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The Municipal Services Committee had about $4.5 million dollars worth of contracts on its plate yesterday, while city administration butted heads with council over a memorandum to measure changes in the downtown core. During its evening session, council approved purchase of a $2 million refrigeration system for the Community Arena, and got administration moving on

This week: the City confirms a nearly-$2-million-dollar purchase and installation of a refrigeration system for the Community Arena, and City Council tells MED to polish its image: Refrigeration unit heats up debate in council MSC, with some reservation, approved the supply and installation of a Cimco refrigeration unit for the Community Arena on Monday. The

Picture this: mid-winter heating bills under $100; a five-storey greenhouse in Yellowknife heated by the byproduct of methane-driven power turbines; a production plant for an international pipeline manufacturer in Fort Enterprise; and a pipeline, spooled out the back of ships into open water or laid along the ice pans, all the way to the North

Bartesko Court down for the count A long-standing fight pitting developer’s rights against neighbourhood complaints was resolved, once again, in favour of the neighbourhood on Monday. At this week’s Municipal Services Committee meeting, council shot down TC Enterprises’ most recent plans for Bartesko Court, a large, half-empty lot in the Borden Drive area that the

On Monday, Kam Lake continued its steady march from industrial area to a diverse mash-up of residential and business, with a slew of new zoning amendments that will alter the face of the neighborhood. The changes, which had almost unanimous support from councillors at Monday’s Municipal Services Committee Meeting, are the result of a year’s

The campaign to save one of Yellowknife’s most iconic monuments imploded yesterday, when City Administration announced the municipality couldn’t legally acquire the Robertson Headframe. For the past several months, administration has been in discussion with Newmont Mining Corp, the company that owns the Con Mine property, over transferring the headframe. Newmont said it is willing

BID bid gains little support in the biz community Revitalizing the downtown via a Business Improvement District (BID) has been a hot topic at city hall ever since two councillors returned from a BID conference last spring. But the idea, which would see local businesses pay into a fund for collective projects, doesn’t seem to have any

The ring of silver dancers in Sombe K’e Park on the shores of Frame Lake will soon be changing colour – regularly. Some time next year, the United in Celebration sculpture is getting a new coat of paint that changes colour as the sun crosses the sky. While the sculpture, perhaps Yellowknife’s most notable piece

After much debate and several rewrites, City Council passed a declaration of environmental rights on Monday that Coun. Dan Wong called “the gold standard for declarations for healthy environment that are being passed across the country.” The declaration outlines a number of rights Yellowknifers should enjoy, such as the right to breathe clean air and

Yellowknife bars may soon be allowed to keep the taps running all weekend, if council passes a bylaw permitting bars and pubs to operate on Sundays and holidays. As it stands, restaurants, clubs and temporary liquor providers operate seven days a week, but bars and pubs – Class A liquor licences – can’t serve on