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Up Here Publishing celebrates northern Canada through Up Here Magazine and Up Here Business. Discover the culture, arts, and industries shaping the North. Your trusted source for northern stories!
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Donna McCann is not a frou-frou girl. “This is it,” she says, gesturing to her jeans, navy hoodie and steel-toed boots. “I don’t want to sit at a desk. I want to be out doing stuff.”

'Heavy Lifting'
Story by Amy Kenny

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December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🎨 A major win for a Yukon art centre, sparkling news from NWT diamonds, and ongoing recycling challenges in Nunavut.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Could you keep hope alive 100 feet down in a glacial crevasse? As you watch your supplies fly off the side of a mountain in a storm? As you plunge through the ice into frigid water?

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November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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💍 We have a special feature to share, including six norther makers! Some are enjoying international success, while others are favourites at local markets and craft fairs. All live and work in the North and have their own unique voice, vision and style.

Read it here: uphere.ca/articles/say...
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🌨🏒 What else is there to do when the snow rolls in? Check out this story from Up Here 2005 about how the whole of Yellowknife would come out to see the miners play.

'Miner Hockey'
Story/Photos by Sam Toman

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November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🪨 Hold onto your helmet, this rock called Acasta gneiss is nearly 4.03 billion years old and could be the ultimate time-traveler’s souvenir.

'Written in Stone'
Story/Photos by Bill Braden

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November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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✨ With our newly announced Northerner of the year, we're taking some time this week to also have a look back at some of Northerner's of the year in days past, featured in the December issue of Up Here 2016!

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November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🗞✨ The newest edition of Up Here Business has landed and was even spotted making its debut at the Yellowknife airport. Huge thanks to our new editor Amy Kenny and to everyone whose work shaped this issue. If you’re heading to the NWT, Nunavut or Yukon Geoscience forums, come find us.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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✨ We're very excited to present our Northerner of the Year, Anna Lambe! @anna.r.b.lambe

'Anna Lambe Has Something To Say'
Story by Cooper Langford

Check out the full story on our website!

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November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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🗞 Up Here November/December is hot off the press and this issue is flying! 🚀

Featuring our northerner of the year Anna Lambe and a whole heap of new northern stories, this one is ending our year strong.

You can read it online or explore subscription options here: uphere.ca/subscriberenew
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Check out what's happening in the North this week with ColdSnaps:

📵 NWT to lose last payphones
🍆 Nunavut wants cheaper groceries
💸 The Yukon gets scammed (again)

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October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🌙✨ An Inuit storyteller and an astronomer walk into the cosmos and rename five of Saturn’s moons. Discover how northern legends found their place among the stars.

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#InuitKnowledge #NorthernStories #UpHere
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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🔥 Nature’s ultimate comeback story is here! Dive into “Born Again from Flames” and discover how forest fires pave the way for renewal in the North’s boreal landscape.

'Born Again From Flames'
Story/Photos by Page Burt

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#UpHere #Northlands
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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This week our Tear Sheet takes us back to 1995! The last age of the millennials and to a story of exploration and adventure in the northern parts of frozen Labrador. What were you doing at this time?

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#safari #uphere #labrador
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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🤖 This week's story, Martin Dover has us thinking more about AI, as it's rise to mainstream popularity and Meta integration effects community journalism.

*No robots were harmed in the writing of this piece.

'That’s so Meta'
Story by Martin Dover

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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🎣 When Survivor came calling, Yellowknife’s “Fishin’ Technician” Mike Bryant was ready to outfish, outtrap, and outlast—until politics pulled the plug. Check out this week's Tear Sheet from 2009!

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#Yellowknife #Survivor #NorthernStories #NWT
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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❄️💦 When it comes to “wild swimming” in the Yukon, the only thing truly wild might be the water temperature!

Story by Amy Kenny
Photo by Rhiannon Russell

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#UpHere #YukonLife #NorthernAdventures
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Making waves this week in Cold Snaps: paddlers training, the Navy testing waters in Whitehorse, and Iqaluit diving into major upgrades—basically, it’s water, water everywhere. 💧

Photo courtesy of Somba K’e Paddling Club

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October 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This week’s Tear Sheet takes us back to June 2014, where the conversation on cultural appropriation in the North was already making waves.

'Inappropriation'
Story by Samia Madwar

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October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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✏ Long-hidden Inuit drawings are finally getting their spotlight. Turns out these archives were keeping the best art secret in the North!

'Sights Unseen'
Text by Cooper Langford
Photos courtesy of Kinngait Studio archive

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October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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🚿 Iqaluit cars are sparkling again, Yukon veggies are sprouting, and NWT youth just turned funding into a game. Fall in the North is anything but boring!

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#LifeInTheNorth #NorthernStories #ArcticLife #UpHereNorth #TrueNorth
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Ever wondered what your pup is really thinking? 🐕 A psychic spills the secrets straight from the dog’s mind in this wild read.

'I’ll Be Doggone'
Story/Photo by Amy Kenny

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September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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From music funding in the Yukon to new homes in Nunavut—and a heartfelt goodbye in the NWT—this week’s Cold Snaps brings stories of loss, hope, and resilience from across the North. 🌍❄️

Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Sam Gargan.

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September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🔦 When the long northern night falls, the land whispers tales of phantom gunshots, playful ghosts, and shape-shifting spirits—stories that demand to be shared.

'Stories For A Long, Dark Winter'
Story by Daniel Campbell, Laura Busch

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September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Big plays, big crowds, big memories! Up Here was proud to sponsor the Sport Yukon WHL Showcase in Whitehorse this past weekend. Thanks to everyone who came out to cheer, celebrate, and show what northern hockey spirit is all about. 🏒❄️

#WHLShowcase #SportYukon #UpHereMagazine #LargerThanLife
September 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM