Cosmos | acrylic by Nick MacIntosh by Mark Rendell Around midnight on January 24, 1978 a glowing object ripped eastward across the NWT skies, splintering into hundreds of flaming pieces. The nuclear powered satellite carrying around 50 kilograms of enriched uranium – only slightly less than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima – started its dive
Flamin’ Raven exclusive for EDGEYK.com Following criticism it is stifling both its own tourism initiatives and the NWT film industry, the Government of the Northwest Territories has gone public with plans to release a big-budget tourism ad (with the help of a southern film production crew) highlighting the advantageous geographical proximity the NWT shares with
Starting next year new parents across the NWT will be receiving iPads funded in part by oil company Chevron, but not all MLAs are happy about the move. Three hundred iPads were purchased by the department of Education, Culture and Employment earlier this year; Chevron is set to kick in a chunk of money to
After being caught off guard by new legislation governing one of the NWT’s largest public sector pension funds, unions are scrambling to protect benefits they feel may be reduced. The Northern Employee Benefits Services plan, which covers City workers and YK1 teachers, among others, has been in legal limbo since 2002 when since the federal
At the opening night of the Yellowknife International Film Festival, the epic feature Maina depicted an Innu and Inuit conflict, pre-European contact. It ends with a sense of deep foreboding as settler ships sail into a bay. We all know what comes next. It was a great setup for the next three days, which admittedly
photos Angela Gzowski The tax debacle that’s been pissing off Kam Lake residents since their property taxes skyrocketed in July is little closer to resolution following Monday’s municipal services committee meeting. Back in August, city administration was tasked with figuring out how to ease the Kam Lake Tax burden. The neighborhood saw an average tax increase
FARE, a horror short by filmmaker Andrew Silke, will have its American premiere at the New York City Horror Film Festival in November. This is Silke’s second acceptance to the festival, though this will be his first time in attendance. Amelia screened there in 2013, as well as at Cannes. The film was created for the Dead North horror
The public response to the late-September announcement that the Government of the Northwest Territories would pay $20 million to cover a power rate hike was unsurprisingly positive. In the super-expensive North, who wants to pay more for power? But the move is also the equivalent of a student council president offering free hot dogs to
When artist and former houseboater Brian MacDonald popped by the EDGE YK office with a heady claim – he and his A-frame houseboat were first on the lake – my interest was piqued. Brian and I went for coffee and he regaled me with stories of the floating home and artist studio he built in
On EDGE: Opinion Satire, like cross-stitch and flying a jet fighter, is extremely difficult to do well. Dozens of websites seeking to ape The Onion exist, and mostly fail. CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, razor-sharp and occasionally devastating during the Chretien era, is a dried-out husk of its former self. Every six months or
In the late 1960s, Michel shot a duck out of season and was taken to court. The result of this case was that he was fined $1, while the government had to pay a bill of over $1 million in court costs. He began the long battle for aboriginal hunting rights that continues today. He died
Yellowknife artist Terry Pamplin met his wife Joanna Pamplin in Javaroma in October 2009. Joanna had just returned to Yellowknife. She’d been Terry’s fitness instructor years before – but he was a married man at the time. Coffee turned to dinner dates, and within three months they were living together. “It was like going through
Reuben and the Dark, the Calgary-based folk-rock band that includes Yellowknife’s own Shea Alain, released a new video of their hit single Devil’s Time today. It’s the latest off their debut album Funeral Sky, produced by Florence and the Machine drummer Chris Hayden of the UK, and Yukon’s Stephen Kozmeniuk, released in May via Arts
Last Friday, Yellowknife’s new transitional home for women was renamed Lynn Brooks’ Safe Place for Women. Formerly known as Betty House, Lynn’s Place is a YWCA-owned building that will provide housing and support for women leaving emergency shelters like McAteer House. A pioneer of the northern feminist movement in a territory where domestic violence is
In addition to screening 27 great short and feature-length films of circumpolar and contemporary cinema, the 8th Annual Yellowknife International Film Festival has organized an impressive lineup of workshops and opportunities for people wanting to learn more about the industry. This year’s festival – bigger, bolder and more sophisticated – in many ways mirrors what’s