Currently used as a sod farm, the site is slowly taking shape Tired of hacking away at sand and gravel and hauling a little chunk of fake grass from hole to hole? Well, Yellowknife golfers, it’s still a few years away — at least five before the first tee-off, says the man behind the plan —
Kim Fuller’s houseboat before the flames This Saturday, August 1st, Old Town Glassworks is hosting a YKARCC fundraising event to help Kim Fuller bounce back from the fire that demolished her houseboat two Fridays ago. Called Kimborama, the licensed “Benefit Jam and Feast” has been organized by Fuller’s friends and neighbours, and will feature live
With Pilot’s Monument and Bristol Pit in stiff competition for the best vertical in town, Yellowknife’s not really the place to kick off a successful snowboarding career. But with a bit of creativity, lots of shovels and a few trips to the dump, there’s nothing stopping an eager local rider like Andrew Matthews from developing
The highly-anticipated Twin Pine Diner opens to the public next Tuesday at 7 a.m. sharp, so Yellowknifers will be able to try all-day breakfast and chili-cheese fries from “someone who actually gives a f*** about the food that’s going out” in the Arnica Inn. (Guess who said that…) The Twin Pine doesn’t want to be
Give the baby some (non-taxable) money Another turn in the saga of the somewhat questionable Conservative Universal Child Care Benefit, announced with much fanfare in Ottawa last week: the GNWT is now bending rules to prevent retroactive payments from hurting low-income residents more than helping them. In a press release sent out Friday afternoon, Premier Bob McLeod pointed
The ongoing battle for more competition is all about third-party access, and timing A decision this week from Canada’s telecommunications regulator denying SSi Micro access to Northwestel infrastructure has effectively halted SSi’s planned expansion into Whitehorse, and challenged its ability to compete in Yellowknife, at least for now. “We’d love to get into the Yukon
Judges at the annual fall fair – Aggie Brockman, Alice Legat and Helen Balanoff, examine some of the entries. 1989.
Last week’s Food on Franklin debut was a modest but genuine success. A reasonable crowd attended — City economic development officer Richard McIntosh figures that “close to 200 people showed up” — and the long-neglected square of pavement at the centre of downtown bustled with activity. Members of the street community — the most frequent users of the site — watched
Lindsay Debassige EDGE: Do you normally dress up for Folk? How did this outfit happen? LD: I’m majorly obsessed with tie-dye, heavily by my cousin, who passed away last year. Nathan Wilson. When he passed away I wore a little piece of tie-dye every day to remember him, and I feel like at Folk
In light of Erasmus’s re-election as Dene National Chief, we are re-posting this exclusive interview: EDGE YK sat down with him in his office for a primer on aboriginal relations, and the changes he’s seen in his city. If you were teaching a northern studies course to people new to Yellowknife, what would you like
Since the first 5:15 bell was rung more than two years ago, the Yellowknife Farmers Market has been a huge success. From the health benefits of eating locally grown produce to supporting the economic development of numerous growing small businesses to the sense of community fostered by thousands of smiling faces mingling with their neighbours
The new-era website, featuring the Premier The territorial government rolled out its new-look “flagship” website last week, with the same fanfare it devoted to its first-ever report of meetings between cabinet ministers and lobbyists — which is to say, it was done in stealth mode. The website refresh — “the beginning of a new era for
Another summer, another major drug bust targeting the 856, the B.C.-based gang that’s proving hard to shake from the streets of Yellowknife. Seven people with alleged ties to the gang were arrested in three different RCMP operations across the city on Thursday, July 16. Here’s what we currently know about the gang and its presence in Yellowknife:
Michael McLeod confirmed his intention Tuesday to seek the Liberal nomination in the Northwest Territories, and immediately moved to the front in a three-way race. (EDGE broke the news that he would be running back in late May.) The former territorial MLA and cabinet minister, and brother of Premier Bob McLeod, is better-known than declared
Vive la résistance, circa 2115 | Artwork by Steve Skroce Yellowknife, or at least its surrounding wilderness, is the central setting in a splashy new comic book mini-series launched earlier this month. Written by Brian K. Vaughan, the best-selling, award-winning writer behind Y: The Last Man and the critically acclaimed space opera Saga, We Stand On Guard