Monday’s Regular Meeting of Council saw plenty of discussion surrounding the proposed option of credit card payment for the Town of Hay River. A lengthy discussion brought forward the opinions of councillors regarding the 2.39 per cent fee accumulated with using a credit card service. The original motion was to charge that percentage back to [...]
February 23, 2011 /
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Hay River’s Town Council began budget discussions Monday evening at the first Regular Council Meeting of 2011. Council hear a brief overview from the director of Public Works, Mike Richardson, Fire Chief Ross Potter and director of Recreation, Ross deBoer. They reported on the major discrepancies between the 2010 and 2011 budgets, and then opened [...]
January 19, 2011 |
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As of Jan. 1, 2011 the parking lot behind the Godwin Mall will be opened up for public use, following a vote of Hay River Town Council on Nov. 22. After plenty of discussion, council agreed to leave in the current infrastructure, and just turn off the energized parking stalls so the lot can be [...]
December 1, 2010 |
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Hay River high school students are getting a taste of one of the most popular winter sports in Canada thanks to a donation by the Northwest Territories Broomball Association, the Hay River Elks and others. Hay River Recreation Programmer Tammy Buchanan said the Town of Hay River made a request to NWT Broomball for a [...]
November 3, 2010 |
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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 [...]
June 23, 2010 |
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