On EDGE | OPINION A sneak peek, from the upcoming February/March issue of the print edition of EDGE YK magazine: Water flows downhill. That’s the essence of it. We in the Northwest Territories are the trunk at the end of a series of branching watersheds that flow from Yukon, B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nunavut into
Another day, another design seems to be the Mike Mrdjenovich mantra when it comes to the long-suffering lots in Bartam Court and on the corner of School Draw and Franklin Ave. After several weeks of drill tests, Nova Builders’ latest vision for dense residential development in the area is back to the drawing board. On
A sneak peek, from the upcoming February/March issue of the print edition of EDGE YK magazine: For over a year, various people from Tulita, Deline and Fort Good Hope asked me to run for MLA in the Sahtu riding. I resisted. Since I retired from the CBC in Yellowknife a few years ago, I’ve really
Yellowknife’s much-discussed Housing First program is expected to get underway by mid-summer, says Coun. Linda Bussey, who chairs the Community Advisory Board on Homelessness. With any luck, one person will be housed in July or August. After that the CAB hopes to find additional housing for two people each month, building towards the goal of
Denis Nobody — his last name a preferred moniker adopted years back — is deep into a tattoo when I arrive at his shop above Harley’s Hard Rock Saloon. “I can talk while I work, come in,” he says. I oblige and set up in his studio as he works through a delicate design on
On EDGE | ANALYSIS The GNWT is now projecting a $32-million operating deficit by the end of the 18th Assembly. If nothing changes, over the next five years revenues are expected to drop by 1.7 percent, mostly due to poor mining prospects and reductions in federal transfers, while expenditures are forecast to grow by 4.05
Last November’s territorial election played out like a game-changer, with longtime Northern political fixtures toppled from power, in some cases by the slimmest of margins. While we wait for the shape of the 18th assembly to crystallize, EDGE got to wondering about some of those prominent figures who had been toppled, and what they are
“When we imagine the future, we never think of native people.” Growing up in Fort Smith, Travis Mercredi says he always saw the future as synonymous with cities, not the “rural Indigenous North.” For those around him, reconciling their traditions with modernity was a constant struggle. “My family, growing up, everyone was reading science fiction
It may be a hackneyed phrase, but most of us can agree that the Northwest Territories is, as NWT Tourism likes to remind us, pretty darn “spectacular.” We’ve got the aurora, pristine surroundings and countless opportunities for outdoor activities, from fishing to snowmobiling, hunting to canoeing. It should, all things considered, be a great place
On EDGE | ANALYSIS Reading the business opportunities section of the Canada Winter Games report released to the media yesterday afternoon, you can almost hear the sound of faces hitting palms. Those buzzkills over at the Chamber of Commerce just don’t get it! And the project’s comms people really aren’t helping. Or so the report
On EDGE | OPINION I’m sure Scott Gilmore thought he was helping when he penned this piece for Maclean’s in the wake of the unfathomably sad shooting in La Loche, Saskatchewan, last week. Having tried nothing and run out of ideas, he throws up his hands and suggests it’s time to “help” people move out
We’re still waiting on the prognosis, but it’s starting to look like the cultural canary in the Yellowknife coal mine began to wobble on its perch a few months back, when De Beers pulled funding from the NorthWords Festival. Further evidence of our feathered friend’s worsening state arrived yesterday, when the folks at Long John
“This is one of those things on the bucket list.” A counsellor at Aurora College’s Thebacha campus in Fort Smith, Grant Paziuk admits his acting experience is limited to a high school English class reenactment of Who Has Seen the Wind? many decades ago. Though his stage skills might be rusty, he’s still hoping to
Yellowknife’s largest daycare provider is eyeing up a new home and a significant expansion several months after receiving an eviction notice for their current location. The Yellowknife Day Care Association, which holds 45 child care licenses, including half of Yellowknife’s infant care licenses, recently entered into a conditional land-purchase agreement for several empty downtown lots
When Pig Girl, the award-winning play based on the Robert Pickton murders, first hit the stage in Edmonton in 2013, it incensed the Indigenous community. Written by a non-Indigenous woman and performed by non-Indigenous actors, its initial run resulted in calls for a boycott. Now more than two years later, the controversial play has been workshopped and