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The ice jam cometh

In the North, Spring is a time of disaster, when icy rivers breach their banks – drowning towns and lives. The aftermath is a flood of memories. By Nathan Vanderklippe

The narwhal heist of the century

From Nantucket to the Far North, how the police cracked an international narwhal-tusk smuggling ring. By Tristin Hopper

When in Churchill

How one man moved his wife and kids to Churchill, Manitoba - and learned that polar bears are part of the family. By Zac Unger

A priest of dogs and bears

He’s a rogue in an old truck, rescuing huskies and feeding polar bears. Now his enemies are settling the score. By Kelsey Eliasson

End of the trail?

Some fear dog-sledding is dead in the territory where it was born. Others say it’s just finding its feet. By Eva Holland

The angry Inuk

She’s a lawyer, a rocker, a teacher, a fighter. You better get out of her way. By Margo Pfeiff

His stories were his life

When Paul Andrew retired from the CBC last spring, he had reported on all the major events of his lifetime in the NWT. As it happens, he'd also covered much of the history that shaped him.

"The New Warrior": nuanced or native-sploitation?

A lot of time and thinking goes into each of our covers, but this month there was perhaps a little more to debate than usual. One of the aspects of this issue we discussed extensively was the choice of "the New Warrior" as Behn's cover line.

Catching up with Caleb Behn: behind the June cover

When the plane touched down, the editors began their frantic search for a generator and three different photo shoot locations. Their cover man, on the other hand, was napping.

Going live with CBQO

Deline's homegrown North-Slavey radio station is now transmitting around the world - but its focus is as local as ever.
By Libby Gunn

2003: River of Dreams
The experience is beautiful. Sometimes it's crazy. But as river guide Neil Hartling writes, the Nahanni can change your life forever.
By Neil Hartling

2012: "I found the sweet life"
Every summer, a gypsy crew of tip-scrounging, slum-camping summer workers. And know this: they have the best life ever. By Eva Holland
2007: a People's Poet
Robert Service is famed for his grizzled and grisly Yukon characters. But he kept rhyming long after he left he North.
By Randy Freeman

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What should be done to promote more fluency in Northern Aboriginal languages?:
1. The territorial governments should be doing more to promote the use of Aboriginal languages in schools and public places.

2. Families should be speaking more Aboriginal languages at home.

3. We need more cultural programming (television, radio, web apps) in Aboriginal languages.

4. A lot is being done already. We need to concentrate more on English and French, the languages of industry.

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