This weekend, Conservative candidate for the upcoming federal election Floyd Roland made the first of many trips he will make to vote-rich Yellowknife between now and the federal election, to meet with his campaign team and develop strategies. Roland retired as premier in 2011 and has been mayor of his home town Inuvik since. What made
Roland wants to make his own path, including advocating for a Youth Mental Health Act It wasn’t inevitable that Sam Roland would enter politics, but growing up watching your dad give and take political punches on TV has got to make an impression. “When he’d always come home and be able to smile at the
Former premier Nick Sibbeston might not have been Mr. Perfect per say, but he’s certainly Mr. Average – for an NWT premier, at least. A typical NWT premier, according to our data dive is male, of Indigenous background (only two — George Braden and Dennis Patterson — have been non-Indigenous), represents a region from South Great
On your left, representing change, and on your right, representing change On EDGE | Opinion When Bob McLeod stood up in the assembly to announce his second run at the NWT’s premiership yesterday afternoon, he could well have taken a page out of the Stephen Harper playbook: economic times are tough, the outlook for the
On EDGE | Political Opinion It’s funny how these landslides don’t look like much at the beginning. First, Newfoundland, which was always going to go solidly Liberal, did so. Then the Liberals ran the table in the Maritimes, something not entirely unheard of, but still surprising. By the time we began to get coherent numbers
It’s not true, if it ever was, that a rising tide floats all boats; it launches many, swamps others, or pushes them into backwaters. The historic and unexpected Liberal wave that swept away Stephen Harper and raised Justin Trudeau to the prime minister’s office produced the same surprising result in the Northwest Territories. Throngs of
Maybe you’ve been too busy to pay attention during what’s been a long, double-header federal and municipal campaign. Or maybe you just need a reminder of who’s running, for what party and where to vote. Either way, here’s the EDGE list with links to candidate websites, Facebook pages, and our coverage, as well as links
On EDGE | Political Opinion By now, the news has penetrated the Harper bunker: Floyd Roland will not win on Monday. That he never had a chance is due in equal parts to the solid record of Dennis Bevington and the low regard voters have for the prime minister. The thinking in the Harper tent
Floyd makes a maverick pick with famous wearer-of-hats Tim McGraw On EDGE: Opinion Yesterday local DJ Jack Antonio, who has a classic/indie rock show on CKLB, sent us a list of musical picks made by the NWT’s four federal candidates. His criteria were simple: pick two genre-appropriate songs and I’ll play them. “Hope you find these
On EDGE | Opinion It’s a scenario that’s playing out in town halls and churches across the country: a Liberal, an NDP and a Green candidate take the stage in front of a friendly audience; the Conservative candidate? Well, they’re off door-knocking somewhere else. Such was the scene at last night’s Alternatives North “All Candidates
As the NDP attempt to arrest their headlong dive in the national polls, NDP incumbent Dennis Bevington has unveiled his vision for the North. The plan, announced this morning, closely followed the promises made by Tom Mulcair during his Iqaluit visit last week: $32 million over four years to expand Nutrition North subsidies to 50
Kevin O’Reilly, executive director of the Independent Environmental Monitory Agency, is running in Frame Lake, the riding left vacant by Wendy Bisaro in the upcoming territorial election. A past research director for the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, he has lived in Yellowknife since 1985, raised a family and served three terms on city council. EDGE:
On EDGE: Opinion The first sign Ethel Blondin Andrew was in danger of losing to Dennis Bevington in 2006 came not from any poll, but an unexpected phone call from Paul Martin, in the waning days of the campaign. Martin did not call to outline a new northern initiative, but to emphasize some point in
On carbon pricing, the Conservatives have always been subtle as a jackhammer: It’s a tax on everything, it will kill jobs, it’s bad, and so is any politician who dares suggest implementing such a Four-Horsemen policy. The Tories dropped this talking point on Stephane Dion like a cartoon piano during the 2008 campaign, won another
McLeod says he’s not playing a “numbers game,” and favours projects like the Tlicho road, dredging the harbor at Hay River, and, long-term, the Mackenzie Valley Highway In the hope of squeezing juice from Justin Trudeau’s “historic investment plan in the middle class,” as the Liberal spin machine bills its pledge to spend $125 billion on infrastructure