Nunavut territorial champions crowned on the mat
Judging by the wrestlers that made the Arctic Winter Games team for Whitehorse this coming March, one thing is certain: They won’t be short on experience.
And they should cause some headaches for the opposition.
Eekeeluak...
Fort McPherson boy presents letter to council with three pages of signatures
A young man in Fort McPherson got a taste of how government works as he presented a letter to hamlet council Nov. 6.
Zandar Koe, 9, was hoping to play hockey in the arena during...
Bronze for NWT at Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The NWT was back on the podium at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship for the first time since the 2015 event but they were an eyelash away from playing for gold once again.
Jamie Koe...
Nunavut’s Arctic Winter Games costs jump to $2.2 million, largely due to higher airline...
The Government of Nunavut will spend $2.2 million to send 300 athletes and delegates to the 2020 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse instead of the $1.7 million originally budgeted because airline costs are greater...
Eagles fly high at Spike It! volleyball tournament in Yellowknife
East Three Secondary School's Eagles volleyball teams flew back from Yellowknife on top of the world after both U15 teams claimed the tier 2 championship while the U19 boys took the bronze medal and...
SPORTS TALK: Congrats, Washington Nationals … now do something in Montreal
On y va les Nationales!
So the Washington Nationals are your 2019 World Series champions. Amazing little series where the road team won every game but Game 7 was always one Washington was going to...
Girls take centre ice at Regional Hockey School
It was a busy weekend at the Midnight Sun Complex Oct. 24 to 27 as the Inuvik Regional Hockey School took to the ice, bringing a record number of athletes from around the Beaufort...
Inuvialuit athletes show Edmonton Eskimos how it’s done
They may be in the best shape of their lives, but three members of the Edmonton Eskimos got a glimpse of real Inuvialuk muscle when they stopped by Ingamo Hall Oct. 16 for a...
Up-and down weekend for Team Galusha in Manitoba
To say this past weekend was up-and-down for Team Galusha would be true in the sense that they were winning when they needed to and slipping up at the wrong time.
Kerry Galusha and her...
SPORTS TALK: Hey, everyone … Daryl Morey was just uneducated, you see
Of all the ways I want to go out, this is perhaps the way I want.
Shay Bradley was laid to rest on Oct. 12 in Kilkenny, Ireland, after succumbing a long-term illness but he...
Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association joins World Girls Hockey Weekend
Every year, there’s a weekend set aside for girls hockey players to get out on the ice and play with other girls and just enjoy playing.
That weekend was Oct. 4 to 6 as World...
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...