Category News

City Briefs: Tourism Plan, Podcasting YK Stories, Seniors Tax Breaks

A plan to kick off a comprehensive destination marketing organiztion in Yellowknife doesn’t look like it will be moving forward any time soon.*  City Council adopted the recently completed marketing strategy “for information” on Monday, but there were distinct reservations about putting public money towards the plan until the GNWT changes legislation to allow for

Category Opinion

Getting the F out of the Water

“Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?” So asks General Jack D. Ripper of Peter Sellers’ jittery Captain Mandrake in a scene from the 1964 classic Dr. Strangelove. “It’s incredibly obvious isn’t it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily

Category News

Food and Clothing Costs on the Rise in Yellowknife

No, you haven’t been tallying your weekly grocery bills incorrectly. Food prices in Yellowknife have been increasing over the past year. Compared to March 2015, the cost of food in Yellowknife grew by an average of 5.4 percent, with restaurant prices going up an average of three percent and grocery store prices rising 6.4 percent

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Category Analysis

YK Hood by Hood: Niven Lake

Once home to a dump, and the city’s sewage, Niven is now one of Yellowknife’s most desired areas

Category News

Housing First RFP: Fully Implemented By December

On Thursday, City Hall took its first official step towards implementing Housing First in Yellowknife by issuing a Request For Proposal seeking an organization to run an “intensive case management” program. The bid for the contract, worth at least $850,000 over the next three years, closes on May 26. The chosen provider will be expected

Category News

Visitors Centre on Shaky Ground

Severe frost heaving beneath the Northern Frontiers Visitors Centre has led to the temporary closure of the exhibit section of the building. The rest of the centre is still open, but the part of the structure which sits on pilings above the marsh adjacent to Frame Lake has been closed for safety purposes. There’s no

Category Culture

YK Artist’s Film in National Competition

It started with the ‘summer of smoke’ and the finding of an old treasure, but now artist Jen Walden’s first-ever film is up against eight others in the CBC Short Film Face Off. Painted Girl, a story about a young woman who is able to leave a volatile relationship after a strange package arrives in

Category Culture

Restaurant Round-Up: April 20

Elke’s Table soft-opens After a year of renovation and development, the old Gallery on 47th space has been re-opened as Elke’s Table, a German/Mediterranean restaurant. A lunchtime visit from EDGE during their second week of operation found a bustling, homey little establishment with 20 seats, featuring high-energy Eurodisco pumping over the soundsystem. The arrival of

Category Culture

Paranormal North: UFOs of the NWT

‘An extremely loud fluttering sound…from behind and above.’ ‘An object fell from the sky and crashed into the water…’ ‘A horizontal row of ‘windows’ and a pulsating green light coming from inside…’ The Northwest Territories has had its fair share of reported UFO sightings over the past century, ranging from strange lights in the sky

Category Business

Selling Yellowknife to the World

“Yellowknife is on the edge—of expansive lakes, untamed wilderness, of civilization itself—putting visitors on the cusp of a diverse range of activities and experiences…” This is the branding language suggested to city council on Monday by local communications consultant Leanne Tait, as part of a strategy to establish a ‘Destination Marketing’ organization that will promote

Category Uncategorized

The Woman Who Grew Overnight

Adults don’t get to wake up three inches taller. But what if you did? Yellowknifer Sarah Kalnay-Watson knows the answer. The good news is it involves an enjoyable shopping trip. The bad news relates to the bathroom. And what’s an extra three inches in the bedroom? We’ll find out. First, a little background: At the

Category News

Ft. Smith: Stand-Off in a Small Place

Record high temperatures drew T-shirt clad residents of Fort Smith outside in droves to enjoy the sunshine on Sunday afternoon, but there was one place people could not go, no matter how much they wanted to. Field Street, a moderately quiet residential area in the centre of town, was the focus of civic attention from

Category News

Power Corp: Renewables Redundant

The Northwest Territories Power Corp. (NTPC) is no longer following up on its pre-election callout for potential solar and wind projects for the North Slave, claiming that increased snowfall this winter should be sufficient to keep the existing Snare hydro system running smoothly. The publicly-owned electricity provider put out a request for Expressions of Interest

Category Politics

Métis Emerge From “Jurisdictional Wasteland”

On EDGE | ANALYSIS In what has been referred to as “Métis are Indians!” Day all over social media, April 14, 2016 will go down as another pivotal moment in Canadian legal history as it pertains to Aboriginal peoples. The Supreme Court of Canada confirmed in a unanimous 9-0 ruling Thursday morning that Métis and

Category News

Third Jerrie’s Delivery Associate Nabbed in Drug Bust

A third person associated with Jerrie’s Delivery Service has been charged with drug trafficking, following a series of RCMP raids on Thursday night that saw eight arrests. Norman Hache, 35, of Yellowknife, former owner of the delivery company, faces five charges: “Conspiracy to traffic and Possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine and fentanyl, Conspiracy

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