Sponsored by Dan Wong The climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it. You can walk along roads and buildings and see them buckling as the permafrost melts. You can visit communities on the coast and see them literally falling into the sea. You can boat on the drought-ridden lakes and inhale smoke
EDGE has been profiling each new candidate for the 2015 NWT territorial elections, in Yellowknife electoral districts. You’ll find links to those profiles below(with the exception of YK North’s Sean Erasmus, who has not responded to our request for an interview) Frame Lake Roy Erasmus Jan Fullerton Kevin O’Reilly David Wasylciw Great Slave Glen Abernethy
Monday’s Municipal Services committee meeting ended on a surprisingly tense note after Mayor Mark Heyck cut coun. Niels Konge short during a discussion about whistleblower policies. “There are certainly people who work in the City of Yellowknife who don’t feel like they can bring their complaints forward without basically putting a target on their back,”
The race for Yellowknife Centre took a turn for the nasty last week, with suggestions of improper advertising being levelled against incumbent MLA Robert Hawkins by the media, and Hawkins in turn making accusations against his challenger Julie Green, at least two of which the CBC has reported as false or unsubstantiated. This is not
On EDGE | Opinion Over the course of several days last spring, I talked with Yellowknife street community member James Thrasher about mental health. He told me about his work, his family and his battle with depression and addiction. We spoke, in an oblique manner, about his time in residential school. And he recounted the
There are people in this town who seem destined to want to go faster, higher, stronger. Sheena Tremblay, the highest trained active female ski coach in the territories, is one of them. Don’t let her quiet, humble demeanor fool you. Behind that shy smile is one highly competitive person. “I pretty much just wanted to
Feedback on the print edition of EDGE YK magazine is almost always positive. But in the winter of 2013, after two issues without a piece by Old Town Versifier Anthony Foliot, a number of readers were upset. “As soon as I pick up the magazine, it’s the first thing I read, so please bring him
It’s unlikely that any currently proposed initiatives will bring 2,000 new residents streaming in overnight Ask any candidate in this election what their top priority is and the answer is virtually guaranteed to be some variation on “the economy and the cost of living.” This isn’t exactly breaking news. The general tone of recent discussion
To Don Jaque, the allegation that he’s running for MLA of Thebacha just to split the vote so incumbent Michael Miltenberger can retain his office is just another fiction spun from the ‘Fort Myth’ rumour mill. “Yes absolutely, and I’m also running to split the vote for my friend, Lou (Sebert), so I’m double dipping,”
Pinned to the lapel of Dr. Marie Wilson’s jacket as she spoke to a large audience in the great hall of the Legislative Assembly was a poppy. But instead of the plain black circle usually at the flower’s centre, hers had a gold pin, etched with a circle of flames – the symbol of the
The Yellowknife architect who’s challenging Glen Abernethy in the Great Slave riding says he’s running because the government isn’t listening to the public. “From what I’m hearing from people, the current government … hasn’t really been working with [people],” says 38-year-old Chris Clarke. “They have to jump through hoops to get anything done or to
A model of the 50/50 plaza plan, with a library down the street for good measure | Photos by Mark Rendell Although the City began seeking public input on two new plans for the 50/50 lot today, administration has already begun budgeting for the original and somewhat controversial plaza revitalization project in the heart of downtown. In the 2016 draft
MLA candidates in the Sahtu are focusing their energy on issues that unite the region rather than forcing voters to pick sides when it comes to the often polarizing issue of oil and gas development. The construction of a highway into the Central Mackenzie tops the list of priorities for all four candidates, followed closely
A few days after Remembrance Day 1999, Warrant Officer Ryan Stout made his first parachute jump, from 1,250 feet above a farmer’s field in Prince Edward County, Ont. “We refer to it as a stop drop. So, I was hoping that our jump would get cancelled,” Stout laughs. “I will not lie. Every day, I
After running for three days this week, repeat sex offender Bobby Zoe’s trial has been postponed. Though originally scheduled to finish by the end of this week, by the time it wrapped up Friday afternoon, the defense lawyer had yet to make his case. Zoe, 34, is charged sexual assault, after allegedly breaking into an