James Thrasher’s struggle for mental health reflects that of many in his community: Part 3 of EDGEYK.com’s Life Outside series
“Malcolm X had a huge influence on me and my identity as Dene, especially when it comes to names. Refusing “Little,” the name of his family’s slave master, had me contemplating my then last name “Antoine.” This led me on a path of Indigenous self-discovery and cultural reclamation. I had also learned that re-naming a
Whooping cranes entered my consciousness sometime around 1954, the year the rare and mysterious bird was finally traced to its summer nesting grounds in a boggy corner of Wood Buffalo National Park, a place then as distant and mysterious to me as the Amazon rainforest. The occasion was a visit to my Balcarres, Saskatchewan school
Four decades ago, the NWT was in political upheaval. A new generation of aboriginal leaders was changing the territory’s political landscape, while at the same time a consortium of major oil companies was planning to run a massive pipeline from Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay, across the Yukon to the Mackenzie Delta and down the valley to
Sarah Erasmus was never keen on her first name. There were simply too many Sarahs at school, so people started calling her by her last name. “Erasmus eventually turned into Eras-Moose, then just Moose or Moosey,” she says now, with a laugh. So was born the idea behind Erasmus Apparel’s ubiquitous logo, an ‘E’ with
In addition to the events below, the Snow Castle is open to the public from 12-5:00 p.m. daily (closed on Mondays) and offers much to see and do! Sunday March 1 Cutting of the Castle Door 12-5 p.m. Snowking’s 1st Annual International Snow Carvers Sculptures & People’s Choice Award K’alemi Dene School Art Show (runs
The sky’s bright and blue, the snow’s clean and white, and we’re crawling out of our caves into the evening light. It must be March. Since arriving in Yellowknife more than 10 years ago, the castle’s been part of my yearly reawakening. I’ve attended dozens of parties and art shows and been the King’s official snowtographer. Three
The snowcastle’s as appealing to families as it is to people looking to party. There’s plenty to do all month. During sunny March afternoons (12-5 p.m., every day except Monday) bring the kids and hit the slide or catch a children’s play. Every Friday and Saturday evening, music hits the stage and there’s more than one art show happening for a
Angela Gzowski’s pictures illustrate the snowcastle’s size and scope and offer a peak into the building process. The image overlooking the rows of snow blocks, known as “the quarry,” is a great example of this. The blocks weigh up to 200 pounds each, depending on size. They are cut out of a larger block of snow using the big saw. It typically takes
by Jeff Dineley Friday afternoon at the YZF. I have a thousand things I should be doing for work this weekend, but a late-night decision a week before sealed my fate. Well, actually, the Air North ticket price to Whitehorse really was too good to pass up. Besides, how could I not tag along with royalty such as Joe
by Fran Hurcomb Musher Jim Essery spins a tale after a race on Grace Lake. Fellow musher Guy Erasmus looks skeptical.
On EDGE | Opinion As Premier Bob McLeod is so fond of saying, the NWT has the resources the world wants. Put aside the question of whether the world is willing to buy those resources at a price that makes extracting them economically sensible. Instead, focus on the fact that the NWT’s new regulatory responsibilities,
Flamin’ Raven | SATIRE New polling data from Ipsos-Reid has confirmed what many Yellowknife Facebook users have suspected for months: every single resident of the city above voting age plans to run for mayor in the next municipal election. City Hall insiders profess shock, bewilderment and profound despair at this development, but even a cursory glance at local
Naked men, plastic-bag dresses and dildo straws not shown | Image courtesy Hector Le Roux WARNING: Some of the content of this article is salty, and perhaps even NSFW. Proceed with caution. Some things you lose and never get back. Usually. In the 1980s, a group of 30 Yellowknife women challenged that notion with the very
On EDGE | Opinion A recent, controversial opinion piece we published argued that a local event gave too much credence to “unscientific” medical practices. In response, a conventionally trained Yellowknife doctor suggests that no one has a monopoly on healing. Medical practitioners of all stripes — complementary or conventional — must grapple with the same fundamental