Arctic Moment: Shoulder Season
Location: Tibbitt Lake, North Slave Region
Photo by Tashina Weagle/NWTT
Features
The Dene Way
Here's what happens when a group of young, skilled, educated people decides to stop talking at start acting.
Left to right: Dëneze Nakehk'o, Nina Larsson, Maslyn Scott, Tania Larsson, Kyla Kakfwi Scott, Eugene Boulanger. In front: Amos Scott with Sadeya Scott. Photo: Hannah Eden/Up Here
Our Riding Is Bigger Than Yours
And that presents one mighty big problem for Nunavut candidates
The C-Word: Consultation
It’s confusing. It’s controversial. But for miners looking to develop the next mega-project or governments seeking public approval on big-ticket policies, consultation is crucial.
Protesters take to the Yellowknife streets to oppose fracking in the Northwest Territories. Photo by Hannah Eden
Stuck in the Middle
On the slow train from Churchill
Ambulances in the Sky
Where they’re going, they don’t need roads. Across the North, ground transportation just isn’t possible and many local health care centres offer only the most basic of services. That’s when ACCESS air ambulances swoop in, with medevacs proving the quickest—and often, the only—way of getting patients the medical treatment they need.
Ambulance rides in the North often take you five miles in the sky. Photo: Hannah Eden/Up Here
The North's Own Game
Tensions, compromise, allegiances and betrayal: how consensus government really works
