Spring in the air means summer is coming ‘round the corner, and that means the Yellowknife Farmers Market is gearing up for action, with online applications for vendors going active this Saturday, March 28. The market itself opens June 2nd, and runs every subsequent Tuesday for 16 weeks. This year, the food stands and artisanal
The issue of a territorial resource management superboard is back in play after the federal government appealed an NWT Supreme Court decision to put the amalgamation of the territory’s land and water boards on hold. The notice of appeal, submitted March 19th, claims that Justice Karan Shaner of the N.W.T. Supreme Court “erred in law
There’s a restaurant moving into what was once the Gallery on 47 Street, an announcement coming next week from the Yellowknife Inn about the future of the Mackenzie Lounge, and the folks behind Trek restaurant are leaving the Days Inn behind for Aurora College. Trekking away from the Days Janet Procure, executive chef at the
In light of the growing discussion around a Catholic school educator’s social media comments concerning the Tlicho’s community hunt of the Beverley and Ahiak caribou herd, we thought it a good time to offer up some history on caribou herds and their decline. In 2007, Canadian Geographic magazine identified the rapidly declining Bathurst Caribou herd
There’s been a lot of ink spilled in the last week about the retirement of Canada’s finest-to-date basketball export Steve Nash. For much of the basketball press the focus is deservedly twofold. First, the numbers. Nash retires as one of the greatest shooters to ever play the game. He is the greatest free-throw shooter in
According to Peter Basko, the only people who can retire peacefully, as he puts it, are those with a hobby. For most, this might take the form of travel to warm locales; for others, perhaps an antique car to tinker with. At 67, Basko’s retirement plans have drifted slightly quirkier; he bought a hovercraft. “This
With last Wednesday’s ratification of the Mackenzie River Basin Bilateral Water Management Agreement by Premiers Bob McLeod and Jim Prentice, the NWT and Alberta became two of the first jurisdictions in the world to agree on guaranteed water levels based on the ecological needs of a water system. There’s a lot at stake here. A
For more than 50 years, Yellowknifers said goodbye to winter and welcomed spring with a celebration called Caribou Carnival. It took place at the end of March and northerners from all over the region flocked to town to celebrate. In 2009, the last Carnival took place on Frame Lake. The Canadian Championship Dog Derby, a
The Municipal Services Committee had about $4.5 million dollars worth of contracts on its plate yesterday, while city administration butted heads with council over a memorandum to measure changes in the downtown core. During its evening session, council approved purchase of a $2 million refrigeration system for the Community Arena, and got administration moving on
Originally Published October 9, 2014 Starting next year new parents across the NWT will be receiving iPads funded in part by oil company Chevron, but not all MLAs are happy about the move. Three hundred iPads were purchased by the department of Education, Culture and Employment earlier this year; Chevron is set to kick in
The Yellowknife co-ed broomball season has come to an end, with the Coyotes taking the final match against Fire Prevention two to one. In a stunning development that has rocked the city’s sporting world, the leading scorer of the league, Fire Prevention centre Kevin Hewitt, did not score a single goal during the final matches
Consensus government in the NWT: whispers in closed offices and cynical half-measures Premier Bob McLeod’s release of a partial list of his meetings with lobbyists without revealing the purpose or what was discussed made it an empty gesture, and revealed his distaste for the idea of open and accountable government. Consensus governance, with McLeod at the
Loaded words erupt around the East Arm caribou hunt David Radcliffe, Aboriginal Program activities coordinator for Yellowknife Catholic Schools and husband of Sandy Lee, ex-MLA and current local representative for Conservative MP Leona Aglukkaq, has incited a frenzy of social media activity in the last 24 hours, after authoring the following posts on his Facebook account:
Words by Keith MacNeill On Saturday afternoon, we were down on the ice at the Long John Jamboree site, next to the Snow Castle. The boys from Det’on Cho Logistics were helping us move 7,500-pound blocks of ice into place. They’re for De Beers Inspired Ice, the international ice carving competition happening for its fourth
The Snowking and his Icicles entertain at the Snow Castle in 1998.