After two terms, Weledeh MLA Bob Bromley will be stepping away from politics following November’s territorial election. EDGE caught up with him last week to chat about his accomplishments and his failures, and hear his thoughts on consensus government and Bob McLeod’s premiership. After eight years, what has prompted you to leave politics? I got
Cynthia Brown, Gary Vaillancourt, Greig Upton and John Alexander swap tales in the spring sunshine on the deck of John’s houseboat, which was one of the first to be built in Yellowknife Bay.
OPINION Before I arrived in Yellowknife from Toronto the idea of settling on the shores of Great Slave Lake was an alien concept to me. Little did I know the city would end up being the perfect landing spot for a city boy looking for a job and a place to call home. Yet after
Driving around Iqaluit one afternoon with photographer Angela Gzowski, we spy a few guys by the side of a cul-de-sac road, squatting around a gory mess with a pair of knives. Angela whips the truck to the curb, jumps out, camera in hand, and races over to join the group. A few minutes later she’s
Voters can count Rommel Silverio among the candidates for council who believe that politicians should listen to what the public says about issues like downtown development and the city’s potential Canada Winter Games bid. “Whichever way forward we choose, it should be done in a way that is both fiscally responsible and includes the views
You wouldn’t know it from the sparse but powerful riff in Willie Thrasher’s 1979 song “Old Man Carver,” but the Inuvik musician didn’t start playing guitar until relatively late in life. The story goes that none of the guitarists in Inuvik, his older brother included, would teach the young drummer, then playing with local rock
Sponsored by Shane Clark of HomeLife Sunrise Real Estate I’m Shane Clark. I live, work and play in Yellowknife, have called it home all my adult life and I’m a licensed Realtor. As we turn the corner from summer to fall, I want to share a bit of my experience and tell you how I
See you in two weeks, I hope Over the years, we’ve learned there are a few dating complications that seem to only happen in our little northern city. From waking up on a houseboat to scheduling your love life around a two-week rotation to being in at a dinner party with more than three of your
A new directive from Nicole Latour, chief electoral officer for the Northwest Territories, has opened the door to campaigning by self-declared candidates in the weeks leading up to the November 23 election. Heralded by a news release and posted to the NWT Elections website, the latest edict from Latour is a complete reversal of her
City-provided rendition of the project, featuring a hypothetical library The $6.5 million proposal to turn the empty lot on the corner of Franklin and 50th Street into a plaza was met with cautious approval from City Council during the first full discussion of the plan yesterday. Two councillors were in full support of the
Without independent verification, what the GNWT has in place is essentially a system of self-reporting In the run-up to the Territorial election, there’ll be lots of talk about attracting development, lowering the cost of living, saving the environment — and what campaign speech would be complete without the obligatory commitment to transparency and accountability? It may
Money won’t flow to solar while the GNWT shields consumers from the new normal by running up long-term debt After a decade of spending on solar energy, the territorial government can point to a score of installations scattered from Yellowknife Bay to Sachs Harbour that together produce a bit more than 200 kilowatts a year. The largest,
Lights, curtain, drumroll… ladies and gentlemen, let us present the new $6.5-million vision for downtown Yellowknife and the 50/50 lot, at least as City planners and architects would have it. The 50/50 lot, purchased by the City for $1.45 million last October, is now envisioned as a plaza, with a bus stop, washrooms, arts centre (not included
For roughly $18,000/year, council candidates aren’t chasing money. They’re signing up for part-time pay for a position that’s a full-time job, at least socially. It’s hard to go anywhere without some neighbourhood expert sounding off on this project or that plan, and “why do you guys have to raise property taxes, anyway?” This coming council
Businesses, organizations and homeowners in downtown Yellowknife had major hangups in their internet service this week Northwestel will reimburse customers affected by this week’s painfully slow internet, says Coun. Dan Wong. It’s unclear at this point whether it will be a credit going forward or a direct money transfer for the number of days affected.