Diamond Jenness Secondary School’s Joel Gordon had a pretty productive few days at the NWT Track and Field Championships. Coming in second place in both the 100-metre and 200-metre events, taking gold in the long jump and bronze in shot put, he medalled in every event he entered this year, his first as a [...]
Close to 1,200 athletes and their entourages descended on Hay River last week for the biggest track and field meet in the country. “It’s amazing that a place like Hay River can pull it off,” said Mayor Andrew Cassidy. “People have given so much time and effort to this event over the years, it’s [...]
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. [...]
It may not have been tropical temperatures this past Saturday, not going by Hay River standards. But a roasting pig, colourful props and a wildly printed shirt or two may have given Saturday at the Hay River Golf Club a bit of a different flavour. This year’s August Best Ball fundraising tournament has been taken [...]
It’s a place that’s seen undeniable changes, but many will argue that throughout, it’s managed to remain standing through circumstantial quakes. The Hay River Youth Centre has taken many incarnations since its establishment more than 16 years ago, and now those who helped to create the centre have visions of restoring it to its former [...]
NWT residents hoping to vote in the fast approaching territorial election are going to have some new, stricter guidelines before casting their ballot. The Elections and Plebiscites Act was changed by the Legislative Assembly in 2010 to add that all eligible voters must present valid identification proving their identity and residency. Previously, anyone without identification [...]
In the movie A League of Their Own, women were given the chance to discover their talents, strengths, and sportsmanship in a way they never could before. Although the depiction of this more local story is almost half a century in the future, it’s still one that has a bunch of female softball players just [...]
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From beginning to end, like the championships themselves, the 2011 Territorial Track and Field opening ceremonies were a blur of anticipation, noise, energy and encouragement. Cheers echoed off the concrete floor and wooden stands in the arena on Wednesday night and camera flashes illuminated clusters of students as they gathered on the floor in the [...]
As the Southern edge of the territory nears the longest day of the year, young athletes across all of NWT are getting ready to test their limits. The excitement for the preparation of Hay River’s Annual Territorial Track and Field Meet will culminate at tonight’s opening ceremonies at the Don Stewart Recreation Centre. The town [...]
