Category Politics
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Rommel Silverio: Hopes to be YK’s First Filipino Councillor

Voters can count Rommel Silverio among the candidates for council who believe that politicians should listen to what the public says about issues like downtown development and the city’s potential Canada Winter Games bid. “Whichever way forward we choose, it should be done in a way that is both fiscally responsible and includes the views

Category News
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Kam Lake Camp Canned

In a bombshell vote last night, City Council refused to allow the development of a large temporary camp in Kam Lake meant to house workers building the new Stanton Hospital. The plan, officially presented to council only hours before by the hospital’s general contractors, had been to build temporary dwellings for between 150 and 250

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City Budget 2016: In Search of No Tax Increase

Coun. Julian Morse on slashing the splash park:  “I had a hard time falling asleep last night. It wasn’t an easy decision.” After two days of intense budget cutting, city council has turned the previously proposed tax increase into a slight tax decrease. Property taxes were slated to go up by 2.87 percent according to the

Category Politics
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City Elections: Who Won

After four weeks, three debates, hordes of snappy signs and a whole lot of hard work by the Yellowknife municipal candidates, here is your mayor and council: Mark Heyck Council: Rebecca Alty Adrian Bell Linda Bussey Niels Konge Julian Morse Shauna Morgan Steve Payne Rommel Silverio The most exciting story of the night appears to

Category Politics
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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

Category Politics
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The Edge Slate: Our Choices For Monday

As promised, here’s the EDGE slate for Monday’s double elections. The editorial team arrived at these choices through a process of deliberation and observation. After watching debates, writing about the candidates and the issues and reading and listening to other media, we each came in with our favourite picks. Then, the horse-trading began. For mayor

Category Politics
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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

Category Politics
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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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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

Category Politics
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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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