YK Past Blast: Jonas Paulette, 1977
Jonas Paulette of Ndilo, 1977. Jonas was a well-respected staker and line-cutter who worked across the North. This photo was taken at Thor Lake, east of Yellowknife, in the early days of its development.
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Other Reading: The battle to protect Alaska’s great wildlife sanctuary
“We know that a viable future for the biosphere depends on leaving most of the known reserves of fossil fuel in the ground, so finding treacherous new locations from which to extract what activists call extreme oil, does not just tempt fate – it punches fate in the face. There is an ugly irony about
Final Food on Franklin
Don’t forget: the last 50/50 food event of the season happens tonight, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., with most of the season’s surviving food trucks/stands/tents — Curbside Treats ‘N Eats, Saffron, Southern Comfort, Sushi North — on hand. Yellowknife artists Terry Pamplin will be the final artists on hand, creating “improvisational painting” to local songstress Natasha Duchene’s keyboard accompaniment. City
City Briefs: No Decisions on Grace Lake South or Downtown
City council opted for another breather in their halting chug towards opening up the south side of Grace Lake for residential development, choosing to send a slew of bylaws back to administration rather than vote on them. The main issue, this time around, wasn’t the cost of trucking water and sewage to and from the
The Fires This Time: 2015’s Conflagration Season
It was June, only a month into the fire season, when Environment and Natural Resources Minister Michael Miltenberger ominously told the Territory: “I do not wish to be the bearer of bad weather reports, but as Mother Nature may have it, and based on the reports from our meteorologist, we will once again experience drought
City Briefs: Games Good, Hotel Too
With only several meetings left until the City-led Canada Winter Games Committee is expected to deliver a business case for council to vote on, at least one councillor is concerned the work won’t be done in time. “There have been to a couple of meetings where I’ve seen minutes… [and] there wasn’t much headway defined
Number Crunch: YK Cost of Living Bumps Up Again
The cost of living in Yellowknife increased by an average of two percent over the past year, outpacing the rest of the country as Yellowknifers paid more for everything from food to electricity. At the end of July, the capital’s consumer price index was 131.3, an increase of two percent from July 2014, compared to
Yellowknifers: The Police Officer
When you first encounter Elenore Sturko wearing short sleeves, it’s hard to miss the words Esprit de Corps running across her right forearm in black, cursive letters. On the surface, the tattoo may seem like a remnant of her time as a reservist in the Royal Canadian Air Force, but dig a little deeper, and
Ashley Madison North: GNWT Addresses Found
On Thursday, an anonymous source dropped off a list at EDGE. It contained over a hundred NWT and Nunavut email addresses found from searching the latest Ashley Madison data dump. The Toronto-based website, which lets people in marriages or long-term relationships sign up to meet others interested in affairs, has been the subject of a massive
YK Past Blast: John Larson, 1986
John Larson was a well-known miner and driller in early Yellowknife. He lived in a small shack in Willow Flats until shortly before his death in the 1990s.
Game Night: A Trip To Ogre’s Lair
A game of Warhammer in mid-play In honour of Ptarmicon this weekend (Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23 at the Multiplex) and its celebration of all things Warhammer, LARP, anime and etc., EDGE ventured into Centre Square Mall to find a place where Yellowknifers gather to game and geek out. Centre Square Mall is a zombie-apocalypse
In The Year 2000: Real Estate Prices Then and Now
Back when New Year’s Eve glasses were a stylish treat and houses were a steal Remember the heady days of the millennium, when brooks bubbled with vintage champagne, computers threatened meltdown and it was possible to buy a home in Yellowknife for less than $100,000? A battered copy of the September 15, 2000 edition of
A Killer on the Loose, 1987
Mary Rose Martin. 28 years old from Dettah | Photos courtesy Patti-Kay Hamilton WARNING: This story has some graphic details and may not be suitable for all readers. Yellowknife, 1987: Slasher, a large marmalade tomcat, was found as a feral kitten hissing beneath the Wildcat Café in Old Town. Slasher hadn’t grown into a cuddling
Break-In At Weaver and Devore
One of Yellowknife’s most iconic stores was the target of a break-in on Monday night. The incident occurred at Weaver & Devore Trading, which has been selling bush gear in Old Town since 1936. “Somehow they slipped through this little space and got in and got out,” Bud Weaver, president of Weaver & Devore, told