“Somebody accidentally bumped one of the barmaids one night… and somebody else took great offense to this.” – Bill Braden, Yellowknife, NWT

“My first job, I had no money, so I walked into the Gold Range and asked if they were hiring. They said, ‘yah, can you start tonight?'” – Sheila Bassi Kellet, Yellowknife, NWT

“I had a friend who came up here and he described any afternoon in Yellowknife as the same as Friday night in St. Paul, Alberta.” – Gordon Van Tighen, Yellowknife, NWT