According to EDGE’s Google analytics, you probably won’t read this. Stories about arts and culture, the data shows, are one of the least likely to receive your click. And yet, in May, when the City of Yellowknife polled citizens about what should be done with its recently purchased lot on 50th Street and Franklin Avenue (the 50/50
On Thursday, Yellowknife’s Development Appeal Board rejected an appeal from two Niven Lakers, Bryan Manson and Candace Cousineau, who argued that the NWT Housing Corporation’s 19-unit building on Moyle Drive was too tall and more time was needed to study the impact of the building on the neighbourhood. As the board pointed out, while the
Blatantly pilfered from other festival tip sheets (hellooo Glastonbury Guide 2015!) but tailored to suit our northern latitude and unique environment, what you are about to read is a veritable BIBLE of festival dos and don’ts for Folk on the Rocks 2015. You’re welcome. Pack all the festival essentials An air freshener for the washrooms,
Makenzie Zouboules does not give in to her experiences. This year has been both good and bad for the local activist, as it saw her accepting a $1 million grant from the Arctic Inspiration Prize as one of the people behind FOXY, an organization that teaches young girls (and soon, boys) about healthy sexuality and safe relationships through
The Old Town float in the Canada Day parade featured Slugger and a boat-full of local residents. 1985.
It’s the last weekend of June: school is out for the summer, and the first exodus of Yellowknifers heading out for the season is happening just as the forest fire smoke rolls in. We’ve counted 33 yard sales going on this weekend, making this your busiest Saturday morning yet. There’s one happening in almost every
After many years of arduous negotiations, it was finally announced last week that the clean-up of Giant Mine will soon be under the watchful eye of an independent monitoring group. The monitoring agency, set up as part of the landmark Giant Mine Environmental Agreement, is one of, if not the first of its kind in
During several two-to-three-month stays at his mentor’s home in Germany’s Black Forest, Sade rose every day at 5 a.m. to gather the dew that collected in the broad leaves of trees in the dense misty woods – using this water to make the first pot of tea for the day. The first pot of tea
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Ah, Tim Horton’s, the most trusted brand in Canada. For a large segment of the YK population, Tim’s is the neighbourhood hang, the average-joe daily ritual, the double-double essence of Canucklehood. It’s a sanctified YK myth that our local branch is the busiest in the country, oft-repeated to credulous newcomers and seemingly true when you look at
Dirty windows: new lobbyist reporting rules still aren’t transparent Amid the flurry of business during the Legislative Assembly’s frenzied final week before summer vacation, there was tabled a small item by the government that mostly escaped media notice. The GNWT issued its response to the assembly’s February motion calling on the government to establish a
We’ve asked some of the festival’s most die-hard contributors for some of their best stories. Here they are: Dave Kellett Dave Kellett AKA Uncle Buck, is a Yellowknife renaissance man, artist, curmudgeon and jack-of-all-trades. He’s been the site captain, inventor and fixer at Folk for the last decade. Marino Casebeer Marino has been main stage
This was the year of redemption. Last year, event headliner Aaron Godson’s set was cut short by a burst of rain that fried the soundsystem and sent the crowd of 700+ revelers home early. This year, the event was blessed by near-perfect weather, a turnout of more than 900 happy party-goers (even though the line for booze
On Thursday afternoon, a group of about 15 young moms gather around a large messy table in the Ndilo community centre, some working on finely beaded baby bags and moccasins, others bouncing chubby infants on their laps or cradling tiny babies barely a week old. “Some of the moms have never lifted up a needle
