By Guy Quenneville This is our first-ever Green Issue, and as you thumb through our main feature, “8 Ways the North Is Getting Greener”

8 Ways We’re Getting Greener
As fuel prices rise, environmental regulations tighten, new technologies improve (and get cheaper), businesses and governments all over the North are making green leaps forward.

Death Doesn’t Take A Holiday
Janice McKenna, the only certified funeral director in the NWT, doesn’t consider what she does a mere job. For grieving families, it’s an essential service.

Lights Out
With a booming population, crumbling power plants, and no money. Is Nunavut’s electrical system about to blow a fuse?