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"The New Warrior": nuanced or native-sploitation?

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 20:19 — ashleigh
A lot of time and thinking goes into each of our covers, but this month there was perhaps a little more to debate than usual. One of the aspects of this issue we discussed extensively was the choice of "the New Warrior" as Behn's cover line.

Catching up with Caleb Behn: behind the June cover

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 16:10 — ashleigh
When the plane touched down, the editors began their frantic search for a generator and three different photo shoot locations. Their cover man, on the other hand, was napping.

Going live with CBQO

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:17 — Garrett
Deline's homegrown North-Slavey radio station is now transmitting around the world - but its focus is as local as ever.
By Libby Gunn

Why Old Crow works for me

Tue, 05/14/2013 - 20:36 — ashleigh
One day, Dana Tizya-Tramm quit his job at a high-end gelato shop in Vancouver and left his city life behind. His destination: Old Crow. Tizya-Tramm, half-German, half-Gwich'in, says he's found more than a home in Old Crow. He's found a future.

Dawson City in 1,319 portraits

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 16:36 — ashleigh
Michael Markowsky has given himself two months to draw a portrait of every single person in Dawson City, population 1,319 and counting.

As true as we can bear

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 17:38 — ashleigh
When the North's top predator foiled a tranquil hike, tourists got a sobering Arctic experience – and a killer story to boot.
By Elizabeth Bradfield

The grolar bear eludes us...this time

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 16:58 — ashleigh
Last month, Up Here's Kelsey Eliasson flew to Ulakhaktok on a mission to find a creature that no one has ever documented alive: a half grizzly-half polar bear hybrid. Here's his latest dispatch from the field:

A Wednesday in Wekweeti

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 20:15 — ashleigh
On a bright April day, five DeBeers staff and two saleswomen from Yellowknife’s Book Cellar flew to Wekweeti, NWT. Their mission: to deliver books to the town’s little kids, and bring back photos of smiling, happy faces. Up Here tagged along.

What's up in the North this May

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 15:59 — ashleigh
In the Yukon, Faro celebrates spring by holding a festival for over 120,000 sandhill cranes that migrate through every year, while in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, locals party like it’s still minus-20. Because sometimes it is.

Heart o' the North

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 15:36 — ashleigh
Can you guess which Northern place Robert Service was referring to when he wrote this poem? Hint: It was published in his first book, Songs of a Sourdough in 1907.
Vote here.
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