Inuvik Drum

A long overdue recognition was finally given to Edward Lennie, who was named to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame during an Oct. 6 ceremony in Calgary.

When I was still a youngish reporter working in rural Alberta back in 2018, I noticed the United Conservative Party (UCP) — then still the opposition party — was making news almost weekly over a scandal, a gaffe or some other bizarre behaviour.

Curling is back to full sweep

Abe Drennan can’t say enough thanks to his fans.

Over half of all dwellings in the Northwest Territories are more than 30 years old and nearly a quarter of those homes are in desperate need of major repairs.

Across the Beaufort Delta and Mackenzie Mountains footsteps pounded the pavement for the Terry Fox Run Sept. 18.

Logos were submitted on Sept. 7. Of the four entries submitted by the community, Juliet Klengenberg’s design was chosen for the T-Shirts.

Almost two years ago I covered a story where Town Council initially denied a request from EGT-Northwind to cut the price of dumping 250 truckloads of steel from the Tuk Island rehabilitation project, then after hearing concerns from the employees of EGT-Northwind, reversed the decision and allowed the company to deposit the waste at $500 a load, half the usual price.

Work on extending the Mike Zubko Airport runway in Inuvik by 3,000 feet has resumed after a deal was struck between the Gwich’in Development Corporation, the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and the GNWT.

New councillors sworn in