Maybe you’ve been too busy to pay attention during what’s been a long, double-header federal and municipal campaign. Or maybe you just need a reminder of who’s running, for what party and where to vote. Either way, here’s the EDGE list with links to candidate websites, Facebook pages, and our coverage, as well as links
As promised, here’s the EDGE slate for Monday’s double elections. The editorial team arrived at these choices through a process of deliberation and observation. After watching debates, writing about the candidates and the issues and reading and listening to other media, we each came in with our favourite picks. Then, the horse-trading began. For mayor
On EDGE | Political Opinion By now, the news has penetrated the Harper bunker: Floyd Roland will not win on Monday. That he never had a chance is due in equal parts to the solid record of Dennis Bevington and the low regard voters have for the prime minister. The thinking in the Harper tent
The Alternatives North forum became an IserveU doggy-pile On EDGE | Opinion If anyone ever makes a movie about the founding of IserveU, the scene at City Hall Wednesday night would surely be the climax. Monday night – when we learn if any of their candidates actually make it onto council – can only be
Michael Nadli’s sentencing could give Michael McLeod an opening On EDGE| Political Analysis Michael Nadli’s 45-day jail sentence for spousal assault adds his Deh Cho constituency to a handful of seats that could have new MLAs after the November 23 territorial election. Tim Mercer, Clerk of the Legislature, told EDGE that Nadli will likely be out
This coming Monday, a third of the names on the municipal ballot will be familiar from the last council: Rebecca Alty, Adrian Bell, Linda Bussey, Niels Konge and Phil Moon Son. Unlike the newcomers, who are running on campaign promises alone, council incumbents have a record. During their three years in office, they’ve voted on
Floyd makes a maverick pick with famous wearer-of-hats Tim McGraw On EDGE: Opinion Yesterday local DJ Jack Antonio, who has a classic/indie rock show on CKLB, sent us a list of musical picks made by the NWT’s four federal candidates. His criteria were simple: pick two genre-appropriate songs and I’ll play them. “Hope you find these
Did someone say increased property taxes? On EDGE | Political Opinion Last December, I sat through night after night of achingly dull City Hall budget debates. As I struggled to keep my eyes open, council went line by line through dozens of densely annotated pages, discussing the merits of this or that expenditure and the
Looking back at your eight years in office, what do you consider your key accomplishments? Early on in the 16th assembly, I helped Food Rescue put legislation in place so that anyone donating food was absolved of liability. Food Rescue wasn’t getting stuff from the big stores. Once that act was passed, it just kind
More than a hundred people packed the Katimivik Room in the Explorer Hotel Sunday afternoon for a chance to meet Justin Trudeau and snap a selfie with the charismatic politician. More than a political rally, the gathering had the air of a celebrity meet-and-greet. Liberal buttons were handed out and Yellowknife’s two would-be Liberal candidates,
In an earlier version of this story, EDGE confused Roy Erasmus, the candidate for Frame Lake, with Roy Erasmus Jr., the former president and CEO of Det’on Cho Corp. The writer regrets the error and apologizes for any confusion it caused. Lawyer, politician, bureaucrat – Roy Erasmus has been all of those, and after a decade and a
A lot of fuss is being made on social media this federal election about Canadians’ — and northerners’ in particular — lack of interest when it comes to voting. And for good reason. Voter turnout in the NWT for the 2011 federal election was a dismal 47.4 percent. Only Nunavut’s was lower, at 30.4 percent
On EDGE | Opinion It’s a scenario that’s playing out in town halls and churches across the country: a Liberal, an NDP and a Green candidate take the stage in front of a friendly audience; the Conservative candidate? Well, they’re off door-knocking somewhere else. Such was the scene at last night’s Alternatives North “All Candidates
Does this new hospital look like a bridge to you? Because it does to us. | Illustration courtesy GNWT EDGE Political Opinion Just over eight years ago, little more than a month away from a territorial election, outgoing-premier Joe Handley was in Fort Providence, shoveling ceremonial gravel marking the start of Deh Cho Bridge construction. And
While every would-be city councillor is riffing on YK’s cost of living, beyond calls to rein in property taxes by reducing municipal spending, few creative ideas have been put forward so far this election season. Part of the problem is that there’s really not much the City can do to change the costs – for