Tales of Two Northern Cities: Whitehorse and YK, PT. 2

We’ve both got cold, natural beauty, and colourful names that confuse southerners. It’s hard not to compare Yellowknife and Whitehorse. In this second installment of a series exploring ties between the two cities (find Part 1 here), EDGEYK.com talks with former Yellowknifers who moved to Whitehorse to see if the grass is greener there… (wait, do

What I Saw: Fran Hurcomb at the PWNHC

photos and words by Fran Hurcomb Forty years is a long time, especially when viewed in mountains of photographs. Since I came to Yellowknife in 1975, I seem to have amassed about 10,000 negatives, 40,000 slides and, at a guess, 100,000 digital files. I thought this might be a good year to actually take a look at the photos I’ve

City Briefs: Twin Pine Hill Firms Up, Downtown Stays Number One

The long-brewing development of a piece of prime Yellowknife real estate takes on another, more private shape, while the Development Incentive Program stays downtown. Developing Twin Pine Hill The long-ongoing and much complicated development of Twin Pine Hill took a few more steps towards its final form at yesterday’s Municipal Services Committee. The latest proposal

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Hip-checked out of their comfort zone

Twice a week at Sissons school gym an alternative universe takes shape, one where women jostle for position, knock each other off-kilter with hip and shoulder checks, and most importantly, never say sorry. Gliding around on eight wheels known as quad skates — some in booty shorts and muscle shirts, tattoos in full display; some in tights and tutus, face

Yellowknifers: The Street Performer

Gilles Amyot and his street theatre pals were on a bus. Their scenario: they were transporting the English crown jewels to a vault in Montreal’s towering neoclassical Sun Life Building. Terrorists on the loose were hoping to nab the treasure, but Gilles was well-armed with prop guns. “We forgot to warn the police,” Gilles tells

Honouring Doug Ritchie

In a zero carbon emission homage to one of Yellowknife’s most dedicated environmentalists, friends cycled, skied and walked to Dettah on Saturday to attend Doug Ritchie’s Celebration of Life. Ritchie, 52, died of pancreatic cancer Jan. 10th. He was known for his grassroots efforts to stop climate change, including anti-idling campaigns, organizing walk-to-work days and

The Streets Lose Another

The deceased man found by police in the alley between 48th and 49th streets on Friday morning has been identified as Raymond Simpson, a 43-year-old man from Gameti. Details surrounding the death are still unclear. According to a press release issued on Friday, RCMP “responded to the report of a deceased male” shortly after 8:00

I left my heart in Bangladesh

My stomach lurched and my throat seized as I stood dumbfounded on a sidewalk in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, looking up at where Rana Plaza used to stand. I’d been in that looming building so many times on previous visits to Bangladesh, but now I looked only at rubble, at the grave of 1,138 factory workers. As I eventually

Yellowknife’s First… People

by Ryan Silke Yellowknife Bay became the heartland of aboriginal cultures long before there was a modern settlement on the rocky peninsula we call home today. This is the traditional land of the Weledeh (wiìliìdeh) people, part of the T’satsąot’ınę. The band is known officially as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. And like all human cultures, they are a product of

Found Food

photos and recipe by Calvin Rossouw Birch and Spruce Glaze 3/4 cup spruce needles 2 ½ cups water 1 sage leaf 5 Tbsp Birch Syrup (early harvest, if possible) 1 Tbsp red wine 1 Tbsp brown sugar (if using late harvest syrup) Cranberry and Spruce Rice Pilaf ½ cup wild rice blend ½ cup chicken

Old Town Versifier: The road trip “Down South”

I was checking out the bulletin board for what they had on hand; there was house-sitters and sock-knitters, besides the handy man. There was someone with a skidoo that’s offered up for sale, with little paper tabs like bangs listing his e-mail. Old Buddy offers fire-woods, “woods” what he wrote down… and he offers free

Artist’s Corner – 2015-04-05

I have a hard time expressing myself in words…I’m more comfortable painting or cutting out paper illustrations or animating short films. Using figurative language as my inspiration, I try to compress full artistic concepts into more simplistic graphic-based images. The idea for this cut-paper piece, Mercury, came from doing communications work on the proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway Project. The conversation that I heard under people’s breath

Lessons on elevators and crosswalks

story by Catherine Dook In 1973 in Yellowknife, Edmonton was ‘the city.’ Sometimes we called it ‘outside,’ but the meaning was the same. Toronto was foreign and Vancouver a dream. When a fellow Sir John Franklin High School graduate moved to Vancouver, bought a boat and moved aboard her, we thought he’d lost his mind. “A Boat!” we said, and “Vancouver!”

Look closely: Life in the ‘Knife can be full of surprises

Just when you think you know a place, you discover something weirdly exciting has been going on without your knowledge for some time, and it changes your perspective, yet again. Yellowknife has a seemingly limitless supply of surprises up its sleeve to keep life interesting. Take Diamond City Roller Derby. I knew we had a fledgling league,

EDGE YK Easter Weekend Playlist

Whether you’re cooking an Easter feast, having a couple of drinks with friends, or just unwinding by yourself, these carefully curated tunes will surely keep your head bobbing this weekend.

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