The ‘official’ announcement will be in the next edition of Bob McLeod’s Yellowknife South constituency newsletter, but the premier let it slip on the weekend that he isn’t retiring from political life. At the MLA barbeque during the Float Plane Fly-in on July 12, McLeod confirmed a rumour that first surfaced more than a month
A pricey, ill-considered charge over the barricades? The City of Yellowknife fights for democracy. It’s a nice sentiment. And at first glance the City’s freshly launched legal battle to get more representation for Yellowknife in the Legislative Assembly seems both laudable and reasonably likely to succeed. After all, Yellowknife has roughly 47 percent of the NWT’s
Where to be, when. Below find the best way to plan your music intake for the weekend, from the opening events (at four different locations) to each of the site’s six stages: we’ve got every melodic moment covered! Still don’t have your tickets? Buy them online here.
This weekend, Conservative candidate for the upcoming federal election Floyd Roland made the first of many trips he will make to vote-rich Yellowknife between now and the federal election, to meet with his campaign team and develop strategies. Roland retired as premier in 2011 and has been mayor of his home town Inuvik since. What made
“Go straight north,” Seiji Suzuki’s client told him after boarding his helicopter in Yellowknife one day back in the early ’90s. “Where are you going?” Suzuki asked. “Straight. Go north. Make it 90 degrees and turn right,” was the man’s only response. So he took off, and they headed straight north. It felt so secret, back
Sponsored by Folk on the Rocks Folk on the Rocks kicks off proceedings this Thursday the 16th with Rock The Folks, a Battle of the Bands event for young musicians and performers in Yellowknife, held at Somba K’e Civic Plaza from 7:30-9:30 p.m. The concert will showcase up-and-coming YK talent and gives young artists the
There was just enough room for both lawyers and spectators in the small courtroom assigned for a brief hearing this afternoon, setting the date for a legal showdown between the City and the GNWT over electoral boundaries for the November 23 territorial election. Urged on by a handful of citizens who are party to the
“Oooh, going to the Racquet Club, eh? Hanging with the swingers?” Wink-wink, nudge-nudge, suggestive hand gesture. The rumour about the Racquet Club being ‘the’ club for ‘the lifestyle’ has been going on almost since it opened in 1981. Kelli Hinchey has been with the Racquet Club since 1986, taking over ownership in 1997, and “has
The Wool Bay fish plant, 15 km from Yellowknife, was a busy place for decades. It closed about 10 years ago. 1984.
If you’re not already busy running a half marathon on Saturday morning, there are plenty of yard sales happening to keep you running around town, especially in the Frame Lake area. Speaking of Frame Lake, make sure to get your rummaging done early so that you can volunteer some of your time as part of
Sponsored by Angela Gzowski Photography No matter who I’m shooting for, I make sure my images exceed the client’s expectations. With commercial photography, that means shooting pictures that tell the story of the organization and represent its people in a way that supports the brand or image you’ve worked so hard to develop. It also
As I watch the sun set at 9:30 p.m., enveloping Fredericton in a thick, humid darkness, a single tear rolls down my cheek. Really? No, not really. But my heart does break a little, seeing that sun pack it in for the day so early. It’s my first summer in the south after three in
I grew up on the shore of Frame Lake, in a two-storey house at the bottom of Matonabee Street. It was the late ’70s and people still used it. In the summers, McNiven Beach was a place you could get to from anywhere in town on your banana-seat bike. Older kids would sit on the
The Brew Pub early last month, when its main gear had arrived In our latest roundup: We’re staying patient at the Brew Pub, wondering what’s up with the Wildcat, checking in with the Kilt & Castle, trying something new at the Summer Café, still talking about patios, and planning our Folk on the Rocks meal plans.
Don’t worry about referendums on fracking, effectively regulating emissions, or even limiting ministerial travel. The GNWT’s got an ace in the hole in its battle against climate change: high energy prices. “Previous studies have indicated that our high energy prices already create an effective carbon pricing mechanism by leading consumers to make efficiency upgrades or