Culture & Tourism

The creative force behind the creative forces

By Michael Ganley One day, Lynn Feasey got a call from the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik.

Meeting in the North

By Hélèna Katz Sometimes it’s hard to be taken seriously when you’re as wild and mysterious as the North.

An Olympian Gamble

By Adam K. Johnson Territories spend millions at Vancouver 2010

Hearing the Elders

By Jason Prno -- Traditional knowledge studies have long been a regular part of environmental assessments for mining projects in the North and across the country.

Your Town, a Tourism Hotspot

By Hélèna Katz -- Every year, travellers pump more than $325-million into the economies of the three territories, creating jobs and business.

Risk vs. Reward

By Graham Chandler -- Twenty-five years ago this summer, the MS Explorer launched the cruise-ship industry in Arctic Canada

Serving it Up

By Adam K. Johnson -- It’s another busy day for Ragnar Wesstrom, owner-operator of Enodah Wilderness Travel and Trout Rock Lodge

Out of Many, One Vision

By Katharine Sandiford -- Whitehorse’s Northern Vision Development is snapping up properties at a remarkable rate.

Quiet on the set

by Jason Unrau -- With his novel, The Lesser Blessed, poised to hit the silver screen, Richard Van Camp desperately wants it filmed in the NWT.

Branding the North

By Michael Ganley -- Open spaces brushed by the aurora at night, untamed wilderness and authentic cultures: great nature has long been used to define the North.