Yellowknife, last summer | Illustration by Tomasz Jedruszek Flamin’ Raven | SATIRE Last year, Yellowknife saw one of the worst summers in recent memory, an apocalyptic, near-permanent deluge of ash and smoke thanks to the hundreds of forest fires that burned in and around the territory. With this summer looking like it might take a similar turn according
Gary Vaillancourt reimagines the site as a 21st century Model Village, where instead of Giant Mine being known as one of the most contaminated sites in Canada, political will instead focuses on creating an eco-friendly, self-sustaining community that is a model for the rest of the world | Image as drawn by Sasha Stanojovic. Gary Vaillancourt
Over the past week, the legislative assembly saw a move to beef up security at Stanton Hospital, discussed the ongoing travails surrounding a broken turbine at Snare Falls, aired the shocking revelation the people aren’t that interested in commenting on devolution legislation and held the first reading of a bill that will make Deline the
Hanson Brothers were out on a smoke break | Photos courtesy Johnnie Bowden As the local rec hockey season heads into the home stretch, with the Weaver and Devore Marauders battling it out in the middle of the pack, three points out of second place, take a look back at this portrait of Yellowknife’s winningest team, from March 2012:
“Malcolm X had a huge influence on me and my identity as Dene, especially when it comes to names. Refusing “Little,” the name of his family’s slave master, had me contemplating my then last name “Antoine.” This led me on a path of Indigenous self-discovery and cultural reclamation. I had also learned that re-naming a
Four decades ago, the NWT was in political upheaval. A new generation of aboriginal leaders was changing the territory’s political landscape, while at the same time a consortium of major oil companies was planning to run a massive pipeline from Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay, across the Yukon to the Mackenzie Delta and down the valley to
Sarah Erasmus was never keen on her first name. There were simply too many Sarahs at school, so people started calling her by her last name. “Erasmus eventually turned into Eras-Moose, then just Moose or Moosey,” she says now, with a laugh. So was born the idea behind Erasmus Apparel’s ubiquitous logo, an ‘E’ with
In addition to the events below, the Snow Castle is open to the public from 12-5:00 p.m. daily (closed on Mondays) and offers much to see and do! Sunday March 1 Cutting of the Castle Door 12-5 p.m. Snowking’s 1st Annual International Snow Carvers Sculptures & People’s Choice Award K’alemi Dene School Art Show (runs
The sky’s bright and blue, the snow’s clean and white, and we’re crawling out of our caves into the evening light. It must be March. Since arriving in Yellowknife more than 10 years ago, the castle’s been part of my yearly reawakening. I’ve attended dozens of parties and art shows and been the King’s official snowtographer. Three
The snowcastle’s as appealing to families as it is to people looking to party. There’s plenty to do all month. During sunny March afternoons (12-5 p.m., every day except Monday) bring the kids and hit the slide or catch a children’s play. Every Friday and Saturday evening, music hits the stage and there’s more than one art show happening for a
Angela Gzowski’s pictures illustrate the snowcastle’s size and scope and offer a peak into the building process. The image overlooking the rows of snow blocks, known as “the quarry,” is a great example of this. The blocks weigh up to 200 pounds each, depending on size. They are cut out of a larger block of snow using the big saw. It typically takes
by Jeff Dineley Friday afternoon at the YZF. I have a thousand things I should be doing for work this weekend, but a late-night decision a week before sealed my fate. Well, actually, the Air North ticket price to Whitehorse really was too good to pass up. Besides, how could I not tag along with royalty such as Joe
by Fran Hurcomb Musher Jim Essery spins a tale after a race on Grace Lake. Fellow musher Guy Erasmus looks skeptical.
Flamin’ Raven | SATIRE New polling data from Ipsos-Reid has confirmed what many Yellowknife Facebook users have suspected for months: every single resident of the city above voting age plans to run for mayor in the next municipal election. City Hall insiders profess shock, bewilderment and profound despair at this development, but even a cursory glance at local
Naked men, plastic-bag dresses and dildo straws not shown | Image courtesy Hector Le Roux WARNING: Some of the content of this article is salty, and perhaps even NSFW. Proceed with caution. Some things you lose and never get back. Usually. In the 1980s, a group of 30 Yellowknife women challenged that notion with the very