Inuvik Drum

Another flight from Edmonton to Inuvik has been affected by Covid-19 exposure.

As cases of Covid-19 rack up in Behchokǫ̀ and the community comes under containment order, GNWT leaders are calling on citizens to follow health guidelines and get vaccinated if they haven’t done so already.

With our children returning to school this week, now is a good time to reflect on the examples we set.

Inuvik has its first-ever North of 60 Champion after “Mad Dog Marty Sugar” Solotki went toe-to-toe with Deztro “the Eskimofo” Loreen at Totally Arctic Wrestling’s second live performance Aug. 28 at the Chief Jim Koe Park performance pavilion to an eager crowd.

A man who spent five days in jail for being caught breaching a court order was given an absolute discharge after it was determined he had been imprisoned far longer than was acceptable for the charges he pleaded guilty to.

RCMP have located an Inuvik man who has been missing since Sept. 4.

Alberta RCMP are being called into to investigate an incident that occured in the cell block of the Inuvik RCMP detachment on March 20, 2020.

Usually held the weekend closest to Aug. 15, Canoe Daze was formerly known as the Feast day of the Assumption of Mary. Historically, Catholics in the area would travel by boat to Arctic Red River, now called Tsiigehtchic, from Fort McPherson, Aklavik and Fort Good Hope for mass and feast, followed by drum dances and stick gambling down at the area known as Łeth t’urh kak, or ‘the Flats’ in English. Today, Canoe Daze is a family fun event of tests of strength and skill for all ages and faiths.

Slo-Pitch season in Inuvik wrapped up with a three-day tournament Aug. 20-22. After 126 games at Peggy Curtis Field this summer, seven teams had played each other three times for a total of 18 games each. It was now time to see which one deserved the year’s crown. Teams were ensured a minimum three games and hit the diamond in spite of sporadic rain throughout the weekend. When the dust settled, Inuvik Construction were the last team standing.