Every year, the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Spring Trade Show is part of a local weekend tradition: take the family out to Mother’s Day brunch and then head on over to the Multiplex to wander the booths and scavenger hunt for free stuff, while greeting your fellow citizens in the year’s first big post-snowsuit gathering.
The boil water advisory issued last night in Yellowknife will likely be in place for at least another day, Dr. André Corriveau, the Territory’s chief public health officer, told Edge early this afternoon. The water is being checked hourly and the advisory is being assessed “day to day.” The warning came after higher-than-normal levels of
In the next month or so, 10 Yellowknife homes will be fitted with grid-tied solar systems, letting the homeowners power their own houses as well as sell energy back to the grid. The informal group of homeowners, calling themselves Yellowknife Solar Collective, came together in the fall of 2014 with the hope of driving down
The employment rate for last month was 67.3 percent — considerably better than the national average of 60.4 percent, but only because the participation rate in the labour force fell by a full percentage point between March and April. In actual numbers, the territory’s labour force fell by 400 persons from March to 23,200, and 300
Last week was a momentous week here at Folk on the Rocks. Momentous indeed. Yes, last week, the esteemed voices up at CBC Towers bestowed upon us the prestigious honour of listing us in their ‘Top Ten Summer Music Festivals of 2015’. You can check out the full list here. Champagne corks were popped, babies
Tye Hand was behind the net, turning to flick the puck back to his defensive partner, when a check from behind drove his head into the dasher board, right where the glass meets the boards. “I didn’t black out. But as you see sometimes when guys get hit, their legs kind of give out as
Sponsored by GNWT HSS | Produced by aRTLeSS Collective The “You’re Not Alone” music video was created by the Department of Health and Social Services in collaboration with local musicians and other well-known northerners, with the goal to increase knowledge and reduce the stigma too often associated with mental health issues. The song is an
Last July, without any fanfare or public communication, the City submitted a lease application to the GNWT for the land the Woodyard neighbourhood is built on. The coveted lot runs from Hamilton Drive to Lundquist Road, along the back of the houses on Ragged Ass Road, and out to the water. It contains the entire
“It’s really hard to get good brains in this town,” says Damon Desparte, shown here on his way to his job at the Department of Transportation, Vehicle Registration Division SATIRE | Flamin’ Raven The Despartes are your typical undead family of five, complete with 1.5 pets, a mortgage and concerns about how the cost of not living
Billy Balsillie prepares to take off on Great Slave Lake for a spring snow machine trip. 1985.
It’s important to avoid over-inflating the effect of Rachel Notley’s new socialist utopia The initial shock of the NDP’s win in Alberta this week is wearing off, although the phrase “Alberta’s NDP government” is going to sound weird to all of us for a while. Regardless of what you think of the NDP, it’s not
The Northwest Territories led Canada in 2014 with a GDP growth rate of 6.8 percent – due largely to increased diamond production and work on the Gahcho Kue diamond mine, according to Statistics Canada. The total value of goods and service produced in the NWT reached $3.8 billion last year, up from $3.6 billion in
Seems vehicles sinking into the ice have been a longstanding part of Yellowknife’s history. Here are two photos from 1939, when Darcy Arden’s bulldozer went through the ice in front of Con Camp. They built this rig to recover the dozer from the icy waters.
A man sunk his $80,000 Ford F350 diesel truck into Pontoon Lake, about 26 km northeast of Yellowknife, yesterday. He was driving near the Pontoon Lake boat launch when the ice gave way. The man, who informed residents along the lake of the incident last night, said he managed to get out of the 2012
The drinking classes of the Northwest Territories, closely followed by their club-mates in the Yukon, led Canada in per-capita spending on booze last year, according to Statistics Canada. Drinkers in the NWT each spent $1,344.70 to slake their thirsts, closely followed by Yukon tipplers who laid out $1,144.70. Some of that is surely due to