Archive for January 2010

Apple Ipad

Jan 27th, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

ALL TEXT AND PHOTOS COURTESY © ENGADGET 2010 / www.engadget.com
Steve Job’s introduction of the iPad, January 27, 2010 @ Yerba Buena
“Let’s go back to 1991, when we first shipped our Powerbooks. The first with a TFT screen, the first with palm rests, and had an integrated pointing device. Just a few years ago in 2007 [...]



Merv Hardie done for the season

Jan 27th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Local Stories

The Merv Hardie Ferry was retired for the season after being struck by a piece of ice on Thursday.



Initiation kids play first ever tourney

Jan 27th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Sports

Hay River’s youngest hockey players experienced their first tournament over the weekend.



GNWT launches electronic health record system

Jan 27th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Top News

Known as the NWT HealthNet Viewer, the system is a web-based portal that will allow authorized health care professionals in the NWT “view-only” access to medical information including lab results, diagnostic imaging reports, clinical reports, patient lists and event history from health care centres across the NWT. The viewer is the first part of the interoperable Electronic Health Record (iEHR). The new system will allow health professionals to make more timely decisions as well provide better patient care.



Fort Vermillon leaves HR undefeated

Jan 20th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Sports

An unexpected competitor skated their way into the final game of the Bantam’s tournament this weekend to put themselves up against the undefeated champions-to-be, Fort Vermillion.



Build highway first, then pipeline, communities tell MP

Jan 20th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Local Stories

Communities along the route of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project want to see the construction of the Mackenzie Valley Highway prior to any construction commencing on the pipeline, Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington said following a nine-day tour of the area.



Reconsider Taltson expansion: lodge owner

Jan 20th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Top News

A Hay River family who have run a fishing lodge on Nonacho Lake for nearly half a century questioned the plan to expand the Taltson hydroelectric dam during a round of public hearings on the project last week in Dettah.

Jean Carter pleaded with members of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board during the first of two days of hearings into the Deze Energy Corporation’s plan…



New Year’s Special

Jan 15th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Special

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Tamerlane to resume Pine Point drilling

Jan 13th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Top News

On Jan.4 Tamerlane president Ross Burns announced that the company had secured approximately $500,000 in flow-through funding from MineralFields Group, a Canadian-based mining fund.
“We are very pleased with this financing with the MineralFields Group,” Burns said in a release. “With the financing that we have completed during the last month, the company now has the necessary cash in its treasury to advance the Pine Point Project to the next step.”



High Level dominates Midget tourney

Jan 13th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Sports

The Hay River Huskies’ Midget team had a firm grasp on the home tournament this weekend, letting their winning title slip in their final game against High Level on Sunday.