It’s not every day teenagers willingly stop eating for more than 24 hours, much less remain cheerful about it, but 32 students at Diamond Jenness Secondary School did so for a good cause. “For people who are wondering if it’s worth it, I would say that it really is,” said Grace Osted, a participant [...]
Hay River residents remain divided in their opinions of the current devolution draft agreement. “I’m still debating it,” said George Lafferty, who attended a GNWT information session on May 9 in Hay River. “This is the first information session I got to, but there are still a lot of things that seem pretty vague [...]
While there was no shortage of official business during the four-day annual general meeting of the NWT Association of Communities (NWTAC), one key activity was networking during the May 9-12 gathering in Hay River. “We’ve seen and heard lots of the talks before,” said Hay River Mayor Andrew Cassidy. “The biggest value is the [...]
Hay River teams took to the pitches in Yellowknife on the weekend of May 4 for the annual Super Soccer tournament, and netted one gold and two silver medals. The 15-and-under girls’ team from Ecole Boreale took first place over Diamond Jenness Secondary School girls, while the Diamond Jenness 15-and-under boys took silver in [...]
Despite the heaviest snowfall on record over the winter, water levels were low as the Hay River began its annual breakup, and the West Channel and Old Town areas remained dry as of Saturday. “This has been a year of extremes,” said Kevin Wallington, the community liaison with the Emergency Measures Organization (EMO). “We had [...]
Preparations for the largest outdoor track and field meet in Canada are coming along nicely, according to volunteer co-ordinator Jill Taylor. The 2013 NWT Track and Field Championships, to be held in Hay River from June 5-7, is the largest sporting event in the territory. Taylor said approximately 350 volunteers are needed to run [...]
Representatives from a variety of Hay River and territorial businesses were on hand at Diamond Jenness Secondary School for its Occupations and Trades Fair on May 1. The companies and organizations included Poison Graphics, NWT Centennial Library, Avalon Rare Metals, Kingland Ford, Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC), and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The fair [...]
Hay River students went where no Hay River students had gone before on May 1 as they spoke to Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, currently orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The 10-minute conversation was short, but featured a variety of interesting questions for the first Canadian commander of the ISS, whose [...]
Hay River taste buds were bursting on April 27 as the Royal Canadian Legion held its eighth-annual Chili Challenge. Five lucky judges were given the task of choosing three winners. Sitting at a large table, they sampled 10 different chilis and graded them on a scale of one to five. They had eight criteria [...]
A social anthropologist and a photographer from Toronto are working on projects aiming to dispel common myths about life in the North. Dr. Lindsay Bell of the University of Toronto and her research partner, Jesse Jackson, were in Hay River last week to examine various public spaces and analyze how people interact within them. [...]
