Sports

Akutaq Williamson Bathory just proud of all the support

Team NT athletes were busy at the 2023 Arctic Winter Games, racking up the second highest gold medal count so far and ranking fourth in overall standings during the first few days of competition.

The sport with the most vocal parents, hockey, can’t help but take centre stage for families from the Kivalliq and across the territory.

Family man will continue playing Arctic sports, but saves his hands

Team NT girls rally early in 2023 Arctic Winter Games

Players from across territory have little time to prep, have to learn quick

Whale Cove rising star excited for second crack at Arctic Winter Games

When the puck drops to begin play March 15–19, it will have been four long years since the Terence Tootoo Memorial (TTM) Cup senior men’s hockey tournament was held in Rankin Inlet thanks to Covid-19.

When Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game at 6:22 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over Czechia to claim the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Junior Championship, the roof nearly blew off the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S., on the evening of Jan. 5 — and Joseph Jr. Kaludjak and his family from Rankin Inlet were right in the middle of it.

ᑎᓕᓐ ᒍᐃᓐᑐᕐ ᐃᓯᖅᑎᑦᑎᒐᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐃᓯᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ 6:22−ᒥ ᐅᖓᑖᓅᕈᔾᔨᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ 3-2 ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᒃᑮᐊᒥ ᐱᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᓯᑯᒥ ᕼᐋᑭᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᒥ (IIHF) ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᕼᐋᑭᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᖄᖓ ᐲᑲᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ Scotiabank Centre−ᒥ ᕼᐋᓕᕚᒃᔅ, N.S.−ᒥ, ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 5−ᒥ — ᐊᒻᒪ ᔫᓯᐱ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᖅ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᕿᑎᐊᓃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ.