Tiny homes are a trendy idea — like food trucks — that press many of YK’s hot topic buttons The Yellowknife council chamber was full to bursting on Monday, as people packed the room to hear about the possibility of a tiny home neighbourhood in Yellowknife. The presentation was by Etienne Croteau, builder and owner of a local tiny home.
City-provided rendition of the project, featuring a hypothetical library The $6.5 million proposal to turn the empty lot on the corner of Franklin and 50th Street into a plaza was met with cautious approval from City Council during the first full discussion of the plan yesterday. Two councillors were in full support of the
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 City’s Heritage Committee is holding secret meetings and contemplating a split from City Hall after months of communication breakdowns and repeated no-shows from committee chair Coun. Phil Moon Son and members of City administration. In June, former committee chair Mike Vaydik, who has remained de facto chair in light of Moon Son’s absence from the
Following a recent bylaw forbidding further kennel development in Kam Lake, the City is hoping to convince the Yellowknife Dog Trotters Association to relocate to the Engle Business District with a very generous package of benefits. Since 1978, the association has run a kennel in Kam Lake, next to the new Grace Lake subdivision, that
“Please arrange for building removal or Demolition before the deadline.” The Herriman shack at (roughly) 65 years of age | Photos Mark Rendell You’d think with a well-funded heritage committee and much talk of boosting tourism, the City would go out of its way to preserve heritage buildings. Alas, this doesn’t seem to be the
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
Whether you find their self-styled “frontier service” endearing or frustrating, this Old Town log cabin is incredibly popular with tourists and locals alike. We’ll recommend the pan-fried version of whatever you’re having, which comes with sides of hand-cut fries and basic green salad. The sweet-and-salty secret Bullocks sauce is delicious, as are the garlic-laden feta
Sponsored by Century 21 Prospect Realty Although it may seem challenging to find similarities between Yellowknife and Toronto, a recent study by Toronto company Condos.ca provides a lot of useful information for Yellowknife condo buyers. The study, entitled Toronto Condo Maintenance Fees: Facts, Stats and Myths, is the result of a ten-year citywide analysis of condos sold
Buying a house, especially for the first time, is the largest and most intimidating financial commitment most people ever consider. Fortunately, there is plenty of good free advice available. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. offers a useful guide with the question list for prospective home buyers here. CMHC gets right to the point with the affordability
Stories about inflated housing prices across Canada, and warnings from the Bank of Canada that a market correction is overdue should not scare off renters who are thinking of buying into Yellowknife’s housing market, according to one local realtor and City councillor. Adrian Bell of Century 21 Prospect Realty did the math several years ago
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.
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
After a week of wavering on the issue, City Council decided Monday to grant construction company RTL Robinson Ltd. a lease to a large gravel lot off Old Airport Road that the company’s been encroaching on over number of years. The 32,000 square metre lot, which backs onto a small, unnamed body of water between
Encroaching on the lake The principal topic of discussion for Municipal Services Committee this week was a motion to offer a lease to construction company RTL-Robinson Ltd. for their “currently unauthorized,” usage of land next to properties they are leasing on Old Airport Road. The city recommended a 10-year lease be offered to RTL for