“I might have a little bit of an advantage over the average person that’s running for the City,” says 40-year-old barber, teacher and business owner, Steve Payne. “I’m talking to people in my chair … they tell me what they want me to talk about. I definitely want to be an advocate for the people.”
The agreement has been signed and the initiative to tackle Yellowknife’s homeless is off and running. So what’s the next step? Collecting donations from a sea can in the 50/50 lot, argue some
The idea of building a temporary work camp in Yellowknife may not be as dead as City Council’s surprising ‘No’ vote two weeks ago suggested. This coming Monday, construction company Clark Builders, half of the consortium building the new hospital, is scheduled to give a presentation “regarding a Temporary Work Camp” to council in a
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
No floatplanes at the new park Despite being named after a Yellowknife aviation pioneer, the new waterfront park near the Wildcat Cafe will be floatplane-free. On Monday night, City Council voted to allow only non-motorized vessels to dock at the tiny Hank Koenen Park on Wiley Rd., which is currently under construction. This decision came
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
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
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
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
While Mona Lisa smokes a joint on the far wall, Jimmy “da Barber” McGaughey tells EDGE that much of the décor of Ragged Ass Barbers isn’t so much about projecting a single image, but a mish-mash of everyone there – from owners to staff to clientele. “That fish there, somebody, their wife wouldn’t allow them to have it