To Don Jaque, the allegation that he’s running for MLA of Thebacha just to split the vote so incumbent Michael Miltenberger can retain his office is just another fiction spun from the ‘Fort Myth’ rumour mill. “Yes absolutely, and I’m also running to split the vote for my friend, Lou (Sebert), so I’m double dipping,”
The Yellowknife architect who’s challenging Glen Abernethy in the Great Slave riding says he’s running because the government isn’t listening to the public. “From what I’m hearing from people, the current government … hasn’t really been working with [people],” says 38-year-old Chris Clarke. “They have to jump through hoops to get anything done or to
MLA candidates in the Sahtu are focusing their energy on issues that unite the region rather than forcing voters to pick sides when it comes to the often polarizing issue of oil and gas development. The construction of a highway into the Central Mackenzie tops the list of priorities for all four candidates, followed closely
Castillo wants “people to be accountable for what they’re spending our dollars on” In any election, government outsiders promising change have a certain pizzazz. But don’t underestimate the value of actually knowing how government works, says Edwin Castillo, a long-time bureaucrat who’s running in Yellowknife North, formerly Weledeh. Castillo is currently the manager of financial
The 17th Legislative Assembly in action During the municipal election, a few readers asked why EDGE offered individual profiles of new candidates and only a single combined article on the incumbents. Given the three years incumbents had to build their reputation in the media and with the public, we felt this approach was necessary to
Roland wants to make his own path, including advocating for a Youth Mental Health Act It wasn’t inevitable that Sam Roland would enter politics, but growing up watching your dad give and take political punches on TV has got to make an impression. “When he’d always come home and be able to smile at the
At the core of Ben Nind’s vision is an “entire transformation of how we produce power.” | Photo courtesy of Ben Nind Ben Nind has worn many hats throughout his career – actor, playwright, surveyor, bus driver, artistic director, land use planner, and federal constituency assistant – but his run in Yellowknife North is his
An uprising: activist and artist seeks to give the people of the riding a choice after eight years without voting.
Wasylciw says he balances an understanding of how government works with a background in the private sector | Photo Samantha Stuart Photography Private consultant, sometime bureaucrat, and IT wiz David Wasylciw has jumped into the crowded race for Wendy Bisaro’s now-empty seat in Frame Lake. Under the broad banner of “putting our families first,” Wasylciw says he’s focusing
When the NDP showed an early surge in the polls this fall, many believed the 2015 federal election could be Dennis Bevington’s breakthrough after spending three terms trapped in opposition to an increasingly unresponsive Conservative government. Few observers, including several at this publication, thought he was in any danger of actually losing his seat. But on Oct.
Everybody comes to the Dehcho: Tom Berger, Herb Norwegian and David Suzuki in a still from the 2004 documentary Ghosts of Futures Past | Courtesy Elanfilms After over 20 years of negotiations, the Dehcho land claim process has seen its fair share of federal and territorial governments come and go. But with the end of
Caroline Cochrane-Johnson, CEO of the Yellowknife Women’s Society, which runs the Centre for Northern Families, is challenging Daryl Dolynny in Range Lake and hoping to help fill the progressive space in the legislature left by departing Wendy Bisaro and Bob Bromley. “I think it was a really nice composition when we had someone that was representing women,
On EDGE | Political Opinion It’s funny how these landslides don’t look like much at the beginning. First, Newfoundland, which was always going to go solidly Liberal, did so. Then the Liberals ran the table in the Maritimes, something not entirely unheard of, but still surprising. By the time we began to get coherent numbers
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
It’s not true, if it ever was, that a rising tide floats all boats; it launches many, swamps others, or pushes them into backwaters. The historic and unexpected Liberal wave that swept away Stephen Harper and raised Justin Trudeau to the prime minister’s office produced the same surprising result in the Northwest Territories. Throngs of