Yellowknife spring is a time of melting snow and ice, of dangerous commutes for houseboaters, and of the return of the summer migrants. This photo/video post is in honour of this sunny, melty & muddy time of year. Enjoy! And by the way, the ice road to Dettah closes today at 3 p.m.
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Northern architectural gems
Gino Pin, founder of Pin/Taylor Architects and a designer of NWT’s famed Legislative Assembly Building, says it’s vital to understand what the area you’re designing for has to offer. “Too often people who are accustomed to a certain area of the county consider that approach to building should be the same regardless of where [...]
Old Town aesthetic
This photo album is based upon an architecture walk led by Wayne Guy during Ramble and Ride 2011, but by no means covers all the buildings that he discussed. Also used for reference in captioning the photo gallery were both Old Town Heritage Walking Tour and the even more in-depth Yellowknife Historical Building Inventory – Summer 2005. [...]
Godson’s rap rocks the Great Hall
It isn’t everyday that you get the chance to hear rap in the Great Hall of the Legislative Assembly building, so I just had to check out the debut of Godson’s new single yesterday. Godson was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Services to write the song for its new drug and alcohol awareness campaign, [...]
High winds follow record warm December day in Yellowknife
It’s been a mad couple of days weather wise, from the record setting high of -4C on 5 Dec. 2011, to the 60-70 km/hour winds with blowing snow that followed the next day. Here are a few pictures of how that looked.
Yellowknife’s “abnormal temperature trend”
It’s 1 December and the temperature has warmed up 10C since this morning. And shockingly, Environment Canada still has tomorrow’s high temperature as -3C, and the temperature is supposed to reach -8 overnight – something Environment Canada calls an “abnormal temperature trend.” Environment Canada Arctic Regional Manager Yvonne Bilan-Wallace said that an intense low [...]
Frame Lake trail’s fascinating geology
Yellowknife’s downtown surrounds the Frame Lake trail, which happens to be one of the best trails for observing the city’s rich range of geological features – 2.6 billion years in the making. Before you go, you should read the excellent publication Frame Lake Trail Geological Guide, which was the inspiration for this post. The most conspicuous feature [...]
First fall snow storm for Yellowknife
The snow is finally here! The morning of November 3, Yellowknifers awoke to centimetres of snow, here’s a little of what that looked like.
Dormant Yellowknife gay scene back with a vengeance
Since Out North ceased operations in 2006, it’s been pretty quiet on Yellowknife’s gay scene besides a Twist-run dance and Pride cake on Franklin Avenue run by Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). Not anymore. This weekend there will be two competing gay Halloween dances, there’s been talk of rebooting in-limbo society Out North, [...]
Award-winning Ice Pilots NWT photography crew returns
Omni Film team back to shoot season 4 Ice Pilots director and Gemini nominee Todd Serotiuk says the hardest part of shooting at -40 and -50 Celsius is “the human factor. It’s the weakest link.” Serotiuk says that camera operators can’t even properly dress for the cold as it would limit their mobility. “They [camera [...]
