Baseball fever has reached the Arctic.

In Canada’s northernmost city, fans are packing The Storehouse Bar and Grill in Iqaluit to cheer on the Toronto Blue Jays’ playoffs and World Series run.

Valerie Hill, the bar's general store manager, said fan turnout has been unlike anything she has seen in her two years running the spot.

“Our bar can hold 215 people, but for Game 7 (ALCS against the Seattle Mariners), it was standing room only,” Hill said. “I think our counter guy lost track after 180 people.”

She said tourists have come by asking whether the bar has heard of the Blue Jays and if they can put the game on their TVs, as though being more than 2,000 kilometres away from Toronto means they wouldn’t know anything about the team.

To them, she says, “Look around! We love the Blue Jays

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