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
Tye Hand was behind the net, turning to flick the puck back to his defensive partner, when a check from behind drove his head into the dasher board, right where the glass meets the boards. “I didn’t black out. But as you see sometimes when guys get hit, their legs kind of give out as
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
Just outside of town, you’ll find cross-country skiing and snowshoeing at their finest.
Above the mesmerizing, almost otherworldly, black and white photo, the short, vague caption reads: Two young eagles with dene woman, 1956 She is unnamed, glaring into the camera, both fiercely mothering and yet guarded by the hovering eaglets perched before her like two sleek gargoyles, thickly taloned despite their youthfulness. CREDIT: NWT Archives/Henry Busse fonds/N-1979-052:
Ice aficionados in Hay River aren’t looking forward to losing their last season before the Arctic Winter Games come to the South Slave in 2018, but sport organizers are positive that they’ll be able to salvage some kind of season for their skaters. “Our season may not look the same as it has in previous
On EDGE | ANALYSIS Canada’s 2016 census may as well have begun at the NWT legislature on Saturday. A pretty neat trick for counting a local population, it turns out, is to put the Stanley Cup in one corner of a large room and wait patiently. Hundreds of Yellowknifers flocked to the cup on Saturday
I had been in Fort Smith for about two months when the questions started. I’d be out interviewing someone for work and suddenly it would be my turn to answer: “So are you going to join hockey?” Women’s hockey. I recall it being a thing for the most hardcore of players, the university athletes, the
In celebration of Reuben and the Dark’s arrival at the top of the charts (Friday saw the band’s new single “Heart in Two” take the number one spot in the CBC’s national countdown), here’s Laurie Sarkadi’s profile of band member Shea Alain, first published September 8, 2015: Good thing Shea Alain’s dad never suggested he
EDGE is taking some holiday time, from December 20 to January 4. While we’re off we’ll be re-running some of our favourite stories from the year, and some hits from deep in our archives. Here’s a portrait of a much-loved city character from June 2013: Sir John’s beloved gym teacher and long-time YK hockey hero, Bill Burlington is retiring
Stuart Hodgson and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at the first Arctic Winter Games in 1970. | NWT Archives/Stuart M. Hodgson fonds/N-2010-005: 0028 Rest in Peace, Stuart Hodgson, who has passed away at the age of 91. From the magazine’s archives, January, 2015: by Kate Guay Stuart Hodgson is kissing my hand and telling me that I’m lovely. It’s Friday,
After nearly 23 years in the North, Chef Pierre LePage is migrating south. His decision comes in the wake of the mid-October shuttering of popular fine-dining destination The Lodge at Aurora Village — his latest employer — for the foreseeable future. But it’s a decision that hasn’t come easily. EDGE caught up with the chef
With Pilot’s Monument and Bristol Pit in stiff competition for the best vertical in town, Yellowknife’s not really the place to kick off a successful snowboarding career. But with a bit of creativity, lots of shovels and a few trips to the dump, there’s nothing stopping an eager local rider like Andrew Matthews from developing
