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Paul Bickford is the reporter for Hay River Hub.
Mark Lundbek, the organizer of a GoFundMe initiative for Mackenzie Place residents displaced by a March 15 fire, is disappointed by the community's response to the fundraising effort. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Organizer disappointed with response to GoFundMe to help people displaced by...

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In April of last year, Gavin Broadhead, a former resident of Hay River, won the Alberta regional final in RBC Training Ground, a sports talent identification program. Since then, he has begun training in his new sport of speed skating. Photo courtesy of Canadian Olympic Committee / Photo by Kevin Light

Hay River’s Gavin Broadhead to begin full-time speed skating training in...

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Colette Langlois is the NWT's first ombud, and she officially started in that role on April 8. Photo courtesy of Colette Langlois / Photo by Tara Marchiori

Colette Langlois begins role as NWT’s first ombud

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Pickleball, which features elements of tennis, table tennis and badminton, will be introduced to Hay River this spring at the Rec Centre. The game has been growing in popularity elsewhere, especially among older adults. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Pickleball coming to Hay River

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Kleo Skavinski, front left, and Elli Cunningham, front right, are among 13 students at Diamond Jenness Secondary School participating in this year's Duke of Edinburgh's International Award. The program is being promoted by Yellowknife's Sophie Kirby, back left, the award's program officer for the NWT and Nunavut, and Kim King, the career advisor at Diamond Jenness. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Thirteen students at DJ working towards Duke of Edinburgh International Award

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Rev. Francis Delaplain of St. Andrew's Anglican Church will be overseeing the distribution of money raised to help people displaced by the March 15 fire in the Mackenzie Place apartment building. Delaplain is pictured with boxes of children's clothing donated to the church's Georgina's Place Thrift Store to help the displaced residents of the highrise. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

The minister of finance behind fundraising initiative in Hay River

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The Mackenzie Place highrise remains empty of tenants following a fire on the 11th floor on March 15. NNSL file photo

Tenants get another chance to remove belongings from fire-damaged highrise

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Infrastructure Minister Wally Schumann, left, and Pat Williams, the assistant director of marine maintenance with Marine Transportation Services (MTS), inspect work on the tugboat Jock McNiven during a tour of the MTS Shipyard in Hay River on March 22. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Shipyard, not a junkyard

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Stephane Millette is the recreation director with the Town Hay River. NNSL file photo

Ice season at Hay River Rec Centre nears end

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The Radium Franklin is being donated to the Hay River Museum Society by the GNWT's Department of Infrastructure. Standing in front of the vessel at the Marine Transportation Services Shipyard in Hay River on March 22 are, left to right, John Vandenberg, the assistant deputy minister of Infrastructure; Pat Williams, the assistant director of Marine Transportation Services; and Infrastructure Minister Wally Schumann. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Old tugboat going to museum in Hay River

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Garrett Gregory, a country performer from Alberta, will be the headliner at this year's Hay Days Festival in July. Photo courtesy of the Sakamoto Agency

Headliner named for Hay Days Festival in Hay River

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The superstructure of the Pine Point Bridge has been removed in the reconstruction of the span across the Hay River. Traffic is crossing the river on an old railway bridge. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Minister addresses concerns about jobs for Pine Point Bridge project

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The now extinuished fire at the landfill site will be costly for the Town of Hay River. The expenses - like for this excavator working on the almost-extinguished fire on March 22 - may approach $400,000. NNSL file photo

Dump fire might cost Hay River about $400,000

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The Mackenzie Place highrise remains empty of tenants following a fire on the 11th floor on March 15. NNSL file photo

A ‘brutally honest’ opinion of highrise landlord

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Seven-year-old Kaislea King participates in Making Waves, which were two days of activities last week at the swimming pool sponsored by the Mackenzie Recreation Association. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Synchro and safety in the water in Hay River

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Thanks to the firefighters of Hay River

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Hay River is still dealing with the aftermath of a March 15 fire on the 11th floor of the Mackenzie Place apartment building. No residents are currently living in the structure and it is uncertain when they may return. NNSL file photo

Owner plans to reopen fire-damaged highrise in Hay River

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On March 24, Kathleen Groenewegen, the president of the Hay River Ski Club, stands in front of bare ground that would normally be completely covered by snow at this time of year. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Ptub Ski Races cancelled in Hay River

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Nicole Redvers, a former resident of Hay River, has written a book on bridging Indigenous medicine systems and modern scientific principles. Photo courtesy of Nicole Redvers

Former Hay River resident releases first book

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The new board of directors and executive of the Hay River Chamber of Commerce include, front row, left to right, director Eileen Teng Gross, director Jennifer Grandguillot, president Joe Melanson, holding the declarations of the new board members, and director Anna Crosman, and back row, left to right, first vice-president Terry Rowe, treasurer Steve Anderson, director Joey Jung and director Donna Lee Jungkind. Missing from photo are directors Jane Groenewegen, Leah McFarlane and Jerine George. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Hay River Chamber of Commerce selects executive and board of directors

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By March 18 - when the temperature hit 13 degrees - the ice on the Hay River in front of Fisherman's Wharf was obviously in no condition for pond hockey. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Polar Pond Hockey nixed in Hay River

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Almost no smoke could be seen on March 22 from the fire at the Hay River landfill site. However, efforts continued to completely put out the fire that was first noticed on March 3. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Dump fire almost out in Hay River

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Brian Proctor is an Edmonton-based meteorologist with the Meteorological Service of Canada, a division of Environment and Climate Change Canada. Photo courtesy of Brian Proctor

Temperature records broken in Hay River

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Dwayne Buhler opened a Chester's outlet in Hay River on March 18, and the chicken-to-go small business has been unable to keep up with the overwhelming demand for its food. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Crazy for chicken in Hay River

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Organizers cancel Hay River’s Polar Pond Hockey tournament

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Confessions of a ‘Grammar Nazi’

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Caroline Cochrane, the minister of Education, Culture and Employment, has committed to supporting the Growing Together program for young children and their families in Hay River. NNSL file photo

Minister commits to preserve funding for Growing Together

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Earl Ruttle of Hay River competes in the NWT Darts Territorials, held in Hay River from March 8-10. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Hay River hosts territorial darts championships

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The Riverview Lodge seniors' housing complex on Capital Drive will be rebuilt in the next five years at a new location. NNSL file photo

Riverview Lodge seniors’ complex may be replaced within five years

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The fire at the Hay River landfill site, which began on March 3, was still burning as of March 16. Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Dump fire still burning in Hay River

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