Premier Floyd Roland spoke to attendees at the 10th Inuvik Petroleum Show last Wednesday, expressing that cooperation and unity of Northern leaders is required for the development of Northern resources. The show took place from June 22 – 24, and brings delegates from across Canada together to discuss the North’s petroleum potential.
Hay River finally has its own arts and music festival. Hay Days will be taking place July 2-4 and over 20 musical acts from across the Territory and even one from Edmonton, will be in town to perform. The festival is being put on by the newly created Hay River Music, Arts and Culture Society [...]
The Hay River Rusty Blades held their second annual Best Ball Golf Tournament this past weekend. A warm clear day on Saturday provided ideal golfing conditions for the 48 registered players.
The 2010 Diamond Jenness Secondary School Graduation Ceremony photos are now online. The Hub is offering print services for your convenience – call us at 867 874 6577 or come by our office to fill in an order form. Payment is required upon placement of the order. Click on the links below for direct access [...]
A plan to conserve a National Historic Site in Hay River got a boost last week, thanks to an investment of up to $22,000 by the Government of Canada. The funding, which was announced on June 15 by Jim Prentice, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister responsible for Parks Canada, will be used [...]
While they may be heading off in different directions in the coming years, the latest graduates of Diamond Jenness Secondary School promised to do so while remembering where they came from. The forty-two students who graduated from Hay River’s high school on Saturday will be the final class to graduate from the school in its [...]
A passing thundershower did little to damper spirits during the 14th annual Hay River Chamber of Commerce Corporate Challenge golf tournament on Sunday. Four-person teams representing 31 businesses from across the South Slave Region descended on the Hay River Golf Club to mix, mingle, and take part in a fun nine-hole best ball tournament.
Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington introduced a private member’s bill to increase the Northwest Territories borrowing limit last week in the House of Commons. Bevington’s bill, which he introduced on Thursday, would increase borrowing limit and create a formula to establish the borrowing limit each year. It would require amendments to Section 2 and and [...]
“Life is for living, not for cancer.” When Anne Firth-Jones spoke to the crowd at this year’s Relay For Life, she wasn’t just addressing a crowd. She was speaking to her peers. The two-time cancer survivor spoke to a row of men and women wearing yellow shirts, all of whom have won, or are winning, [...]
The 27th annual Hay River Elks Invitational Golf Tournament took place this past weekend, raising funds for the Relay For Life. Fifty-five golfers registered, with 25 coming from Yellowknife. “We usually have around 55 to 60 golfers,” said John Brockway. “They have a lot of fun.”
