In order to serve you better we have implemented a direct contact system on our website. The About / Contact menu is now a drop-down list. Hold the mouse over the title and a set of sub-menus will appear. You then can select the specific department you wish to contact, by clicking on the title [...]
The Government of the Northwest Territories announced last week that it will no longer ask the NWT Supreme Court whether or not it has the authority to regulate subsistence hunting of barren-ground caribou. Instead, GNWT officials and regional Aboriginal leaders will come to an agreement and when, and how, caribou hunting should be managed.
Sylvia Boyer, Irma Miron, Alice Cambridge, and John Carroll of Hay River were honoured at the first annual Education Hall of Fame Ceremony, as Northwest Territories educators that made a difference and strong impact in the lives of children. Jackson Lafferty, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, recognized each of the 15 individuals in the [...]
Diamond Jenness Secondary School isn’t the only thing getting a makeover this year. The DJSS track, which has played host to the Northwest Territories Track and Field Championships since 1991, will be modified this year due to the construction of the school’s new trade centre. “It certainly is a different look out there,” Tim Borchuk, [...]
This year’s slo-pitch season is shaping up to be bigger and better, with new teams and a new executive, the league’s outgoing president said last week. Angela Haley-Carter said 10 teams have expressed interest in playing in the Hay River Mixed Slo-Pitch League this year, up one from last year’s nine teams.
The residents of Hay River came out in numbers to support the kids at the Hay River Playschool at their 17th annual Hay River Playschool Talent Auction last weekend. There wasn’t just items to bid on, but the people in attendance enjoyed an assortment of h’ orderves, deserts, soft drinks, and the atmosphere of the [...]
Electricity rates will be reduced in the majority of Northwest Territories communities this fall, thanks to an electricity plan announced by the Government of the Northwest Territories on Friday. The decrease, which was announced in the GNWT’s response to both the electricity review and Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) review, will be implemented by the [...]
There’s art, there’s students’ art and then there’s NAAKA. Which, we have to be honest – was one of the best Friday afternoons we had lately. People stepped up on the stage in the DJSS concourse, performed and gave their best to enchant an audience already sold on excellent coffee, fantastic desserts and surprisingly interesting [...]
Over 140 delegates are expected to attend this week’s Northwest Territories Association of Communities (NWTAC) annual general meeting in Hay River. NWTAC CEO Yvette Gonzalez said delegates from 23 of the association’s 27 member communities have registered to attend the meeting, which begins tomorrow and runs until Monday. As of May 4, 145 delates have [...]
You might have figured this out by now – the nursing desk at the H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital is one of the busiest places in Hay River. And it doesn’t have anything to do with hours – there’s a lot of activity going on whether it’s Sunday, a national holiday or the middle of the [...]
