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Celebrating Hay River's first school |
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Written by Jessica Klinkenberg
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 09:21 |
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In 1946 residents of Hay River petitioned for a school. It wasn't for another three years before the doors opened t the Indian Federal Day School opened its doors. The first teacher at the school is listed as a Mr. Bellavance. The building had four classrooms and outhouses for bathrooms. "It was under the Indian Affairs, like the federal government, and they called it the Indian Day School for three years," said Irma Miron, a teacher at the school starting in 1950. She taught grade one students at the school for six years before she moved on to the Catholic school, but remembers her time there fondly and with humour. "It was good then, the children that were in my grade one (then) now are all grandma's and grandpa's. They're still (in town) and they all have gray hairs...I taught three generations. The grandparents, the parents and their children...more than once I taught three generations." she said. "I have them all in an album." |
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Break and enter nets man 32-month jail term |
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Written by Patrick Francis Teskey
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 09:19 |
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A local man has been sentenced to 32 months in jail after being found guilty in a March 2007 break-in at the Migrator Motel. Grant Giroux, who had been found guilty in the case at the Hay River Courthouse on June 11, was sentenced during the continuation of his trial in Yellowknife on June 23. The trial was originally held over so an updated copy of Giroux’s criminal record could be submitted prior to sentencing. The charge relates to an early-morning incident at the Migrator Motel on March 31, 2007. Myles Briscoe, the complainant in the case, was staying in room 134 and testified that he was awakened by someone knocking loudly on his door. As he opened the door, the man outside burst into the room, hitting Briscoe with an open hand. After riffling through Briscoe’s belongings, the man fled with some cash and Briscoe’s travel wallet, which included his passport and Mastercard. |
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MLAs encouraged about Pipeline after trip to Washington |
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Written by Patrick Francis Teskey
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 09:14 |
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Two Northwest Territories MLAs who travelled to Washington, D.C. last week were encouraged about the need for the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline after meeting with industry officials and American politicians. Bob McLeod, NWT minister of industry, tourism and investment, and Nunakput MLA Jackie Jacobson were in Washington for a four-day visit to drum up interest in Arctic natural gas and the proposed $16.2 billion Mackenzie Gas Project. The trip was also designed as a fact-finding venture, McLeod told reporters in between meetings on June 24. On Wednesday afternoon, McLeod addressed an audience at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. The following morning he spoke to the members of the American Gas Association. The purpose of the trip, McLeod explained, was threefold: to promote Arctic natural gas; to provide American senators, congressmen and oil and gas representatives with an update on the Mackenzie Gas Project; and act as a fact-finding trip. |
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