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Team NT wins Thursday gold ulus in Dene Games, figure skating, speed skating
In a packed day of action, the U18 male hockey team took silver after an...Yellowknife figure skater Lily Brennan won gold in her short program at the 2024 Arctic Winter Games in Alaska on Wednesday.
Brennan, 16, scored 32.86 points to win the level four category ahead of Alaska duo...Alaska's Kyle Worl won the 2024 Arctic Winter Games knuckle hop title after the judges halted Northwest Territories rival Chris Stipdonk's attempt at the games record.
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NWT Sport Hall of Fame
Father J.M. Mouchet (2013)
Cross Country Skiing
Father Mouchet played an instrumental role introducing the sport of cross country skiing to the North in the 1950s and beyond. Father Mouchet was an Oblate priest who came to Northern Canada in 1946, from his hometown of Malbuisson, France. He was initially posted in Telegraph Creek, BC, but then was posted to Old Crow, Inuvik, Whitehorse and Ross River.
While living in Inuvik, Father Mouchet founded the Territorial Experimental Ski Training (TEST) Program. This program was supported by the NWT Government to develop an outdoor education program in Inuvik. The TEST program grew to...
Territorial Sport Organizations of the NWT
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