Blue masks, orange t-shirts
The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was marked around Hay River and K谩t艂SA国际影视传媒檕deeche First Nation Sept. 30.
All schools in the area held activities from cooking to drumming to wearing orange t-shirts, including staff and students at Diamond Jenness Secondary School, who encircled the building in a socially distant ring for a drone photo-op.
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Curling returns to Hay River
With three sheets to the wind, action returned to the Hay River Curling Club. During the last season, the club closed the middle sheet to help with social distancing, but this year, the leagues would be firing on all cylinders.
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Leper versus livelihood
Some public sector employees who donSA国际影视传媒檛 want to get the Covid-19 vaccine said they were worried about their way of life.
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Premier Caroline Cochrane urged NWT residents to think of others.
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Incumbents returned to Hay River council
Karen Wall and Peter Magill, the townSA国际影视传媒檚 tourism and economic development coordinator, were elected to town council alongside a slate of returning incumbents.
The incumbents re-elected Oct. 18 included Robert Bouchard, Emily Chambers, Keith Dohey, Linda Duford, Jeff Groenewegen and Brian Willows.
Voter turnout was 29.41 per cent, or 632 votes.
Circuit-breaker lockdown
A two-week circuit-breaker lockdown was imposed in Hay River as Covid-19 continued to spread.
Outdoor gatherings were limited to 25, indoor gatherings were capped at 10.
On Oct. 20, four of the five schools in the area had cases, there were 24 Covid-19 cases in total between Hay River and K谩t艂SA国际影视传媒檕deeche First Nation (KFN). There were 207 active cases in the NWT on Oct. 26.
