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Contract negotiator Marie-Soleil Lacoursiere is running for council

Marie-Soleil Lacoursiere, 33, oversees contract negotiations for Dominion Diamond Ekati Corp., managing a team that procures millions of dollars annually in goods and services for the mine. She has a degree in business administration, a graduate diploma in operations management and is working on a graduate degree in governance and entrepreneurship in northern and indigenous

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A Few Good Women: The Gender Problem in NWT Politics

It’s 2015, but when it comes to gender equality in leadership, the Northwest Territories are stuck in a flashback to less enlightened times. Despite a record 10 female candidates running in last month’s territorial election, the number of female MLAs heading to the 18th assembly remains unchanged: two of 19. To examine why our legislative assembly lags

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Today’s the day

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

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The IserveU Debate Hits Primetime

The Alternatives North forum became an IserveU doggy-pile On EDGE | Opinion If anyone ever makes a movie about the founding of IserveU, the scene at City Hall Wednesday night would surely be the climax. Monday night – when we learn if any of their candidates actually make it onto council – can only be

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Why I’m using IserveU: candidates in their own words

Sponsored by IserveU The following three candidates in Monday’s municipal election have, for different reasons, decided to work with IserveU, an online voting platform where Yellowknifers can log in, share comments and vote on issues at City Hall. The system is the best of both worlds as it produces a binding result when many people

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Zero Tax Pledges: Irresponsible Populism

Did someone say increased property taxes? On EDGE | Political Opinion Last December, I sat through night after night of achingly dull City Hall budget debates. As I struggled to keep my eyes open, council went line by line through dozens of densely annotated pages, discussing the merits of this or that expenditure and the

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Think you like IserveU but have no idea how it works? Read this

Sponsored by IserveU You may have heard of IserveU, but what exactly is it and how does it work? Basically, it’s a made-in-Yellowknife online voting platform where Yellowknife voters can login, share comments and vote on issues at City Hall. Three things you should know about IserveU 100% Made in YK – IserveU’s been developed

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Council Candidates on Taxes vs. Services

With only a week and a half left until the municipal election, EDGE decided, as an experiment, to send some “fake” motions to each council candidate in an attempt to delve deeper into their beliefs. The motions were pretty blunt and weren’t meant to be 100 percent realistic (in reality, councillors would have far more

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Before you make up your mind about IserveU, please read this

Sponsored by IserveU Every day, I start work around seven and don’t usually wrap up until midnight or one o’clock. I often forget to eat and sometimes can’t sleep because there’s so much going on, and it’s the same for the small team of staff and volunteers in the trenches with me every day. I’m

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