Where a Big Mac is a really big deal
Written by Herb Mathisen
Flying in fast food. Illustration by Beth Covvey
Drinks are up at Bombay Peggy's in Dawson City
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Ryan Matthew pours the drinks. Next time you see him, you might be seeing double. Photo by Chris Healy
With caribou gut compost and narwhal chicken feed, Northerners are finding creative ways to produce their own food. But with some real climate and market handicaps, how far can Northern agriculture actually take us?
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Made in the Yukon: Hay is a big cash crop in the Yukon; local producers can compete with southern farms because they don't have to pay major transport costs. Photo by Cathie Archbould
A timeline of the Schmidt-Kent Empire of Whitehorse
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"If we're not renovating a space, we're opening something," says Schmidt (on right). Photo by Daren Gallo
Bringing southern-style barbecue to Iqaluit at Big Racks
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Woodsmoke in a land without trees. Photo by Anubha Momin/Finding True North
The NWT Brewing Company takes hold in the city's Woodyard
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If you build it, they will come. Fletcher Stevens is serving up what Yellowknifers always wanted. Photo by Hannah Eden/Up Here
Enjoying a bit of the Caribbean, at Antoinette's in Whitehorse
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The menu features hits like polenta sticks with jerk dip. Photo by Daren Gallo
Dawson City’s Cud Eastbound turns his van into a warm and cozy abode.
Written by Herb Mathisen
Eastbound’s felt at home in Dawson this winter, surrounded by like-minded, hands-on folks: “Everyone up here is just automatically DIY because they were raised that way.” All photos courtesy Cud Eastbound
The cool comforts of ice fishing in Chesterfield Inlet
Written by Peter Autut
Photo by Hannah Eden/Up Here
