It was one of the few times you may see a checkered flag over the water. But when the first leg of the 2011 Outlaw Eagle World Jet Boat Marathon was completed, that flag was the gavel for each teams’ final time as they rounded the bend to reach the finish line at Fisherman’s Wharf [...]
With the races coming up this weekend, townspeople wondering what it’s like to participate in a jet boat race might just want to ask their own local seven-time world champions. The jet boat races are coming to Hay River this weekend, and with them the promise of excitement and a swollen town population as people [...]
Kingland’s 24th annual best ball golf tournament was held July 3 and 4 amid some less than ideal conditions. Over 50 players were registered, with a fee of $100 per person which included a steak barbeque dinner. Saturday’s 9 a.m. shotgun start was delayed by half an hour due to a downpour. The rain cleared [...]
The Government of the Northwest Territories responded Friday to the coroner’s report into the 2009 death of a Yellowknife man on the anti-depressant Venlafaxine. Minister of Health and Social Services Sandy Lee said the department took the recommendations in the March 2 report seriously and waited until the end of the month to respond since [...]
The party was twice as big this past weekend as the second annual Polar Pond Hockey Tournament got underway.
