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July 2016

Arctic Bay, Nunavut

By Up Here

Photo by Clare Kines

Photo by Clare Kines

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. My Home

Qapik Attagutsiak’s home is heated and lit only by her qulliq (oil lamp). She has a house—with power, heat and water—but would rather stay in this out-building, which reminds her of the qarmaq (sod houses) of yesteryear. She turned 96 last month, making her the eldest elder in Arctic Bay.

PHOTO: CLARE KINES

July 2016

Tommy Forrest Ballpark in Yellowknife. Photo courtesy Ollie Williams

Seeing Grass

A downtown Yellowknife ballpark transformed from blight to beauty

By Herb Mathisen

Tommy Forrest Ballpark in Yellowknife. Photo courtesy Ollie Williams

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PHOTO BY HANNAH EDEN/UP HERE

Nunavut’s internet is slow, expensive and unreliable

SSi Micro’s Jeff Philipp thinks a monopoly could help fix these problems.

By Herb Mathisen

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