Yesterday’s round of cabinet making confirmed that the two most powerful politicians in the territory share a last name: McLeod. That Michael and Bob, whose father used to chase politicians away when they’d come a knockin’ in Fort Providence, should become Premier and Member of Parliament has a folk-tale feel to it. (Even if there’s
Dominion stays optimistic in the face of a major drop in sales, but the industry is in a difficult global transition.
After a final day of speech-making and ballot boxes in the political marathon that was 2015, we have a territorial government led once again by Bob McLeod though populated with new faces. The cabinet, elected yesterday by all 19 MLAs after three rounds of secret voting, is a unique blend of new and status quo:
Former Yellowknives Dene chief Fred Sangris has high hopes for a new environment and natural resources minister, saying relations between the territorial government and his people have frayed bitterly under Michael Miltenberger. According to Sangris, the outgoing minister’s mismanagement of the Bathurst Caribou Herd, along with charges of illegal harvesting against four Yellowknives Dene, are
Clients at Yellowknife’s day centre for street people are claiming mistreatment at the hands of Yellowknife police after RCMP knocked an Inuit man unconscious while attempting to arrest him last week. On Dec. 8, RCMP were called to Safe Harbour Day Centre to deal with a disturbance just before it was set to close at
Last night, shortly after councillors congratulated one another for wrestling a proposed municipal tax increase down to zero, Mayor Mark Heyck gave a sobering critique of his colleagues’ work over the past week. “I’m fully supportive of the close scrutiny that council gives of the budget and I think it’s important that we all take
Yellowknife’s Eugene Boulanger will soon be bringing his love of the land and storytelling to the podcast universe as the new host of Stories From The Land. The podcast, created by Anishinaabe comedian Ryan McMahon for his Indian and Cowboy media network, offers “a collection of Indigenous community sourced stories that connect Indigenous Peoples to
Trail’s End’s horseshoe of colourful, picturesque modulars is one of Yellowknife’s hotbeds of quirk. Its citizenry are a lively mix of every imaginable sub-section of the city’s social fabric. From environmentalists and writers, to capitalists and miners, the neighborhood is a vibrant ecosystem where pretty much anyone is accommodated. But is it true that at
Coun. Julian Morse on slashing the splash park: “I had a hard time falling asleep last night. It wasn’t an easy decision.” After two days of intense budget cutting, city council has turned the previously proposed tax increase into a slight tax decrease. Property taxes were slated to go up by 2.87 percent according to the
This city has been welcoming people dispossessed by war and crisis for decades. Cody Punter asks some of them to tell us how and why they ended up here. Portraits By Angela Gzowski
On Monday, members-elect will share their priorities for the 18th Legislative Assembly. And then, two days later, they’ll select a premier and speaker. EDGE sat down with Wendy Bisaro, retired Frame Lake MLA and former chair of the Standing Committee on Priorities and Planning for the 17th Legislative Assembly, to talk about what pressing issues
Lawyers for the enigmatic Deepak International Limited (DIL), owner of two still-defunct diamond cutting and polishing plants by the airport, will soon be in the NWT Supreme Court trying to prevent information about the company’s operations from becoming public. The company was in the news as recently as October, when creditors moved in to secure a $2.6
Migratory birds, such as this Stilt Sandpiper, are being particularly hard hit Yesterday, the NWT made national news when one of our lakes, near Fort McPherson, broke through the melting earthen levee holding it in and gushed out over a cliff into the valley below. The lake has been teetering on the brink for quite some time, as
On your left, representing change, and on your right, representing change On EDGE | Opinion When Bob McLeod stood up in the assembly to announce his second run at the NWT’s premiership yesterday afternoon, he could well have taken a page out of the Stephen Harper playbook: economic times are tough, the outlook for the
The frigid morning wind bites your skin as you trudge along the snowy city sidewalks. Any trace of moisture on your clothing quickly becomes frost on your short walk to work. It’s the depth of winter. And somewhere in this city, there are human beings in makeshift shelters sleeping rough. Perhaps a brazen shoplifting excursion through Shoppers