Read some of CBC North's longform storytelling from 2024
CBC North reporters are always busy delivering daily and breaking news to our radio, TV and online platforms. And sometimes, they're able to take a deeper dive into a story and produce some compelling longform journalism.
Here are some of CBC North's best longform features of this past year, in case you missed them.
From Yukon to Ukraine
Members of the Ukrainian Canadian Association of Yukon at the Whitehorse airport on March 9, 2024, just before members of the group depart for Ukraine to deliver donated goods and supplies. (Submitted by Donna Reimchen)
When the war in Ukraine started nearly three years ago, a group of Yukoners knew they had to do something. The Ukrainian Canadian Association of Yukon has been organizing regular missions to the country to deliver medicine, medical supplies and equipment — all purchased with donations from Yukoners.
Read Kate Kyle's March feature here.
After the fire in Enterprise, N.W.T.
A year after a wildfire in Enterprise, piles of rubble still sit in some lots. Others remain empty as residents mull whether to rebuild. (Natalie Pressman/CBC)
A year after a wildfire destroyed most of Enterprise, N.W.T., in August 2023, the future of the tiny hamlet was still unknown as residents wrestled with how to return — and whether they even wanted to.
Read Natalie Pressman's August feature here.
Salmon homecoming in Yukon's Michie Creek
Brandy Mayes, the heritage, lands and resources operations manager of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation in Whitehorse, looks for chinook salmon in Yukon's Michie Creek in September 2024. (Julien Greene/CBC)
For years, the number of chinook salmon returning to spawn in Yukon's Michie Creek has been in steady decline. But things seemed different this year, according to people who closely monitor the creek.
Read Julien Greene's September feature here.
Bringing history back home in Nunavut
A beaded atigi, or parka, held as part of the Nunavut Collection at the Canadian Museum of Nature's Natural Heritage Campus in Gatineau, Que. (Kate Kyle/CBC)
It's been talked about for decades — and yet Nunavut is still the only jurisdiction in Canada without its own heritage centre to house the territory's vast collection of cultural artifacts. To some, there's a growing sense of urgency.
Read Juanita Taylor's October feature here.
Tłı̨chǫ tree-planting project aims to 'bring the caribou back'
Noel Football, a Tłı̨chǫ man who was born and raised in Behchokǫ̀, helps pluck spruce cones from branches on a day in late August. (Liny Lamberink/CBC)
In 2023, tens of thousands of hectares of trees burned around Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T. Now, the Tłı̨chǫ government has a plan to reforest those lands, with the hope of regrowing caribou habitat in the process.
Read Liny Lamberink's October feature here.
From Nunavut to the world: How Inuit art continues to find new audiences
'An Inuit art cooperative in Canada's far north: Kinngait, Nunavut: The Claude Baud and Michel Jacot Collection,' on display at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris. (Submitted by Vincent Royer, OpenUp Studio)
For 65 years, the West Baffin Cooperative has put Kinngait, Nunavut, on the world map through art. It's looking to continue reaching new audiences — and to change the narrative around Inuit art.
Read Samuel Wat's November feature here.
