A bylaw intended to save developers and tenants money, headaches and parking space could get some use for the first time this summer with plans underway to create a Yellowknife car share program. City council amended its zoning bylaws in 2014 to decrease the required amount of parking space for apartment buildings and condominiums by
Another day, another design seems to be the Mike Mrdjenovich mantra when it comes to the long-suffering lots in Bartam Court and on the corner of School Draw and Franklin Ave. After several weeks of drill tests, Nova Builders’ latest vision for dense residential development in the area is back to the drawing board. On
Yellowknife’s much-discussed Housing First program is expected to get underway by mid-summer, says Coun. Linda Bussey, who chairs the Community Advisory Board on Homelessness. With any luck, one person will be housed in July or August. After that the CAB hopes to find additional housing for two people each month, building towards the goal of
Yellowknife’s largest daycare provider is eyeing up a new home and a significant expansion several months after receiving an eviction notice for their current location. The Yellowknife Day Care Association, which holds 45 child care licenses, including half of Yellowknife’s infant care licenses, recently entered into a conditional land-purchase agreement for several empty downtown lots
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The infamous fire season of 2014 will forever go down as the “summer of smoke” for many communities across the North and South Slave plagued with relentless air quality problems for weeks on end. Yellowknife’s Dr. Courtney Howard says staff at Environment Canada have confirmed, at least anecdotally, that it was likely the worst year in
Goodbye to Hot and Ready After three years dishing up an eclectic menu of pulled pork, curry and spanakopita, among other things, Yellowknife’s best-named lunch spot, Sarah’s Hot and Ready, served its last meal today. “It’s bittersweet, and I’m a little saddened,” says Sarah Heaton, who ran the small operation out of the Breakaway Fitness building
A man sunk his $80,000 Ford F350 diesel truck into Pontoon Lake, about 26 km northeast of Yellowknife, yesterday. He was driving near the Pontoon Lake boat launch when the ice gave way. The man, who informed residents along the lake of the incident last night, said he managed to get out of the 2012
“Arrived in Yellowknife with a plan to go into the wilderness alone and become a missing person”: RCMP
“In New Brunswick, if something like this happened, we’d have the whole community out there searching“