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

Oct 9, 2023Sep 10, 2015 by Jack Danylchuk

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

Politics

We Want YOU For City Council

Oct 9, 2023Sep 4, 2015 by _EDGE

For roughly $18,000/year, council candidates aren’t chasing money. They’re signing up for part-time pay for a position that’s a full-time job, at least socially. It’s hard to go anywhere without some neighbourhood expert sounding off on this project or that plan, and “why do you guys have to raise property taxes, anyway?” This coming council

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Final Food on Franklin

Oct 20, 2023Aug 26, 2015 by _EDGE

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

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It’s A Date: Key Civic Election Dates

Oct 9, 2023Jul 31, 2015 by _EDGE

If you’re thinking of donning your public service hat and taking a run at civic politics on October 19, the candidate nominations open in just over a month. Today in their Capital Update, the City released several important dates for would-be councillors to keep in mind: September 4 – Nominations Open September 21 at 3:00

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Street Food: The Edge Food Truck Guide

Oct 20, 2023Jun 30, 2015 by Laura Eby

‘Tis the season to go eat outside: here’s a quick round-up of what’s out there and where to find it. Most places operate during regular lunchtime hours. And don’t forget to vote for your favourite in the poll below! Wiseguy Foods Visitor’s Centre parking lot. Wiseguy’s menu has always been full of crowd-pleasing, heart-stopping food

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City Brief: Getting Ready for the Food Truck Flood

Oct 20, 2023Apr 28, 2015 by Mark Rendell

Despite seemingly little interest from food truck operators in creating a semi-permanent “food park” in the 50/50 lot, there may yet be a weekly summer food truck festival in the empty City-owned lot. The idea was floated by Coun. Adrian Bell during a discussion of new food truck regulations during Monday’s Municipal Services Committee meeting.

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Could Food Trucks Save Downtown?

Oct 20, 2023Apr 23, 2015 by Mark Rendell

Food trucks circle around a makeshift patio of tables and chairs in the middle of a downtown parking lot; late into the evening, people of different backgrounds mingle freely in the festive atmosphere, grabbing a bite to eat between shopping at local stores; this is the stuff downtown revitalizers’ dreams are made of. It’s a

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City Briefs: this week’s municipal action features dogs and downtown

Oct 9, 2023Jan 14, 2015 by Mark Rendell

A Good Time to Be a Dog Council voted to OK doggie daycares in four zones across the city: downtown, Kam Lake, the Commercial Services Area and the Limited Industrial areas. However, in a nod to perturbed Kam Lake residents concerned that four-legged day cares might increase their neighborhood’s smell and noise, council added a number of

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City Briefs – Jan. 5: NACC asks council to reverse $15,000 funding cut

Oct 9, 2023Jan 6, 2015 by Mark Rendell

Just before Christmas, Marie Coderre, the Executive Director of the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, received a letter from the City informing her $15,000 had been cut from the core funding NACC receives from the City. On Monday, she was at the City’s Municipal Services Committee Meeting to ask for it back. “I need to

Politics

Sahtu Hot-Button: The F Word

Oct 9, 2023Nov 9, 2015 by Meagan Wohlberg

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

Politics

Dane Mason: IserveU’s Third Council Candidate

Oct 9, 2023Sep 29, 2015 by Jack Danylchuk

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

Opinion

Can Art Save Downtown?

Oct 9, 2023Jun 29, 2015 by Janna Graham

According to EDGE’s Google analytics, you probably won’t read this. Stories about arts and culture, the data shows, are one of the least likely to receive your click. And yet, in May, when the City of Yellowknife polled citizens about what should be done with its recently purchased lot on 50th Street and Franklin Avenue (the 50/50

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Counting the Homeless: What’s the Point of Point-in-Time?

Oct 9, 2023May 21, 2015 by Mark Rendell

One well-known advocate for Yellowknife’s homeless community is calling the City’s homelessness point-in-time count last week “random and haphazard,” and questioning the ethics of releasing numbers that she claims greatly distort the scope of the problem. “I don’t know how somebody can ethically go out there and put these numbers out, because of the potentially

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