K’amba Carnival Supplement online here
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Mayor Schofield resigns
Kelly Schofield has resigned as mayor of Hay River. Shortly after the start of the Feb. 27 regular meeting of council, Schofield read a prepared statement aloud stating effective immediately, he would no longer hold the position of mayor. “I believe I have served the community very well during my term,” he read, “however, it [...]
Fire guts trailer home
A trailer home in Hay River has been made unlivable by an electrical fire. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene of the fire on Caribou Crescent at 9:15 p.m. on Feb. 17. Fire Chief Ross Potter said when firefighters arrived, the trailer’s back end containing bedrooms and a bathroom were in flames.
AWG bound
Of the NWT athletes that made the roster during this year’s trials for the 2012 Arctic Winter Games, 33 hail from Hay River as team members and alternates. Here are the names of the local athletes who will be competing in the 2012 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse from March 4-10: Figure Skating: Shauna Cooper [...]
Town’s population in decline: census
Hay River is one of many NWT communities to see a population decline in the first batch of numbers from the 2011 census. On Feb. 7, Statistics Canada released information reporting there were 3,606 people counted in Hay River in the 2011 census, compared to 3,648 in the census of 2006. That’s a decline of [...]
MP says feds may seek to unite regulatory boards
Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington says the new session of the House of Commons, which began Jan. 30, may have a big impact on the North, most notably through possible changes to the regulatory board structure in the NWT. “There have been a number of indications that the government is going to move forward with [...]
$100,000 in fire damages
Hay River’s fire chief estimates that $100,000 worth of damage was done to a local recreational machine dealership after a fire started in the shop.
Military passes through as part of exercise
Hay River’s roads were occupied by some less common vehicles on the weekend, as a Canadian military convoy rolled through town as part of a trek to the Arctic. The exercise, titled Arctic Ram, has hundreds of military vehicles and personnel making the three day journey from CFB Edmonton to Yellowknife in three separate groups. [...]
Impaired driver responsible for the death of Matthew Taylor given two years in prison
The man responsible for the death of one of Hay River’s brightest young athletes has been sentenced to two years in jail. Nineteen-year-old Darith Rin pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Jan. 4, 2012 to impaired driving causing the death of 18-year-old Matthew Taylor. Taylor was one of two passengers in the vehicle [...]
Yellowknife hospital grounds to go tobacco free on Feb. 14, 2012, Hay River plans to do the same
Hay River Hospital will be following Yellowknife’s lead in months to come by making the entire property smoke-free, with hopefully fewer smokers to banish to the curb. The Stanton Territorial Health Authority has set Valentine’s as the day to mandate a 100 per cent tobacco-free environment on hospital grounds. The plans for Hay River Health [...]
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