Yellowknife paddlers snow-kayak down Bristol Pit
If snowboarding isn't your thing, maybe all you needed was a kayak. Yellowknife paddlers spent their weekend dropping down the slopes of a former gravel pit.
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So, you’d like to kayak the Inside Passage. This Yellowknifer did it.
A new YouTube series tracks a Yellowknifer and friend as they spend 72 days kayaking the Inside Passage from BC to Alaska. Read our interview.
On St Patrick’s Day, Polar Pond Hockey offers a warm welcome
The bad news? It's kinda warm out. The good news? It's St Patrick's Day. Polar Pond Hockey begins in Hay River with a perfectly timed party.
Frostbite 50 ‘desperately in need’ of more volunteers
Not doing the Frostbite 50? Why not stand there and help everyone else suffer- uh, enjoy it? If you're free on Saturday, organizers need a few more volunteers.
NWT campground booking dates and opening dates for 2023
NWT Parks campgrounds begin accepting online reservations for 2023 in the first week of April, and the parks themselves open from May 15. Here are the details.
Two weeks of free swims following Inuvik pool reopening
To "reward the patience" of Inuvik residents, swimming at the town's pool will be free for two weeks once it reopens after a three-year closure.
Inuvik’s pool now set to reopen in mid-March, town says
Inuvik's pool is now set to reopen around March 18, ending a three-year closure brought on by Covid-19 and prolonged by difficulties carrying out an overhaul.
‘Respect for mind, body and soul’ as NWT judoka return to Inuvik
Inuvik hosted a judo tournament for the first time since the pandemic, welcoming athletes from Yellowknife, Fort Providence and Fort Liard.
GNWT responds to concern that Team NT isn’t representative
What's being done to make Team NT at major sports events more representative of the territory as a whole? We asked the NWT government.
Gwich’in ski jumper completes stellar ascent with senior world title
Gwich'in ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt is now a senior world champion, completing an astonishing year of firsts in a sport Canadians don't ordinarily dominate.
Kerry Galusha finds new voice on curling’s national stage
"People are taking notice a lot more." NWT curler Kerry Galusha found a bigger platform than ever at this year's Scotties to advocate for Indigenous peoples.
NWT kickboxers try to fight back from disastrous fundraiser
"Nothing could have prepared us for this." A fundraising event to help the NWT's kickboxers reach their national championships backfired as travel costs soared.