photos Pablo Saravanja I grew up in Yellowknife and now make it my passion by painting scenes of the city and the surrounding area that are both real and imagined. I was in the news this summer as the artist behind “The Wildcat Cafe T-shirt fiasco,” which I now embrace as a blessing in disguise.
After moving to Yellowknife almost two years ago as a heavily shorn, near-hairless military man, I noticed the majority of men here sport facial hair of some shape or size. As well, images of great bearded pioneers, miners and explorers in days of olde abound. Even X-Men’s Wolverine is said to have originated in the
September 10/12 A loud CRAWK announced that ravens had decided to accept my offer of food. A big, black raven sat on the railing looking in the door. I took that as a hint he would like a treat, put out pieces of bacon, and took photos while he ate. I called him Big Guy.
by Lynda Comerford Tea and cookies are spread out on a homey kitchen table on a Sunday afternoon. The sun pours in through a big window and the patio doors frame the antics of a zealous little squirrel. “I don’t want to move out of this house,” says Barb Bromley, “but I can see that it’s
Yellowknife saw some major changes this spring and summer beneath all the smoke. It started when the one and only day shelter closed its doors to the homeless on May 31st. Then, less than a month later, the City removed the beloved benches from the front of the post office, a popular gathering spot for
The Yellowknife Public School. NWT Archives/Henry Busse fonds/N-1979-052: 4060 by Catherine Dook For a while, we had our very own Russian defector. We were very proud of him. He dropped out of the Canadian university where he’d been teaching physics (giving a defector tenure would have messed up the Russian exchange program) and he reappeared
by Catherine Dook A Russian defector taught us Grade 9 science in Yellowknife Public School. He was a PhD, so we called him the Doctor. It was 1969, the height of the Cold War, and the town embraced him with gusto. By the first months of school he was just settling in, making the rounds
Thanks to Northwestel Community TV for sponsoring the first installment of EDGE TV.
It’s time for the unveiling folks. We are lifting the virtual curtain on our new website, EDGEYK.COM…drumroll please, trumpet fanfare… Part-newspaper, part-magazine, part-community portal, our digital format also introduces EDGE TV – hosted by the hub to our wheel, founder and publisher Brent Reaney, in collaboration with the production talents of aRTLeSS Collective’s, Pablo Saravanja
Fish cakes: Mashed Potatoes (4-5 medium white potatoes) add 2 Tsp of garlic powder 800g of fish (Trout, whitefish, pickerel, pike, char) 1 small finely diced white onion 1 green onion 1 Tbsp of garlic powder 1 Tbsp of onion powder 1 Tbsp of fresh dill Pinch of dill flakes 1 Tsp of ground cayenne
What is it that makes Yellowknife such a hotbed for creativity? Apart from all the visual artists, we’ve got a growing stable of writers with new books on offer. In addition to German Saravanja and Nick MacIntosh’s new children’s book (see Artist’s Corner on page 23), here’s a guide to some of the authors living
The latest skirmish in a marathon rezoning battle that’s been raging for 13 years between Range Lake residents and developer TC Enterprises came to an impasse on Monday. City council agreed to send TC’s proposal to build a second three-storey apparent building in Bartesko Court back to administration after incensed neighbours packed the municipal services
With the Gold Range and Raven remaining out of reach, the City plans to revitalize downtown through the purchase of the vacant parking lot at the corner of 50th and 50th. City council voted in favour of buying the land on Monday. Council was split down the middle on the controversial $1.45 million purchase that
After EDGE YK editor Laurie Sarkadi saved a dead bear from being brought to the dump, our team decided to use as much of the animal as possible. To make this happen, I agreed to lend my culinary talents to prepare a meal with the meat. Presented with 15 kilos of bear meat – a
Before I spread my napkin, I’ll confess that I like Whitefish. More than pike, trout or pickerel, or burbot, and much more than loche. That places me in a minority, but I’m comforted by the knowledge that Archie Buckley shared my preference. Archie, in his own estimation, was the best fisherman to ever set a