Devin Brodhagen is building timber houses. Brodhagen is president of First Kaska, a contracting company wholly owned by Liard First Nation in southern Yukon. Through its subsidiary Heartland Timber Homes, the company has been replacing run down and mouldy homes in the First Nation with modern timber-frame houses, complete with electrical outlets embedded in every wood-panelled wall… “They’re long-lasting. You won’t find mould in these homes,” Brodhagen said. “The warmth in them, the efficiency, and just the beauty of living in a log home in the Yukon — it’s … nostalgic.” Now, with an investment from the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), the company is accelerating its work thanks to new state-of-the-art milling equipment purchased from Italy. …Currently, each house is constructed using timber harvested from standing dead or fire-flashed trees in the region, a sustainable practice that ensures no healthy trees are cut. But that is already inadequate for meeting demand.