“So if you got the luck to go in the truck, then that was great. You took your ride to town for groceries. The experience of going to town, usually included, stopping at Whiteman’s Grocery.” – Margaret Cain

“All the neighborhood kids would come around, and we’d be in there working in the store where my parents and grandparents.” – Georgina Bassett

“I would be told by my grandfather to take the Indian basket and go down to the Eight Grading Station, which I think was on Grafton Street, and get like a two dozen eggs to feed our family. And then I had to walk home very carefully because the eggs were just loose in the […]

“The Northern is the only store where you buy your food and anything that you actually need.” – Lynda Brown, Pangnirtung, NU

The men in the community… would often gather, especially on a Saturday night, in the meat department. – Gail Smith, Chester, NS