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Not Dead Yet: Stanton Workcamp Back on City Agenda

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

Category Business

Selling Yellowknife to the World

“Yellowknife is on the edge—of expansive lakes, untamed wilderness, of civilization itself—putting visitors on the cusp of a diverse range of activities and experiences…” This is the branding language suggested to city council on Monday by local communications consultant Leanne Tait, as part of a strategy to establish a ‘Destination Marketing’ organization that will promote

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Yellowknifer: The Ski Coach

There are people in this town who seem destined to want to go faster, higher, stronger. Sheena Tremblay, the highest trained active female ski coach in the territories, is one of them. Don’t let her quiet, humble demeanor fool you. Behind that shy smile is one highly competitive person. “I pretty much just wanted to

Category Politics
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City Elections: Who Won

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

Category Politics
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Zero Tax Pledges: Irresponsible Populism

Did someone say increased property taxes? On EDGE | Political Opinion Last December, I sat through night after night of achingly dull City Hall budget debates. As I struggled to keep my eyes open, council went line by line through dozens of densely annotated pages, discussing the merits of this or that expenditure and the

Category Politics
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Dane Mason: IserveU’s Third Council Candidate

As an expert on risk-benefit analysis, Dane Mason is baffled by the protests that have greeted IserveU’s proposal for increased public involvement in governing Yellowknife. “The potential is so great,” said Mason in an interview with EDGE Online. A manager of policy and strategic planning for Industry Tourism and Investment, he was IserveU’s communications director

Category Politics
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The Incumbent: Mayor Mark Makes His Case

In answer to an accusation from his sole political opponent that he ‘isn’t even trying anymore,” Mayor Mark Heyck smiles wryly and says“I’ll leave it to voters to judge how hard I’ve been trying these past three years and the nine years I was on council previous to that.” Until recently, the 39-year-old incumbent with three council terms and

Category Politics
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Fifth run a charm for educator and council candidate Beaton Mackenzie?

Teacher and long-time volunteer Beaton Mackenzie may have four unsuccessful election campaigns to his name, but he says his commitment to the community and willingness to listen makes him someone to vote for on Oct. 19. “I enjoy sitting down and having discussions, and … you can always do something better,” says the 61-year-old special

Category Politics
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Contract negotiator Marie-Soleil Lacoursiere is running for council

Marie-Soleil Lacoursiere, 33, oversees contract negotiations for Dominion Diamond Ekati Corp., managing a team that procures millions of dollars annually in goods and services for the mine. She has a degree in business administration, a graduate diploma in operations management and is working on a graduate degree in governance and entrepreneurship in northern and indigenous

Category Politics
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NWT Chamber director Jugjit More-Curran running for council

Businessperson and *director of the NWT Chamber of Commerce, Jugjit More-Curran, says she’ll work to reduce costs, if elected to City council. “Like me, everyone seems to agree that the biggest issue facing Yellowknifers today is the high cost of living and doing business in our city,” says the 48-year-old who moved to Yellowknife in

Category Politics
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‘This guy isn’t even trying anymore’: Mayoral challenger says he’s a ‘viable alternative.’

The local chartered accountant who on Friday announced his intention to run against Mark Heyck is pitching himself as the polar opposite of the mayor. If elected, John Himmelman, a 52-year-old accountant who’s been in Yellowknife for seven years, would sell the 50/50 lot, reassess the Canada Winter Games bid and drop the City’s lawsuit

Category Politics
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Mayor Mark’s Challenger: YK accountant John Himmelman

Just when we were all expecting Mark Heyck to cruise back to the mayoral chair uncontested, a local chartered accountant filed his papers this morning. John Himmelman is a private accounting consultant who moved to Yellowknife in 2005. The 52-year-old* is a former GNWT employee, originally from Ontario, who also spent a year and a half in

Category Politics
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Julian Morse Announces for City Council

Finding homes for the homeless and breathing new life into Yellowknife’s downtown are the key issues in the upcoming civic election for Julian Morse. “They go hand in hand,” said Morse, who is  a resource officer with the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board.* “Without addressing homelessness and addictions and loitering, there isn’t much point

Category Politics
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Rommel Silverio: Hopes to be YK’s First Filipino Councillor

Voters can count Rommel Silverio among the candidates for council who believe that politicians should listen to what the public says about issues like downtown development and the city’s potential Canada Winter Games bid. “Whichever way forward we choose, it should be done in a way that is both fiscally responsible and includes the views

Category Opinion
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Put YK’s Empty Offices to Work

I started reading about dying downtowns across Canada back in the ’80s. Developers built large strip malls on cheap land on the outskirts of cities. Residents tired of poor parking, traffic and multiple-stop errands readily gravitated to the new massive malls with their infinite free parking and one-stop convenience. Marquee anchor tenants and specialty shops

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