Trio of triathletes take on Calgary
August 10, 2018 - Yellowknife
Completing an Ironman triathlon isn’t for the faint of heart.
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Summer soccer fun all done
August 10, 2018 - Yellowknife
Yellowknife’s newest soccer club has planted itself a seed it hopes will grow into something big.
Read MoreSudden-death finish on the links
August 10, 2018 - Yellowknife
Was it the irons? Or was it the putting?
Only Steve Versteeg knows but what we do know is that he’s the big winner of the Yellowknife Golf Club’s August Long Weekend 54-Hole Tournament.
Read MoreTwo in a row for Native Yankees
August 9, 2018 - Inuvik
The Native Yankees won the Midnight Sun Tournament for the second year in a row with a 13-5 win over Just Call Vince.
Read MoreLife lessons from a hockey legend
August 7, 2018 - Yellowknife
By all accounts, Reggie Leach has made his name.
Read MoreFort Smith shines on the court
August 4, 2018 - Somba Ke/Yellowknife
With apologies to Bernie Bennett of Yellowknife, Jerry Wald is probably the best men’s singles tennis player in the NWT right now.
Read MoreSPORTS TALK: Next stop for Jarome Iginla: Hockey Hall of Fame
August 3, 2018 - NWT/Nunavut
Nice to see we have discourse such as this in our lives.
Read MoreAiming to grow archery in Hay River
August 3, 2018 - Hay River
A two-day archery clinic was held late last week in Hay River with the goal of growing the traditional sport in the community.
Read MoreNew boxing program boosting confidence in Rankin Inlet
August 3, 2018 - Rankin Inlet
A couple of boys take turns throwing alternating punches – jabs, upper cuts and hooks – ducking behind one another in quick succession as their blows are absorbed by the pads of Mahmoud Zahaby.
Read MoreA bike ride like no other
July 31, 2018 - Yellowknife
Cycling close to 500 kilometres to Hay River isn’t something you wake up one morning and decide to do out-of-the-blue.
Read MoreTerritorial champs served up
July 31, 2018 - Yellowknife
The biggest tennis tournament of the season is over and with it came some surprise results and some rather entertaining action.
Read MoreNunavut hockey warms up for the big show
July 29, 2018 - Sarnia, Ont.
Nunavut will make history at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta., this coming March when the territory’s boys hockey team hits the ice for the first time ever.
Read MoreFive more medals for Veronica McDonald
July 28, 2018 - Fairbanks, Alaska
You had to know that Veronica McDonald of Fort Smith was going to be successful when she decided to enter the 2018 edition of the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Read MoreSPORTS TALK: This time, the Toronto Raptors are to blame
July 28, 2018 - NWT/Nunavut
So summer is finally here. I say that because all of the rain we had in Yellowknife meant I wasn’t able to mow my lawn for days and days. It started to resemble the Amazon.
Read MoreGym owner preps mountain trek for adventurers for Type 1 diabetes
July 27, 2018 - Hay River
Chris Hawley lifts up his t-shirt to reveal a device about the size of kinder surprise capsule patched to the side of his rib cage.
Read MoreJust Fitness wraps up inaugural Multi-Sport Fitness Camp
July 27, 2018 - Yellowknife
There are some options when it comes to what youth can do over the summer. They can always watch television or putter around on their phones.
Read MoreSPORTS TALK: The more day camps we have, the merrier – really
July 27, 2018 - Yellowknife
I never really did the whole day camp thing when I was a kid. I was too busy playing softball to worry about it.
Read MoreThree-way dance for the dough
July 24, 2018 - Yellowknife
For the second time this season, the Yellowknife chapter of the Mediocre Golf Association needed a playoff to determine its latest champion.
Read MoreSecond time unlucky for Hay River Heat
July 22, 2018 - Somba Ke/Yellowknife
One day, the Hay River Heat will figure out how to beat the Fire Prevention Blue Jays of Yellowknife.
Read MoreMaking snowshoes in summer
July 21, 2018 - NWT
With the wet weather we’ve experienced in recent weeks, you would think a better idea would be making rubber boots.
Read MoreHay River hockey phenom to play for Olds, Alta.
July 20, 2018 - Hay River
This fall, a Hay River hockey player will lace up her skates in a college arena.
Read MoreZach Zorn takes the next step
July 20, 2018 - Yellowknife
One of Yellowknife’s young hockey guns is off to play post-secondary hockey next season and he’s hoping to use it as a platform to bigger and better things.
Read MorePersonal bests all around for track athletes
July 20, 2018 - Yellowknife
It’s easy to forget that softball, tennis and golf aren’t the only outdoor sports happening right now involving Yellowknife’s best athletes.
Read MoreYellowknife Exiles take second in Calgary tournament
July 18, 2018 - Yellowknife
One of the great sports secrets of Yellowknife is that there is an actual rugby club.
Read MoreSnowshoes get bent in summer
July 18, 2018 - Yellowknife
You may think snowshoe making isn’t at the top peoples’ minds in the dead of summer but the Aboriginal Sports Circle of the NWT thought it would be a perfect time.
Read MoreTwice is nice for Blue Jays
July 18, 2018 - Yellowknife
Last year, the Fire Prevention Blue Jays were the new kids on the fastpitch block and were the hunters.
Read MoreRecreation training program going full-time
July 15, 2018 - Nunavut
Recreation North is moving ahead with its Community Recreation Leadership Program full-time.
Read MoreA basketball camp like no other
July 14, 2018 - NWT
Basketball NWT had never tried anything like this before: a camp with more than just the usual dribble-shoot-pass drills.
Read MoreSPORTS TALK: Have you done your Neymar Challenge yet?
July 14, 2018 - NWT/Nunavut
And so the saga in Thailand is over that saw the soccer team and their coach trapped in a cave for more than a fortnight.
Read More‘A trifecta of amazingness’
July 13, 2018 - Hay River
The sun shone brightly and the mosquitoes were bitey as a group of paddlers carried their kayaks down to the west bank of Hay River.
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