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Soaring Above the Stereotypes

Tear Sheet

These women bush pilots earn top marks in a very macho milieu

By Laurie Sarkadi

Photos by Laurie Sarkadi

Photos by Laurie Sarkadi

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Tear Sheet

Photo by Gordon Greone

In the Wake of Ghost Ships

For hundreds of years, the search for a navigable passage through Arctic seas lured European explorers to their doom. 

By Janet & Gordon Greone

Photo by Gordon Greone

May 7th, 2026 May 7th, 2026

Tear Sheet

Photo by Michael Sharpe

The Gift of Pure Water

Published in Up Here Magazine July/August 1989.

By Alan S. Kesselheim

Photo by Michael Sharpe

May 7th, 2026 May 7th, 2026

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A Neurotic’s Guide to Northern Cuisine

I always felt like an outsider, sometimes even an imposter. Dinner broke the ice

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Where There’s a Will…

Winter roads are critical links for residents in remote communities, but climate change is making them more challenging to build. Northerners aren’t giving up

May 7th, 2026 May 7th, 2026

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Photo by Derek Crowe

Ruff Riders

Northerners love their trucks. And they love their dogs. It's a match made in heaven

May 7th, 2026 May 7th, 2026

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“It’s a Filipino thing”

For one community in Whitehorse, basketball is more than a game

May 7th, 2026 May 7th, 2026

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Photos by Pat Kane

Flavour Profile

Meet six chefs, from epicurean to community, who know how to set a table

May 7th, 2026 May 7th, 2026
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