Michael McLeod, then-minister of Public Works and Services, left, with Chuck Strahl in 2010. The federal election in the Northwest Territories is about to get closer and hotter with the arrival of June and the anticipated entry of a star Liberal candidate in what has been a mostly sedate procession to the October 19 vote.
Susan Mercredi and Lauren Mercredi having a cook-off In YK Faces, a new regular feature, we send James Mackenzie out to catch up with Yellowknifers as they socialize around the town. This Victoria Day long weekend, local campgrounds were the place to be as the city celebrated the first big camping weekend of the season. Yellowknifers headed out of town
Twin Pine Diner Bacon waffles with bourbon peach compote and pecan whipped cream – how does that sound for a Saturday morning munch? Or how about scotch eggs with a Cajun/boudin sausage twist? Yellowknife’s brunch scene is about to get a whole lot juicier, with Robin Wasicuna of Wiseguy and Numbers at Bayside fame graduating
When Daniel Gillis arrived in Yellowknife in the winter of 2008, Ptarmigan Ptheatrics was one singing Nazi short of a full cast for their production of Cabaret. The tenor, who’d relocated from Ottawa in February, was on the NACC stage a few months later toting a red armband and melodically sieg-heiling as Ernst Ludwig. His
Yellowknife’s first floating mobile home, anchored on an island in Yellowknife Bay in 1982. Chris Holloway, Dave Smith and Mark Scott enjoy the evening sun on the deck.
Meme-ing the minister | Photo illustration by Mel Leonard FLAMIN’ RAVEN | Satire The minister responsible for the NWT Liquor Licensing Board said in an interview with the CBC earlier today that he won’t intervene on behalf of a fight promoter who didn’t get a liquor license in time. Miltenberger added this analogy regarding the troubled
Peer through the truck-sized hole in the brittle ice of Pontoon Lake, and you’ll spot Yellowknife’s most celebrated shipwreck still languishing on the muddy lakebed. The $80,000 Ford F350 diesel truck ended up bottom-side after being driven out onto to Pontoon Lake’s already iffy- ice on the inadvisably late date of May 5. No efforts
The latest round in the Woodyard debate went public during Monday’s City Council meeting, with administration and the mayor acknowledging that a land lease application had been submitted, but declaring that nothing nefarious is in the works for Yellowknife’s least-conformist part of town. Mayor Mark Heyck would not confirm that eviction of the neighbourhood’s current inhabitants
Over the past two days Yellowknifers have been invited to dream big about the 50/50 space, giving their two cents on what should be done with the City’s $1.45 million parking lot at the heart of the downtown. Around 25 people took part in City–led workshops hosted in the Centre Square Mall, and between 50
As we pulled off the road I could hear scratching coming from the back of the car. Dad looked at me. “Want to just stay in the car?” “Yeah, you can deal with it.” I replied. Dad nodded and got out of our blue Matrix. He opened the hatch, and the scratching got louder, more
Every year, the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Spring Trade Show is part of a local weekend tradition: take the family out to Mother’s Day brunch and then head on over to the Multiplex to wander the booths and scavenger hunt for free stuff, while greeting your fellow citizens in the year’s first big post-snowsuit gathering.
The boil water advisory issued last night in Yellowknife will likely be in place for at least another day, Dr. André Corriveau, the Territory’s chief public health officer, told Edge early this afternoon. The water is being checked hourly and the advisory is being assessed “day to day.” The warning came after higher-than-normal levels of
In the next month or so, 10 Yellowknife homes will be fitted with grid-tied solar systems, letting the homeowners power their own houses as well as sell energy back to the grid. The informal group of homeowners, calling themselves Yellowknife Solar Collective, came together in the fall of 2014 with the hope of driving down
The employment rate for last month was 67.3 percent — considerably better than the national average of 60.4 percent, but only because the participation rate in the labour force fell by a full percentage point between March and April. In actual numbers, the territory’s labour force fell by 400 persons from March to 23,200, and 300
Tye Hand was behind the net, turning to flick the puck back to his defensive partner, when a check from behind drove his head into the dasher board, right where the glass meets the boards. “I didn’t black out. But as you see sometimes when guys get hit, their legs kind of give out as