story and photos by Craig Scott The Boreal forest that surrounds Yellowknife is part of one of the largest intact wilderness areas left on the planet. It holds 700 species of mammals, 500 species of birds, and more than 500 species of plants – some too prickly to pick, or too bitter to bite, and
On EDGE: Opinion by Herb Mathisen The cliché still holds true: the North remains a black hole to much of Canada. Despite Stephen Harper’s pledge to use it so he doesn’t lose it and Arctic Air’s hyper-realistic portrayal of day-to-day northern life (because, you know, Yellowknife WILL be Calgary in 20 years), too many Canadians
On EDGE: Opinion by David Wasylciw Last fall, in preparation for Yellowknife’s Geothermal Energy Project, city council passed a bylaw enabling the creation of municipally owned corporations. This was a first for our city and something that can be used in many ways. With the ability to create corporations, the City can get into business
After studying fashion and briefly working in the Montreal industry, the jewellery artist returned to YK and cleared her mind How long were you in Montreal? Three years. Fantastic city. I’m so happy that I went to school there because I couldn’t really imagine a better place to study fashion on Canadian terms and let
Lament for a potato verse by Anthony Foliot You’ll wonder what I’m talking about But here’s how it used to be, For all these years I’ve used rabbit ears For the reception of my TV You had to arrange the ears just so For a clearer picture to see And then sometimes when the screen
On EDGE: Opinion Jack Danylchuk It’s time to think of Yellowknife as a city state, independent of the territorial government, dealing directly with Ottawa and the leadership of neighbouring First Nations on questions of mutual interest. We would have to relinquish the title of capital of the Northwest Territories of course, but after Yellowknife decamps,
Two Yellowknifers set out with dogs, wine, steak, peanut butter sandwiches and the Globe & Mail for a weekend at a wilderness shack. They never made it. Tales told and photos taken by Janna Graham and Richard Gleeson Janna’s Story Janna by the fire. When we reached the parking lot near the boat launch at
photo courtesy of Clark Builders Since starting his business in the NWT capital in 1974, Andy Clark has grown Clark Builders into a $500 million a year operation by Brent Reaney Andy Clark always liked building things. What he didn’t like was the idea of spending four years studying engineering at university with the chance
story and photos by Fran Hurcomb The Woodyard is one of Yellowknife’s most distinctive neighbourhoods, but it’s also a place of some mystery and controversy. Squeezed into less than three hectares of Commissioner’s Land on Yellowknife Bay, between Willow Flats and Ragged Ass Road, the Woodyard is the last echo from an era of shacks,
A former foe tells the story of Yellowknife’s winningest hockey team, the Weaver & Devore Marauders by Loren McGinnis photos courtesy Johnnie Bowden There are few things as superficial or annoying as sports cliches. We listen to athletes in the hopes that something is said that comes from the heart. Something authentic. So it is
photos by Kevin Klingbeil On any evening above -20 Celsius, as often as three times a week you might find photographer Kevin Klingbeil out shooting some serious tricks. The photos shown here are portraits and action shots Klingbeil shot this past winter of three of Yellowknife’s most talented dudes. But how do you get into
From gold paved with streets to streets paved with “cold” asphalt by Brent Reaney Out at the edge of town, by the quarry at the end of Kam Lake, sits a machine that looks like a conveyor belt attached to an orange locomotive and three rail cars. It’s actually a custom-built portable asphalt plant owned
text by Jack Danylchuk photos by Pablo Saravanja Artist-run galleries and performance centres that sprouted across Canada from the Eastern Edge in St. John’s to Open Space in Victoria, and just about everywhere in between – except Yellowknife – are closing in on their 40th anniversaries. Most were products of the Sixties thinking and a
A filmmaker reflects on documenting YK’s rowdiest block text and images by Jay Bulckaert Back in early August, the Yellowknifer ran an article about the City’s plans to revamp Range Street, that glorious institution of drunken mayhem and public buffoonery. It seemed they – and the public at large – had a hard-on for taking
text and photos by Brent Reaney flightography by Jeroen Slagter My friend Jeroen Slagter is the kind of guy who points out details I’ve never noticed in art that’s been on my wall for years. He has an eye for the uniquely beautiful and is also a pilot with years of northern flying experience. This