The North

The flying Santa of Kuujjuaq—brother of Governor General Mary May Simon—is getting down to earth. Or so he says.

Northerners face the highest rates of food insecurity in Canada. A receipt from a recent shopping trip in Iqaluit illustrates the problem.

Never mind the Amazon, or even the Antarctic. Northern Canada is the global epitome of undefended territory.

An acute lack of dental care in the North means 465 flights a year to get braces fitted and tightened

Canada is not a proud northern nation. Its Arctic is undefended, undeveloped and socially fraught.

New programs for medical and law students are about getting professionals where they’re needed, not student aid

David Akin, National Post, August 18 . But the day wasn’t without a snag. A release from the PMO spelled the Nunavut capital as...

Except maybe for those taxes that pay for cool stuff like this. (Video courtesy of David Akin .)

The Nunatsiaq News calls it " the most expensive photo op you’ll ever see ." Torch blogger Mark Collins laments the " jingoistic...

Alison Crawford reflects on the exquisite precision of a Stephen Harper photo op.