Rooted in the Yukon: How Herbalist Sylvie Gewehr Built Wildwood Spirit

By Lael Lund

In a small kitchen in Haines Junction, surrounded by jars of dried plants and amber bottles lined neatly on shelves, Sylvie Gewehr is quietly reshaping what a business can look like in the Yukon. Through Wildwood Spirit, her herbal business, she crafts teas, tinctures, salves, plant walks, workshops, and one-on-one consultations that invite people into deeper relationship with the plants around them.

Sisters, Stories, and Kaska Worlds on the Page

By Lael Lund

When sisters Micah Hake Glada and Trista Glada first moved to Faro, they weren’t thinking about product lines or entrepreneurship. They were grieving the loss of their mom, adjusting to a new home, and spending a lot of time indoors making art.

What started as a way to cope and create slowly grew into something bigger: two homegrown book projects that celebrate Yukon wildlife, Kaska language, and the imaginative worlds these young artists carry with them.

Trusting the Process: Mercedes’ Beadwork Journey in Watson Lake

By Lael Lund

In the depths of a Yukon winter, 17-year-old Mercedes Handel sat down for a conversation from her home in Watson Lake to talk about something that’s both deeply personal and quietly powerful in her life: beadwork.

Nurturing young entrepreneurs at Summer Biz School

Growing up, Matt Douglas was thinking about becoming a defence attorney before he found his calling in the creative power of marketing. Today, Matt is the managing director at Mammoth Marketing. His team works to fill a major gap in the marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses and organizations–and they’re committed to investing in the community–especially the next generation of entrepreneurs.