by Herb Mathisen | photo illustration by Pat Kane For a while I believed that Arctic Air, in one year, had managed to undo my entire life’s work. Honestly, I don’t know how I could have expected otherwise after seeing the show’s initial promos describing Yellowknife as Calgary v2.0, but when I sat down for
tale by Jim Green illustration by Alison McCreesh The Miner’s Mess, the coffee shop and eatery in the original Yellowknife Inn, shut her down Sunday, June 14, the year of our Lord 19 and 92. A dismal day in the annals of northern history. A sad event that set a legion of lost souls adrift
On EDGE: Opinion Doug Ritchie My name is Doug, and I am a polluter. I am an active participant in the destruction of the atmosphere and the eco-systems that have safeguarded humans, and the plants and animals we depend upon. I live in a part of Canada that has one of the highest per capita
On EDGE: Opinion Peter Sheldon I spend all my money at the Noodle House. This is not an advertisement. It is a confessional (disguised as a threat). Eat at the Noodle House. Pack up your bag, stuff this magazine into your back pocket and just start moving along Franklin. Get there, get there as fast
Unless you grew up in Igloolik or Resolute, a quinzhee (pronounced QUIN-zee) is way easier to build than an igloo. The word itself stems from Athapaskan cultures, including the northern Dene, whose traditional ways of life are rooted deep in the subarctic snow. This kind of snow shelter — and there are many others, from
How a plan that seemed so right, turned out so wrong story by Jack Danylchuk illustration by Alison McCreesh Yellowknife’s history was carved out of the gold-bearing rock below, but its future lay in mining the treasures of its night sky – the fabled aurora borealis. At least that’s what the territorial government and a
The rules were simple. Using only one camera, one lens and one light source, 23 photographers were given 20 minutes to shoot a pair of models they hadn’t met at the former Hudson’s Bay warehouse in Old Town – a location they were made aware of only minutes before the shoot. It was a challenge
by Casey Koyczan I have known Mary Caroline for about six years now as an aspiring musician with a lot of motivation to play and record, which has led to her releasing two CDs — Snow Blindness in 2009, and last year’s Who’s In Control — since becoming a Northerner. Mary made the journey to
1979, the Yellowknife Daycare of 51st Street, still standing today. by Camilla MacEachern I was born and raised in Yellowknife. When people learn this, nine times out of ten they get very excited. Something lights up inside them, and then I wait for it, the inevitable question: “What was it like growing up in Yellowknife?”
On EDGE: Opinion Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox Before I tell you why the devolution deal being penned between the territorial government and Canada is bad for Yellowknife — and everywhere else in the NWT — let me first explain where I’m coming from when I write. I have lived in Yellowknife off and on for the past
Story and photo by James MacKenzie In 2005, an elderly couple visiting Yellowknife asked me if I knew where the old Indian cemetery was. I had no clue what they were talking about. Later that summer I was walking my dog on the ski trails with a few friends when we came across a dead
Why a turkey baster can be your best friend at -30 by David Maguire I’ve found myself describing to southern friends the northern sense of humour that develops when you live in a place where the weather is like a bad joke. Part of our northern resilience can be attributed to our ability to make
Thanks to Jay Bulckaert and Pablo Saravanja of the aRTLeSS Collective, EDGE YK now has its very own promo vid.
photo Jeroen Slagter — late-May 2012 On EDGE: Opinion EDGE YK Online December 4, 2012 by Jack Danylchuk Everyone who has lived in the Territories has experienced a Mackenzie River Moment: elation when you arrived at the crossing just as the last truck rolled off the Merv Hardie, frustration if the ferry was just churning away.
by Clark Ferguson I was taken to the original Yellowknife Artist-Run Community Centre in October 2011 during my first foray to Yellowknife. I was here, at the time, to present a film in the Yellowknife International Film Festival. The original YK ARCC was, in essence, a place where artists could present artwork, make artwork, perform