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How a Lost Buoy Brought Me Home

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

A flight to Greenland, a summer festival, and a remarkable coincidence showed me what the future of Inuit could look like

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Technology

“Yukoners Are Pissed”: The Outcry over Telecom Failures

November 22, 2024November 27, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

Starlink’s popularity surges as Northern residents search for reliable internet

Current Affairs / January/February 2025

Should the Arctic Really Brace for an Invasion from China or Russia?

November 20, 2024November 29, 2024 - by Pat Kane

The people who live there would rather see more housing and maybe some dentists

Business

The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

October 2, 2024November 18, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

Taxpayers will be stuck paying for the cleanup of the Eagle mine disaster

A close crop of hands above remnants of a seal hunt. The meat lies on the snow with blood.

Society

Who’s Afraid of Country Food?

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

There’s a way to feed everyone in Nunavut: give hunters a salary, eat more inussiutit

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Environment

How We Treat Bears in Cities Is Trash

September 2, 2024September 3, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

Too many of them are becoming casualties in the battle of the bins

Environment

Yellowknife’s Wildfire Evacuation Was Tailored for the Privileged

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 - by Pat Kane

A year ago, about 20,000 people fled the city. For many, the evacuation was more traumatizing than the fires

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Health / July/August 2024 / Memoir

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

June 26, 2024July 29, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

My blood and how it speaks to me have become sources of my courage, my decisiveness, my quelling of self-doubt

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Media

After 124 Years, One of Canada’s Oldest Independent Newspapers Dies

May 17, 2024May 17, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

The Whitehorse Daily Star ’s closure will deepen the country’s local news crisis

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Environment

Dreading Wildfire Season

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 - by Eva Holland

The North’s light infrastructure makes wildfires less likely. It also makes them more dangerous

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How a Lost Buoy Brought Me Home

“Yukoners Are Pissed”: The Outcry over Telecom Failures

Should the Arctic Really Brace for an Invasion from China or Russia?

The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

How We Treat Bears in Cities Is Trash

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

After 124 Years, One of Canada’s Oldest Independent Newspapers Dies

Dreading Wildfire Season

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