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Judo Nunavut athletes head south for national competition – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 5, 2025 7 girls and 9 boys have been training for the past year for event Judo Nunavut is sending a team of 16 athletes and two coaches south on Wednesday to compete in the Edmonton International Tournament. The annual Judo Canada-sanctioned event, which features 900 athletes from across Canada, takes place at the […]
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Government of Yukon celebrates recipients of the 2024 sport awards
February 18, 2025 This is a joint news release between the Government of Yukon, Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle, Sport Yukon and Special Olympics Yukon. The Government of Yukon, Sport Yukon, Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle and Special Olympics Yukon celebrated the territory’s top athletes, coaches and volunteers with an award ceremony on February 17, 2025. The […]
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Kerry Galusha says she’ll retire after 2025 Scotties- Cabin Radio
February 12, 2025 Kerry Galusha says she will retire from competitive curling this year after more than 20 Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances for the NWT. Galusha plans to compete at this year’s event before bowing out, her team announced on social media late on Tuesday. “This sport has given me so much over the […]
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Full steam ahead for new Nunavut girls’ hockey association – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 10, 2025 Nunavut Fury to host training camp in Rankin Inlet at same time territorial tournament is on The newly formed Nunavut Fury Hockey Association is set to launch in Rankin Inlet this week with its first under-19 women’s hockey camp. It starts one day before the under-19 women’s territorial hockey tournament, which goes […]
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‘Everything we hoped it would be’: Rankin Inlet students learn basketball with Sea Bears – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 4, 2025 Coach, player from Winnipeg pro team spend day working with young players More than 100 Rankin Inlet students spent a day last week running, dribbling and shooting hoops with Winnipeg’s elite basketball team. “I think it was just everything we hoped it would be,” said Mike Taylor, head coach for the Winnipeg […]
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Making a break for a pro hockey career? Here is some parental advice – Nunatsiaq News
Jan 31, 2025 Parents of Tootoo brothers and Mykyla Allakariallak endorse education as first step to athletic success With the success of the Professional Women’s Hockey League sparking dreams of a pro career for female Inuk hockey players, Rose and Barney Tootoo of Rankin Inlet have a few ideas to share on what it takes […]
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Iqaluit football club has eyes set on southern competition – Nunatsiaq News
Jan 21, 2025 Sport growing in Iqaluit with mini-leagues and soccer clinics The Inuksuk Football Club’s under-18 boys development team should have competed in Ottawa at the Bob Rathwell Futsal Tournament last week, but it didn’t. The team didn’t miss the plane — it was an issue of raising the $20,000 the team needed to […]
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‘I wish I could’ve done more’: Gavin McKenna reflects on world juniors with Canada – APTN News
Jan 07, 2025 Gavin McKenna says he’s disappointed after losing first world juniors Yukon hockey sensation Gavin McKenna had high hopes for the 2025 World Juniors. The 17-year-old Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation citizen from Whitehorse was the youngest player chosen for Team Canada’s roster last month. But the goal McKenna scored in Canada’s first game […]
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Nunavut wrestlers train for southern competition – Nunatsiaq
Jan 6, 2025 Coach lauds ‘tremendous effort’ to build sport in communities Wrestling Nunavut is entering the new year with optimism and momentum as dozens of Nunavut athletes come off fall training trips to Edmonton and southern Ontario, organizers say. “We put a tremendous amount of effort in the last four years to build up […]
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The Government of Yukon invests more than $2 million to support territorial sport and recreation organizations
November 25, 2024 The Government of Yukon, in partnership with the Yukon Lottery Commission and Sport Canada, is investing over $2 million, an increase of $320,000 from last year, in territorial sport organizations, special recreation groups, athletes and officials. This annual funding represents an investment aimed at strengthening and growing sport and recreation across the […]
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