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National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Football Game 2022
August 18, 2022 The Kivalliq Inuit Association has been accepting applications from Kivalliq Residents on its website for interested applicants to take part in the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation event – CFL Football game provided by Calm Air International, CFL Teams Winnipeg Bluebombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. For the application period, there was […]
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Team Nunavut set for indoor volleyball at Canada Summer Games – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 16, 2022 Women’s, men’s tournaments start Tuesday in second week of national competition After a triumphant first week at the Canada Summer Games that saw a Nunavut athlete win gold in men’s wrestling and the territory debut its first-ever beach volleyball teams, Nunavut’s indoor volleyball teams hope to make history in week two. This […]
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Cambridge Bay plans hero’s welcome for hometown wrestling champ – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 15, 2022 Parade, feast, autographs, fireworks and more scheduled for Eekeeluak Avalak’s return Cambridge Bay is getting festive Monday to welcome Eekeeluak Avalak home. The 18-year-old wrestler earned Team Nunavut its first-ever gold medal at the Canada Summer Games last week in St. Catharines, Ont. The municipality is planning a number of events to […]
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Canada National Day of Truth and Reconciliation CFL Game announcement
August 10, 2022 In 2021, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, along with the Exchange Income Corporation, and several indigenous organizations, announced a partnership to honor Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to recognize Indigenous people who were impacted by Residential Schools. Kivalliq Inuit Association is pleased to announce that the partnership for the 2022 football […]
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Nunavut wrestler goes for gold at Canada Summer Games – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 11, 2022 Inspired by his ancestors, Eekeeluak Avalak says ‘wrestling didn’t just change my life, it saved me’ Sometimes Eekeeluak Avalak’s wrestling matches don’t evolve so much as they explode. Where other contests need a few moments to take shape — a move to the left, a shift to the right, someone reaches for […]
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Photos: Team Nunavut, country’s top athletes kick off Canada Summer Games – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 7, 2022 Opening ceremonies held Saturday night; competition starts Monday morning Nunavut has its biggest-ever team at the Canada Summer Games being held in Ontario’s Niagara region. The two-week competition kicked off Saturday night with its opening ceremony at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ont. Competitions open Monday morning with Nunavut’s men’s and […]
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No sand, no problem for Team Nunavut beach volleyball players – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 2, 2022 They’re among territory’s athletes headed to Canada Summer Games this weekend They’re the beach volleyball team without a beach. And for the first time, Nunavut will send them to compete at the Canada Summer Games, which open Aug. 6 in Ontario’s Niagara region. With no sand volleyball court anywhere in Nunavut, the […]
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Nunavut athletes ready to take on the rest of Canada at summer games – Nunatsiaq News
Jul 19, 2022 Territory sending its biggest team ever to nationwide youth sports competition next month in Ontario Nunavut is sending its biggest team ever to the Canada Summer Games next month, with 32 athletes backed by about 15 coaches and support staff. Even so, it might feel like the underdog once it lines up […]
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Inaugural Indigenous Summer Games draws to a close – NNSL Media
July 4, 2022 And with that, the inaugural Indigenous Summer Games have come to an end. The four-day event, hosted by the Aboriginal Sports Circle of the NWT, closed with medal presentations at St. Pat’s gymnasium on Sunday afternoon. It was a weekend bringing together close to 100 competitors from the NWT, Yukon and Alaska […]
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N.W.T. Indigenous Summer Games begin today in Yellowknife – CBC
‘There’s gonna be a lot of viewers and athletes from across the North,’ says Carson Roche, event manager Jun 30, 2022 The 2022 Indigenous Summer Games kick off in Yellowknife Thursday, with about 120 athletes coming to town for the competition. It will be the first time the Northwest Territories has hosted Indigenous summer games […]
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