Airplane propellers spinning at full bore don’t mix well with sailboats or paddleboarders. That much should be pretty obvious. But how unsafe would it be to let the occasional visiting floatplane dock at the new City park on Wiley Rd. between the Wildcat and Bullocks? The long-standing debate over which vehicles should be allowed to
They may have lost the battle, but the war over power distribution in Hay River is not over, says Northland Utilities (NUL). Town councillors voted to replace the current privately-owned power distributor with the government-owned Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) Thursday night. But NUL’s vice president of Northern development Doug Tenney says the campaign to
City Hall is contemplating rolling back red tape for home-based businesses by no longer requiring development permits for businesses with little neighbourhood impact. People would still have to pay $200 for a business license, but could potentially save $50 on the development permit. According to a memo, which will be discussed at Monday’s Municipal
Yellowknife’s real estate market is heating up early this year, with more than twice as many listings in the first two months as 2015. Realtors themselves are unclear whether the jump from around 20 up to 45 (going on 50 by the end of the month) MLS listings with Coldwell Banker, Homelife and Century 21
If you and your four-legged friends are out for a meander around Frame Lake in the next while, be extra-vigilant. The neighbourhood has a rare, beautiful, and hungry visitor. Reader Avery Parle contacted us earlier today with a heads-up for any small dog owners out there: “I was hiking the north side of the
One irony of the Giant Mine environmental disaster is that, despite its overwhelming cost to Canadian taxpayers, the mine’s tainted aftermath just keeps on giving to Yellowknife’s economy. This summer, the federal government is tendering a $600-million contract for a ‘construction manager’ to oversee the mine’s remediation, set to begin in full force around 2020.
As the Bathurst Caribou herd continues its decline to perilously low levels, the GNWT and the Tłıc̨ho Government have agreed, at least in principle, to ban all hunting of the herd and to begin killing wolves that prey on the herd. Their joint three-year plan for herd management went before the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources
Niven Phase V After years spent trying to sell three large empty lots in Niven Lake Phase V without success, the City is considering a significant price reduction as well as an increase in allowable density to make the land more appealing to developers. RedCliffe Developments, which built 16 units on a nearby lot, has
RCMP are asking for public assistance locating a man who disappeared from the hospital yesterday evening. Roland Yendo, 58, was last seen leaving Stanton Territorial Hospital around 6:00 p.m.. He’s described as “as 5’8” tall, weighing 170 lbs, with “salt and pepper” hair, brown eyes, missing teeth, and is of Aboriginal descent. He was “last seen
Two months after Snap Lake ceased operations and served 434 employees with layoff notices, De Beers is considering flooding the underground diamond mine. “Flooding will allow for the care and maintenance period to be prolonged until the global markets improve and it can be re-opened by De Beers or another Qualified Operator,” according to a
Along with a notable drop in Bathurst caribou numbers, the Tłı̨chǫ have been noticing a stark decline in the health of the animals, which many are chalking up to the impacts of mining in the area. According to interviews with elders and hunters in Wekweètì and Behchokǫ̀, the caribou meat they are harvesting is increasingly
The developer that claimed upwards of $160,000 in damages against the City in December is now taking the issue to court following City Council’s refusal to award the claim. Granite Ventures, which recently finished building Granite Condos on Franklin Ave., had argued before a development appeals board consisting of City Council, that moves taken by
Future Arctic Inspiration Prize recipients could soon have access to more money and an easier application process, says selection committee chair Kyla Kakfwi-Scott. The award, founded four years ago by a private family foundation, gives money to Northern projects demonstrating substantial contributions to the gathering of Arctic knowledge that provide real-world solutions for people in
Yellowknife’s bid to host the 2023 Canada Winter Games effectively died this afternoon, following a unanimous rejection by City Council. The final vote won’t happen until next Monday, but during today’s Municipal Services Committee meeting, all eight councillors indicated they would oppose the bid, citing uncalculated risks, tough economic times, the inability to host alpine
Last Thursday, the public got its first glimpse of the shiny new Stanton Hospital, set to cost the GNWT $751 million to build and then run for the next 30 years. Nearly twice the size of the current hospital and built to the very latest hospital design standards, the project, which is being undertaken as