On EDGE | ANALYSIS Reading the business opportunities section of the Canada Winter Games report released to the media yesterday afternoon, you can almost hear the sound of faces hitting palms. Those buzzkills over at the Chamber of Commerce just don’t get it! And the project’s comms people really aren’t helping. Or so the report
‘Tis the season of long johns as lingerie, when hunkering inside with your honey and watching five straight episodes of Making a Murderer is the definition of a hot date. Of course there’s nothing wrong with blanket forts, and no one can deny the pleasures of hot chocolate in front of the fireplace. But if your
In the final installment of this examination of how our territory’s economy really functions, Sam Gamble looks at the effects of our rentier state economy and hopes for further, informed discussion.
The former Executive Director of Folk on the Rocks intends to launch a lawsuit and human rights complaint against the festival for what he alleges was his wrongful dismissal. In a statement released by David Whitelock on Sunday, Jan. 17, he claims he was terminated without cause, in “breach of the Employment Standards Act,” and
Getting outdoors with your dog can be daunting on dark, winter days, even if this is often a working person’s only chance at a foray into nature during the week. But if you’re a cross country skier, or interested in becoming one, there’s a much more fun, fast way of getting fresh air while exercising
Deep within an icy underground bunker in Finland, an avant-garde of Yellowknife artists — musicians, dancers, videographers and poets — will gather to share their dissonant visions of the Arctic next month at the first-ever artArctica festival. Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden will join audio-visual duo Casey Koyczan and Davis Heslep at the three-day gathering in
Domnion owns around 90 percent of Ekati In a shake-up among the upper echelons of Dominion Diamond Corp., it’s been announced that long-time chairman Robert A. Gannicott will be handing over the company’s reins “in the near future,” while at the same time a member of an aggressive shareholder group has been appointed to the
The Inuvik RCMP Detachment An external review is underway into the death of a woman in Inuvik who died while in police custody over the weekend. The woman, whose name has not yet been released, died Sunday morning as she was being released after spending a night in a cell at the Inuvik RCMP Detachment.
The Games, still Given the lukewarm support from city councillors for the 2023 Canada Winter Games during this fall’s election, you might think the whole project was dead in the water. But the committee charged with analyzing the games has been quietly chugging along, with their final report expected some time in February. At Monday’s
Mrdjenovich’s Nova Hotel, last summer Two long-empty lots at the bottom of Twin Pine Hill may be seeing some action in the near future as controversial Yellowknife developer Mike Mrdjenovich gears up for yet another hotel and residential complex. Over the past few days, a team has been drilling holes in Mrdjenovich’s Bartam Court property, the
The man accused of murdering one man and maiming another in a high-profile attack that took place in Yellowknife in December 2014 appeared in court yesterday on a separate robbery charge. Along with the murder charge, Denecho Noel King is also accused of robbing a taxi in late February of last year. Yesterday’s appearance was
The pre-design phase of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) begins this week in the North, with Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Minister Carolyn Bennett heading to Yellowknife and Whitehorse to meet with survivors and impacted families. On Friday, Jan. 8, those survivors and families will provide their input to Bennett, hoping to
The arts administrator’s brightly hued work can be found at pop-up installations around the city “Signs, signs, everywhere a sign, blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind” — or so goes the old tune. But for Yellowknife artist Boris Atamanenko, the abundance of graphic imagery isn’t driving him mad; instead, it’s inspiring him to make
Visual artist, moosehide tanner and proud Dene mama of three, Melaw Nakehk’o of Liidlii Kue (Fort Simpson, NWT) forayed into the world of A-list moviemaking unexpectedly in 2014, when she was cast alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in Alejandro Iñárritu’s high profile new movie, The Revenant. The film, which is already garnering Oscar nods
Who’s the inventor? If you’ve ever strapped on skates and picked up a hockey stick in this town, chances are you’ve sent a puck or two flying in Chris Hunt’s direction. The businessman and inventor from Pond Inlet is something like Yellowknife’s official goalie, playing around 200 games a year for every team in town.