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The long-brewing development of a piece of prime Yellowknife real estate takes on another, more private shape, while the Development Incentive Program stays downtown. Developing Twin Pine Hill The long-ongoing and much complicated development of Twin Pine Hill took a few more steps towards its final form at yesterday’s Municipal Services Committee. The latest proposal

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 at the Municipal Services Committee: local bar owner Jason Perrino queried current liquor regulations barring bars from selling liquor on Sundays while allowing sales at restaurants and clubs; and a motion is brought forward to figure out a solution to the Highway 4 safety problem. Fair and equal imbibing Jason Perrino, the owner of After 8, brought a motion to

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

Specializing in steaks, Coyote’s has nightly specials in both the restaurant and lounge. Northern fare such as whitefish, pickerel and char are on the menu and other seasonal local specialties are occasionally available. Hit the restaurant with your family or drop by the lounge after work for wings deemed best overall by EDGE YK magazine

Yellowknife’s grandest hotel has a pair of dining options. Floor-to-ceiling windows make the dining room a great place to enjoy a side of natural light with your meal while the dim-lit, fireside-chat feel of the Trapline Lounge make it great for locals to grab a drink away from the intense social spotlight of places like

Perhaps Yellowknife’s most fascinating restaurant offering, One of a Thai has been serving up authentic Thai food from its mobile food truck in summer and out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in fall, winter and well into the spring. Those willing to venture off the well-beaten menu path, past the spring rolls and pad thai,

Newbies find it hard to believe YK has two Vietnamese restaurants. This is the original, linoleum floor, wobbly tables and all. Some people are near maniacal fans, such as Peter Sheldon, who wrote a column about it in magazine, a two-by-three-foot version of which is now proudly displayed beside the restaurant’s front door. The Noodle

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

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

YK crooks took a breather in 2014 Despite a busy December for Yellowknife RCMP, a month that included a tense motel standoff and a dramatic death that’s still clouded in mystery, 2014 actually saw a significant drop in crime in the city. According to the RCMP’s first report to council this year, delivered by Corporal

Can you run city hall by voting online? An innovative, controversial project wants to find out | Image via blog.marylhurst.edu This week, Yellowknife entrepreneur Paige Saunders launches the beta version of IServeU.ca, an internet-based democracy system that he hopes will overhaul politics in Yellowknife and, perhaps, around the world. If he’s right, and that’s a major