Category Culture

YK Brunch: The Edge Guide

Whether it’s a meal out with gran or a desperate attempt to soak up a hangover, we’ve got the scoop on the city’s sources of eggs benny and bacon.

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Will Floatplane Park Float? It’s Your Call

With wings: the City’s schematic of the Wiley Road Park floatplane option To floatplane or not to floatplane? That is the question the City is asking about a new waterfront park across from the Wildcat Café that is hoped will “ improve public access to the City’s waterfront.” This Monday, the City released a survey asking

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Stanton CEO Out: A Mutual Decision, Or Not?

After less than two years as Stanton Hospital’s chief executive officer, Brenda FitzGerald is moving on without a word to the public. An official announcement that is expected later today will state that the parting was by mutual agreement, but according to a source, not everyone is happy. “The decision was made at the most

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Yellowknifers: The Ex-Mayor

“It was really a terrible time,” says former Yellowknife mayor Dave Lovell. We’re sitting in the kitchen of the 1947 house he grew up in and now owns, across the street from City Hall. “I’d go to bed and as soon as it got dark, the sirens would start and the fighting would start. I’d

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Raid Update: City-Wide Sweep Nabs 7 in Total

Three more “856 Gang associates” were arrested yesterday evening during a traffic stop, the RCMP said late Friday afternoon. This follows four arrests earlier Thursday afternoon in a pair of Yellowknife drug busts, during which police seized 126 grams of Crack Cocaine, 28 MDMA pills and a significant amount of Anabolic Steroids. This brings the total

Category Opinion

Exposed: Unreported Death In Street Community Raises Questions

In the winter of 2013-14, Patricia Stewart, a woman of about 60 from Fort McPherson, was found frozen to death underneath the Northern Frontier Visitors Centre. The space underneath the building was, and still is, a popular sleeping spot for the street community. It’s well-covered and there’s a heat vent that keeps you relatively warm.

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First Look: YK-Cast Dicaprio Movie “The Revenant”

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and Dicaprio filmming The Revenant outside of Calgary last fall Here’s an intense first look at the film starring Leonardo Dicaprio and featuring Fort Simpson’s Melaw Nakehk’o, and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu of Birdman fame. Nakehk’o successfully auditioned for her part during a Yellowknife casting call last fall. The film will be released in theatres this December.

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Curbside Shopping: Garage Sale Guide – July 18

Don’t worry: Folk on the Rocks festivities don’t start until around noon, so you’ll still have plenty of time to rummage through at least a few yard sales this Saturday morning. Among kids’ toys and electronics, lots of sellers will be getting rid of clothing items as well, so there’s your last minute opportunity for assembling a

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Updated: Four Arrested in Drug Raids on 856 Gang

 Arrest underway. Note: the plainclothes officer’s face has been blurred to conceal his identity on the request of the RCMP. Updated at 4:45 July 16, 2014 Four people are in custody following two Thursday afternoon drug raids targeting 856 gang activity in Yellowknife. No charges have been announced, though according to an RCMP press release, officers “seized a

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ICYMI – Tonight: 50/50 Fest – Food (And More) On Franklin

After months of buzz alternating with uncertainty, food trucks are going to be parked in the 50/50 lot next Thursday evening for the first installment of a new weekly festival. Food on Franklin, as it’s being called, will happen every Thursday for the rest of the summer from 5 to 7 p.m. While food trucks are

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Breaking: RCMP Raid Downtown

Updated at 4:45 July 16, 2014 Four people are in custody following two Thursday afternoon drug raids targeting 856 gang activity in Yellowknife. No charges have been announced, though according to an RCMP press release, officers “seized a significant quantity of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia.” “As this investigation is still on-going, the total quantity has not yet

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Behind the Scenes at FOTR: An Oral History

Ever since it began, Folk on the Rocks has been a quirky, by-the-seat-of-its-pants festival filled with miracles and misadventures. Each year, organizers and participants have ended the weekend filled with a feeling of disbelief – “I can’t believe we pulled it off.”  It’s always been, above all else, an endorsement of the shared ideals of

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Restaurant Round-Up: KFC’s Second Coming?

This weeks’ round-up feels like one big tease after another. We’ve got updates on restaurants that have been on their way for a little while now and, well, they’re still on the way. Patience is a virtue when it comes to food though, and this time the pay-off is: coffee on the go, a side

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City Briefs: Kennels out of Kam, Budget Wish-lists

Following a recent bylaw forbidding further kennel development in Kam Lake, the City is hoping to convince the Yellowknife Dog Trotters Association to relocate to the Engle Business District with a very generous package of benefits. Since 1978, the association has run a kennel in Kam Lake, next to the new Grace Lake subdivision, that

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