NWT Archives/Northwest Territories. Dept. of Information fonds/G-1979-023: 2143 We’re not sure if YK had parking meters in the old days, but if it did, this is where you would have gone to pay your ticket. This old city hall, located at the corner of 50th Street and 51st Avenue (home currently to the parkade entrance of the
Their crash, shatter, blast and bulge over billions of years
Last winter I did something unusual. I put work aside and took on the role of stay-at-home dad. Without fail, men would ask quizzically, “How do I get a gig like that?” Women would sigh, “Awww, that’s sweet.” Moms often get saddled with this monumental task and they know what resolution it takes. It was my turn to be run off my
An array of country food, and an ulu to cut it. | NWT Archives/Dept. of Public Works and Services fonds/G-1995-001: 7264 Dook’s Look Back by Catherine Dook Some 55 years ago my mother married my pilot father and moved north. Because she was a southern girl accustomed to grocery stores and plumbing, she was forced to make some unexpected domestic adjustments. Oh, there was a grocery
If it was a beauty pageant, Lachlan McLean might have won the Old Town Pond Sailors Regatta there and then, hands-down, no contest, race over, trophy awarded. Beside his boat, the other entries looked as slow as the annual beer barge. A house-boater who made a “joke entry” in a previous regatta, McLean was challenged to build something more race-worthy by
He’s trained in hand-to-hand combat, met Elvis, shared a stage with The Beatles and piloted the skies to find the gold that started Fortune Minerals. At age 71, and with a resume like that, you’d think Yellowknife’s Carl Clouter would be a man without regrets. Yet through his bushy white moustache, he laments that he does have just one, and it
by Elizabeth McMillan On EDGE: Opinion Sometimes I get nostalgic for what Yellowknife used to be for me. It creeps up on days when I’m hoisting groceries across an icy parking lot. I’ll sit in my frigid car and curse the darkness. What was once a novelty is now a routine. I wonder, why do I live here?
http://edgenorth.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AUDIO_Tony_Foliot-trim.mp3 by Anthony Foliot Old Town Versifier I ran into the boss in the coffee shop, “I’m glad I ran into you,” he said, “ I know you’re not connected and I have to tell you news.” “Whatta ya mean, I’m not connected?” I said, “I’m kinda in the scene.” He said “you haven’t even
This Saturday, West Coast DJ Andrea Graham, aka The Librarian, brings her bassy brand of EDM to the Top Knight. What’s that brand? “It’s a mash-up of Hip-hop, Jungle, Trap, Grime… I like to stay on the leading edge in all the genres,” she tells EDGEYK.com. She’ll be dropping her own tunes, as well as
Artwork by Trevor Woods We’re back with another Friday installment of Bitch Away, YK, a feature with both fans and foes. We know you’re reading and you’re definitely writing, both of which are great things. As expected, we’ve received another mix of on-point observations along with a fair amount of just plain cranky commentary (and even, to our
by Fran Hurcomb The Polar Bear Swim Club waves to the crowd in the annual Canada Day parade.
Fresh new wheels, fresh new look, same old attitude | Image courtesy Mel Leonard FLAMIN’ RAVEN | Satire The city’s Municipal Enforcement Division, commonly known as the “Bylaw,” have begun rolling out a new public image that will include a name-change as well as updated vehicle graphics. The initiative hopes to bridge the current schism
Words by Matthew Mallon | Photos by Angela Gzowski Wednesday afternoon on Great Slave, and it’s so cold you can see the moisture in the air, particulates hanging frozen in the sunlight. The Bobcat tractor, with the Snowking in its cab, is back in action, sending up plumes of bone-dry snow as it plows up
Shortcuts, Listerine, warm companions: Part 1 of EDGEYK.com’s Life Outside series follows a chess-player making his way through Yellowknife’s chilly streets
Cannabis sativa; a player in the next federal election | Illustration courtesy Wikicommons On the EDGE | OPINION There’s no mistaking the origin or intent of Health Canada’s television attack ads on marijuana. This reprise of Reefer Madness is the brainchild of the Harper government and the target is Liberal support for a less draconian