Living in the remote North, few in Canada appreciate their trucks, boats and quads more. For more than 50 years, Aurora Ford Hay River has been the place to find an array of vehicles and accessories that help residents contend with the challenges of the cold and dark or sunny and warm seasonal climates. From …
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New business sells hair and skincare products not carried at local chain stores. After 30 years in the territories, Gail Dyer was growing tired of constantly shipping personal care products north, stocking up when she travelled south and concocting hair cocktails with combinations of products available in town. As a Black woman in Yellowknife, Dyer …
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Too much effort put into motel to give up, says owner Daniel Jackson Daniel Jackson is blunt about the experience of opening a new motel during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Horrible. Horrible. There’s no business,” he said over the phone from Fort Good Hope. He had been trying to open River Bend Motel since 2018 but …
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Overlander Sports was in the same quandary as many other businesses in town once the real threat of Covid-19 hit. Do they stay open or do they shut shop for a while to ride things out? They chose the latter and it was the first time in the store’s 37-year history that it closed for …