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Is "Northernness" under threat?

By Tim Querengesser

Houseboats in Yellowknife Bay are iconic symbols of "Northernness." Floating out there in summer or encased in ice throughout the winter, the colourful structures remind us of the anything-goes spirit that inspired us to explore the North or to make it our home. Yet some houseboaters fear a new harbour planning committee created by Yellowknife council will spell the end of this. Is this progress, or yet another blow to "Northernness"?

In the Kitchen with the Laughing Chef

She’s Nunavut’s answer to Jamie Oliver: a cooking-show guru whose goal is to teach Inuit to eat better – and have a great time doing it. By Margo Pfeiff

Nineteen Trips You Gotta Do

Some of these adventures will break the bank. Others will break your back.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The top 10 Northern stories of the decade

What a decade it's been. In honour of 10 years that changed the North, we look back on what we think were the 10 biggest stories to come out of the place between 2000 and 2010. By the Up Here editors

Slideshow: Leona Aglukkaq, Northerner of the Year

See exclusive photos of Up Here's 2009 Northerner of the Year on a visit to Iqaluit. By Patrick Kane

City of Dog

In Whitehorse – in the stores, at the ski club, even in church – pooches are people too . . . By Katharine Sandiford

They call him the Wizard of Ozzie

Love him or loathe him, in the dizzying reaches of the High Arctic, he’s the guy who gets things done – one ear to the phone, one hand on the wheel, a head full of plans and pockets stuffed with money. By Brent Reaney

A punk-rock angler casts for fame

He’s Yellowknife’s Fishin’ Technician, landing lunker trout and charming the pants off VIP visitors. Now if only he could make his mark. By Nathan VanderKlippe

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