In a fitting footnote to a year of dismal financial news, the bankruptcy trustee for the once-proud Dowland construction group has quietly filed its seventh and likely final report on the company’s collapse. The report held no good news for secured creditors, who have been waiting since May 2013, when the Royal Bank forced Dowland
Folk on the Rocks has severed ties with the festival’s executive director David Whitelock less than two years after he took the position. The circumstances surrounding Whitelock’s “departure” are unclear at this point. A press release posted on the FOTR website on Dec. 29 announced the split and thanked Whitelock “for his hard work and
EDGE is taking some holiday time, from December 20 to January 4. While we’re off we’ll be re-running some of our favourite stories from the year, and some hits from deep in our archives. Here’s a look at the rich backstory of some Yellowknife musical icons: “Because I’m all about that bass, ‘bout that bass
We’ve both got cold, natural beauty, and colourful names that confuse southerners. It’s hard not to compare Yellowknife and Whitehorse. Here’s the fifth and final installment of our series exploring the two cities. Here are Parts One, Two, Three and Four. Introducing yourself as a Yellowknifer to Canadians south of 60 elicits a fairly standard
EDGE is taking some holiday time, from December 20 to January 4. While we’re off we’ll be re-running some of our favourite stories from the year, and some hits from deep in our archives. Here’s a portrait of a much-loved city character from June 2013: Sir John’s beloved gym teacher and long-time YK hockey hero, Bill Burlington is retiring
EDGE is taking some holiday time, from December 20 to January 4. While we’re off we’ll be re-running some of our favourite stories from the year, and some hits from deep in our archives. Here’s a look inside the North’s most (in)famous nightspot: Its wooden walls filled with mining-inspired artwork and memorabilia, Harley’s Hardrock Saloon
Garry Whyte makes a moose call. See what it sounds like here. EDGE is taking some holiday time, from December 20 to January 4. While we’re off we’ll be re-running some of our favourite stories from the year, and some hits from deep in our archives. Here’s a unique moose-hunting tale from December 2012: A grizzled
An innovative housing project hopes to break the cycles that keep young people on the street. And so far, it looks like it’s working.
EDGE is taking some holiday time, from December 20 to January 4. While we’re off we’ll be re-running some of our favourite stories from the year, and some hits from our archives. Here’s a look from inside Northlands, at the height of its troubles back in December 2011: by Marc Winkler Entering Northlands Trailer Park
EDGE is taking some holiday time, from December 20 to January 4. While we’re off we’ll be re-running some of our favourite stories from the year. Here’s a first-person story from last summer’s morel mania to kick things off: Inhaling ash and sweating out yesterday’s piss-warm beer, I scan the burn for morel mushrooms. My
We’ll be taking some time off, from today, December 21, to January 4th, 2016. When we come back, we hope to have some exciting New Year surprises in store for you. In the meantime, we’ll be running some of our favourite work from the last year, from both print and online versions of the publication.
Stuart Hodgson and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at the first Arctic Winter Games in 1970. | NWT Archives/Stuart M. Hodgson fonds/N-2010-005: 0028 Rest in Peace, Stuart Hodgson, who has passed away at the age of 91. From the magazine’s archives, January, 2015: by Kate Guay Stuart Hodgson is kissing my hand and telling me that I’m lovely. It’s Friday,
The online shopping world is coming at her hard these days. Kim White is your friendly neighbourhood courier, delivering the goods you ordered with high hopes they’d arrive before Christmas. But you won’t find her succumbing to the temptation to add that item to her virtual shopping cart and hit send. “One thing I’m very
Not pictured: ten pints of Keith’s It seemed like a good idea at the time. Prompted by a discussion of all the new establishments opening or set to open here, we started to wonder: where was the cheapest draft beer in town these days? Who had the best pour? Selection? Specials? We assembled a crack
Former Yellowknives Dene chief Fred Sangris has high hopes for a new environment and natural resources minister, saying relations between the territorial government and his people have frayed bitterly under Michael Miltenberger. According to Sangris, the outgoing minister’s mismanagement of the Bathurst Caribou Herd, along with charges of illegal harvesting against four Yellowknives Dene, are