There’s no denying that northern youth carry within them a creativity informed by the expansive, often austere magnificence of their isolated surroundings. For those born in an Arctic environment from an indigenous culture, it’s in their DNA. But sometimes it takes a pair of fresh eyes, or two pairs, to bring all that talent into
As the NDP attempt to arrest their headlong dive in the national polls, NDP incumbent Dennis Bevington has unveiled his vision for the North. The plan, announced this morning, closely followed the promises made by Tom Mulcair during his Iqaluit visit last week: $32 million over four years to expand Nutrition North subsidies to 50
No Yellowknife realtor worth his commission would fail to point out to a prospective buyer that even in a city where house prices are wildly inflated, they’ll still stay ahead of the game by signing up for home ownership. If house prices are silly up here, rents are even more so. Landlords bend tenants over
Have a story about Yellowknife or the NWT you think some 23 million people should hear? Well, get ye to the BBC Pop Up town hall tonight night at 7:00 p.m. at Northern United Place. This roving band of BBC journalists have been travelling across the country for the past three weeks, looking for under-reported Canadian stories.
With only a week and a half left until the municipal election, EDGE decided, as an experiment, to send some “fake” motions to each council candidate in an attempt to delve deeper into their beliefs. The motions were pretty blunt and weren’t meant to be 100 percent realistic (in reality, councillors would have far more
In August 1995, two months after he’d moved to Yellowknife, Rob Thom was over in Europe, cycling into Paris and feeling loopy. It was the last 50 kilometres of a famous 1200-kilometre race from Paris to Brest and back again, and Rob had slept a total of three hours in the last three days. “It’s
Amy Maund’s soaps, teas, salves and other products are sourced in the NWT and northern B.C., and processed on the Ingraham Trail On a cold and rainy day earlier this fall, EDGE headed up the Ingraham Trail to visit the home of Amy Maund, founder of Laughing Lichen Wildcrafted Herbs and Teas. After our recent foraging
The epic stilt races of the Woodyard in the 1970s: left to right, Lou Rocher, John Rocher, Matt King, Gary Vaillancourt, Dave Cox and Cynthia Brown.
Written by Jeremy Findlay (above) | Sponsored by Roy’s Audio Video Unlimited Fall is in full swing here in the north. We can see it in the dipping evening temperatures, the slow changing of the colours and the influx of hunters (the American variety chasing caribou and muskox, and the Japanese variety chasing the Northern
“Big sled, no dog.” Said by no one in the North ever On EDGE | OPINION It really says a lot about the North’s place in the national consciousness that the first substantial mention of Arctic issues in this election campaign took place during a foreign affairs debate. It says even more that discussion during
View of Sir John Franklin High School looking north from the roof of Fraser Tower in summer. The round building next to the school is a swimming pool. 1971. N-2006-009: 0012 NWT Archives, J. Lewis Robinson fonds. By Catherine Dook The year they built the kindergarten teepee behind Mildred Hall was the year I had
Twenty-three people face drug trafficking charges as a month of intensive RCMP anti-drug operations comes to a close in Yellowknife. “In addition to the arrests and seizures which were previously reported on September 1st, 21st and 22nd,” according to a press release sent out Thursday afternoon, “the RCMP has arrested an additional six individuals for
Following a recent sale, the former addictions treatment centre on the road to Dettah, which has sat largely unused for the past ten years, will be reborn as a hotel and tourism operation focused on Chinese tourists. Plans for the property and the 14-room Somba K’e Lodge are still unclear, but things seem to be
Sponsored by the GNWT Department of Health and Social Services This inspiring video tells the story of the Hardy family’s experience with organ donation after losing their son, Josh. The video, made in conjunction with Canadian Blood Services, aims to encourage residents to speak to their loved ones about being an organ donor. “Organ and
Around a year ago, ad sales of the print edition of the six issues/year EDGE YK magazine had plateaued. Running the numbers, we found no way a monthly or weekly mag would work, so we started the daily experiment EDGE Online. After much discussion, we hired Mark Rendell as a full-time reporter. Boldly (foolishly?), given