What’s the world’s coldest city? Yellowknife in Canada, where windchill regularly takes the temperature below -30C? Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, where you have to thaw the ground to bury people? Or Yakutsk in Russia, which few aeroplanes are rated to visit? Residents of Yakutsk out in temperatures of -46C last January. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
YK crooks took a breather in 2014 Despite a busy December for Yellowknife RCMP, a month that included a tense motel standoff and a dramatic death that’s still clouded in mystery, 2014 actually saw a significant drop in crime in the city. According to the RCMP’s first report to council this year, delivered by Corporal
Mary Caroline has been living on the edge these days, from her frontier cabin along the Liard River to her decision to go all in as a touring singer-songwriter. All of that is reflected in her new album Life on Earth, which she releases today. The recording, her debut studio effort, has plenty of odes to
This photo-voltaic solar power installation in Fort Simpson looks more like the future than any grandiose infrastructure projects | Photo NT Energy It’s been obvious for a while now that the GNWT’s former plan to connect the Taltson and Snare hydro grids to one another and to points south is in suspended animation for the foreseeable future. It’s
During Nicole Spencer’s tenure as president of the NWT SPCA, the organization has built its first shelter after raising a million dollars for its construction, and greatly expanded its adoption program, taking unwanted animals from NWT communities and finding homes for them here in Yellowknife and down south. Growing up in Mount Pearl, N.L., Spencer’s love of animals
In what may have been the biggest Hollywood break for a Northerner since Margot Kidder played Lois Lane in 1978’s Superman, NWT actor Melaw Nakehk’o successfully auditioned for the upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio film The Revenant last fall. The casting call, held in Yellowknife last September, caused a lot of local buzz. Here’s an update on
There’s nothing flashy or faddish about the government’s new logo for NWT fish. Launched in Yellowknife and Hay River over the weekend, the image announces “NWT Fresh Fish” against a silhouette of the big lake, followed by written confirmation that, yes, that is indeed Great Slave Lake. If you didn’t make it to the launches,
Artwork by Trevor Wood Yesterday, we asked you to send us your greatest grumblings about the fine city of Yellowknife on Bitch Away, YK. With 16 completely anonymous submissions in less than 24 hours, saying you responded is an understatement. We’ve heard concerns from some of you that EDGEYK.com is published by and for Yellowknife fans
At the end of December, 21,100 persons were at work in the Northwest Territories – the lowest number in a decade and 1,000 fewer than 2004, according to NWT Statistics. The report says 1,000 of the missing jobs were full-time positions, 200 were part-time. The public sector accounted for 900, the private sector for 500
by Fran Hurcomb For many decades, Fred Furlong was probably the Northwest Territories’ best-known staker and “bushman.” He was photographed enjoying a beer in the Woodyard in 1978.
An intriguing multimedia installation marking the 40th anniversary of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry recently opened at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Using photography, audio and text, looks back at the people and testimonies that ended up halting the pipeline project in 1976. At the installation’s centre is a tent constructed from nine
One of the best ways to stay sane in Yellowknife is to leave it for a while, for vacations in destinations where they haven’t encountered the concept of -40 with windchill. In the lead-up to their getaway though, the lucky jet-setters have to ask themselves a pretty important question: “Who’s going to watch my place?”
Is consensus government, brainchild of Sir Frederick Haultain (above), a 19th century relic? | Illustration by Augustus Kenderdine On EDGE | Opinion Yukon premier Darrell Pasloski’s decision to fight the next territorial election on the future of the Peel Watershed is an assertion that elected authority trumps a court ruling. It’s either political suicide or a calculated gamble. However
Dave Bidini, musician, author and hockey geek, is looking for a house-sitting gig in Yellowknife. Something for the month of April, nothing too fancy, no roommates (he’s going to be researching and writing a book), and much as he loves them, no pets because of allergies. “I can do with whatever I’m dealt, I’m open
Can you run city hall by voting online? An innovative, controversial project wants to find out | Image via blog.marylhurst.edu This week, Yellowknife entrepreneur Paige Saunders launches the beta version of IServeU.ca, an internet-based democracy system that he hopes will overhaul politics in Yellowknife and, perhaps, around the world. If he’s right, and that’s a major