Oh-so-close for Team Galusha in Toronto
Team Galusha picked up another paycheque on the World Curling Tour circuit this past weekend at the StuSells Toronto Tankard.
Had it not been for Kira Brunton of Ontario in the semifinal, it could have...
A look back at 20 years of Team Nunavut
Nunavut as a territory celebrated its 20th birthday on July 9.
A wonderful anniversary, to be sure, but there’s another part of the territory that’s also celebrating two decades of existence.
Ronald Anawak Jr., of Rankin...
Sports talk: Just get rid of Russia, already. Please
And so here we are again.
Russia has been bad boys and girls when it comes to doping. Some of you may call it shocking. I call it Monday.
Nothing shocks me when it comes to...
Nunavut Recreation and Sport Awards preview: who will the winners be?
It’s been a great past 12 months in the world of Nunavut sport and the best of the best will get their just due in October in Iqaluit when the Recreation and Sport Awards...
Kyle Baillie, born in Yellowknife, ready for Rugby World Cup in Japan with Team...
The Rugby World Cup got going in Japan on Sept. 20 and what you may not have noticed is no Canada. At least not yet.
Don't worry – they're on the pitch very early Thursday...
All about the experience for Wren Acorn at Canadian Short Track Championships
Wren Acorn was never going to be a giant-killer at the Canadian Short Track Championships. She even said so herself.
But this past weekend's event in Montreal was a chance for Acorn to see where...
Team Galusha hits pay window at AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
Going into the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic in Cornwall, Ont., this past weekend, Kerry Galusha knew she would have a strong field to contend with.
But she stared them down and ended up hitting...
Daniels brothers line up for Kimberley Dynamiters of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Among all of the players who are down south playing hockey this year are a couple with the Kimberley Dynamiters of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).
The difference between these two and the...
Jonah Bevington just misses out with Portland Winterhawks
Getting cut from any sports team is a tough pill to swallow for any young athlete.
Jonah Bevington, though, is taking a glass-half-full approach to being let go by the Portland Winterhawks of the Western...
Team Galusha starts another busy season in Ontario
The 2019-2020 World Curling Tour curling season will be another busy one for Team Galusha.
Only difference from last season is it started a bit earlier this season as skip Kerry Galusha, Sarah Koltun, Shona...
SPORTS TALK: Bianca Andreescu, hopefully, is what Canadian tennis has been waiting for
Fake news is the favourite term Donald Trump likes to use when he's not happy with things he reads or hears about himself.
When Hurricane Dorian was busy laying waste to the Atlantic, Trump trotted...
Seabridge Gold donates $10,000 to Team NT’s 2020 Arctic Winter Games program
With the Western Canada Summer Games over for another quadrennial, the focus for Team NT now turns to the 2020 Arctic Winter Games.
It got a good head start last Friday thanks to Seabridge Gold.
Jane...
Reflecting on the Western Canada Summer Games
When track and field coach Kenzie McDonald travelled to the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., this month, it was the culmination of months of training.
He arrived on August 13, and met...
Logan Cunningham and Carter McLeod get taste of Western Hockey League
Carter McLeod and Logan Cunningham already had plenty in common in their lives, right on down to growing up on the same street: Brown Court.
They both also got their first chance to show their...
Fire Prevention Prospectors strike gold in Yk Fastball League playoffs
Championship games are either studs (really good) or duds (really bad) with seemingly no in-between.
The championship game of the Yk Fastball League at Tommy Forrest Ball Park on Sunday was one of those times...
SPORTS TALK: Floyd Daniels was a friend to softball and a friend to me
The glare.
That was my first encounter with Floyd Daniels.
It was at the 2008 NWT Men's Fastpitch Championship in Hay River. I had just been installed as the umpire-in-chief for NWT Softball the month prior...
Cameron Courtoreille pins down medal no. 6 at Western Canada Summer Games
The 10th and final day of the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., on Sunday saw Team NT pick up its sixth medal of the event.
Cameron Courtoreille of Yellowknife was the final...
Boys relay team wins track and field bronze at Western Canada Summer Games
Another day, another bronze medal for Team NT at the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., this time on the track.
The team of Nicolas Bennett of Yellowknife, Bryce Smith of Hay River,...
Medal no. 4 for Team NT at Western Canada Summer Games
Team NT's medal count at the Western Canada Summer Games is officially at four with the latest podium result coming in tennis.
Ofira Duru and Monika Kunderlik, both from Yellowknife, snagged themselves a bronze medal...
Close calls and court success on Thursday at Western Canada Summer Games
Thursday at the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., featured plenty of almost and a dash of how-about-that.
Track and field got underway on Thursday and it started off with a bang as...
Nick Rivet makes NWT soccer history at Western Canada Summer Games
Among all of the hustle and bustle of the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., it's easy to forget that there are officials who make sure the contests happen in a fair...
Basketball teams fall short at Western Canada Summer Games
The last chances for a medal in phase of the Western Canada Summer Games have come and gone for Team NT.
Both the boys and girls teams were on court Tuesday morning in the bronze...
Leo Konge becomes golden boy at Western Canada Summer Games
Just when you thought Leo Konge's Western Canada Summer Games adventure couldn't get any better, it did on Sunday.
Day 3 for Team NT at the Games in Swift Current, Sask., was a history-making one...
Leo Konge scores double bronze at Western Canada Summer Games
(Edit: beach volleyball scores updated)
(Further edit: basketball scores updated)
(Further edit: updated to reflect Leo Konge's second bronze medal, quotes from Konge and Jane Mooney and boys basketball score)
Day 2 of the Western Canada Summer...
Western Canada Summer Games get underway
The wait is over for Team NT and Team Nunavut.
The territory's latest sporting venture is underway as the Western Canada Summer Games got underway in Swift Current, Sask., yesterday morning. Yesterday morning because it...
Iqaluit’s Ian McDonald named Nunavut flag bearer for Western Canada Summer Games opening ceremony
Ian McDonald of Iqaluit is going to make history this weekend when he becomes one of the first four Nunavummiut to play in a competitive game of beach volleyball.
Before that happens, McDonald got one...
Naomi Yukon marches them in at Western Canada Summer Games
When Team NT marches into the Western Canada Summer Games opening ceremony this evening in Swift Current, Sask., they will do so under the lead of Naomi Yukon.
Yukon, who plays with the girls basketball...
SPORTS TALK: Join me, won’t you, and help #BringBackTheDub
This will either make me some new friends or some new enemies. It could also have no effect on any of you at all.
In any event, I'm starting the charge on this. With the...
Countdown begins to start of 2019 Western Canada Summer Games for Team NT
In less than 72 hours, the territory's best and brightest young athletes will be donning the colours and hitting the playing field/court/sand/track in the latest adventure for Team NT.
It's the Western Canada Summer Games...
Amirco Barry Pickers finish first in Midnight Sun Softball Tournament
It was the Amirco Barry Pickers who came out on top of Inuvik’s 2019 Midnight Sun Softball Tournament, after defeating the two-time defending champions, the Native Yankees, 6-1 on Aug. 5.
“That’s actually a low...