/04	Portage: Anxiously waiting	St. John Valley Times
2/18/04	From pet dog owner to sled dog runner	St. John Valley Times
2/18/04	A Wolf in the running	St. John Valley Times

2002

3/13/02	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 0205	St. John Valley Times
3/4/02	Tenth Annual Can-Crown thrills thousands	St. John Valley Times
1/7/02	Sled dog race to celebrate its tenth year	Bangor Daily News

2001

9/21/01	Shirley couple aid rescue dogs at attack sites	Bangor Daily News
3/12/01	Highlights of the 2001 Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Races	Stan Flagg
3/7/01	Aili breaks record in MBNA Can-Am Crown	St. John Valley Times

2000

3/6/00	Don Hibbs Wins Northland Telephone Can-Am Crown 250	Dave Hartt
2/23/00	Can-Am sled dog race countdown underway	St. John Valley Times

1999

10/22/99	Preparations for the millennium Can-Am Crown sled dog races	Stan Flagg
3/17/99	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9906	St. John Valley Times
3/6/99	Can-Am Crown Sled Dog Races March 6,1999	Stan Flagg
2/17/99	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9904	St. John Valley Times

1998

3/18/98	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9806	St. John Valley Times
3/11/98	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9805	St. John Valley Times
2/11/98	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9803	St. John Valley Times

1997

3/12/97	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9706	St. John Valley Times
2/12/97	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9704	St. John Valley Times

1996

3/6/96	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9606	St. John Valley Times
2/28/96	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9605	St. John Valley Times
2/14/96	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9604	St. John Valley Times

1995

3/1/95	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9506	St. John Valley Times
2/15/95	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9505	St. John Valley Times
2/8/95	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9504	St. John Valley Times

1994

3/2/94	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9405	St. John Valley Times
3/3/93	Gale Flagg's Can-Am Nature Column 9305	St. John Valley Times