Dream Homes
Million-dollar views. Wilderness at the doorstep. Big communal spaces to gather in. Here’s what Northerners want from their dream homes.
PHOTOS COURTESY ANDREW LATREILLE/KOBAYASHI + ZEDDA
Features
The Stony Islands Lime Kiln
Crucial to North-proofing buildings, whitewash was produced on the Slave River. But by whom?
PHOTO COURTESY GLENBOW ARCHIVES/PHILIP H. GODSELL/NB-40-332
That’s a Job for the Housing Corps
How an army of home builders could solve the North’s housing woes
Illustration by Beth Covey
Joe of all Trades
Joe Kitekudlak on his hand at building a big part of Ulukhaktok, NWT
Photo by KAREN KITEKDULAK
A Slice of the Past
Back in the 1940s, most northerners received food supplies once a year. A pantry favourite then was canned meat. Today fresh food from across the country arrives almost daily, but many northerners still want the security of a can or two
of Klik in the cupboard.
PHOTOS: (LEFT) JOLLY TIME GIANT YELLOW CORN, (CENTRE) COURTESY PWNHC/2015.13.5J, (RIGHT) ILLUSTRATION BY BETH COVVEY
Legal Thievery?
On the 100th anniversary of Treaty 11, there’s little enthusiasm for a celebration. A descendant of two chiefs who signed the Treaty wonders if this was truly a Treaty, or just legalized thievery.
Zaul Blondin - National Museums of Canada photo
Northern Newcomers
Magpies are smart, curious, and now year-round residents of the far North.
Photo by Ron Dudley
