Trouble kept police officers hopping

Interesting how the media self censors itself in not mentioning that the reason “the hotels and bars of Whitehorse that were packed over weekend” was due to the annual Native hockey tournament.

Tip toeing around the real issue Star?

i wonder why they were so busy this weekend?

What are you saying Thomas that the Native Hockey Tournament is a bad thing?
Do you realize how much money this event brings to whse each and every March??

When I still lived in Whitehorse, I had to work a few Native Hockey Tournement weekends, until I got smart enough to book time off WELL in advance and get out of town.  Why put up with the B.S., if you don’t have to?

Would have been nice to inform the public why so many arrests occurred don’t you think? Maybe a better story would have been on all the drunken stupidity that accompanies this event.

I think the Star has to report exactly what the RCMP forwards them in the brief. I think thats the deal because of some issue a few years ago.

Interesting how Thomas Brewer self censors himself in not mentioning that the other reason “the hotels and bars of Whitehorse that were also packed over the weekend was also due to the curling bonsfield.

Tip toeing around the other issue?

way to go…

I don’t think it matters what kind of hockey tournament was happening… anytime you have thousands of people come to town, you will have an influx of crime and the RCMP will be busier!

Yeah, those curlers are a rowdy bunch!  Better heighten enforcement whenever there’s a bonspiel (err… I mean bonsfield LOL) in town.

What about the Dust ball tournament held in the summer that resulted in a street fight, and how busy the police were - I have seen The Native Hockey Tournament grow in a very positive way. It also includes a youth and & Teen jamboree division.  The support given to Youth Hockey Players who have been picked to play outside the Territory is amazing.  The Native Hockey Tournament has become a major fundraiser for them and ALL CULTURES who attend give generously.  Not to mention the calibre of hockey that is seen and enjoyed by all.  Don’t turn this in to a native issue - it’s an event/numbers/alcohol issue!!!

yes the native tournament has turned into a kids tournament as well, but it seems to be an excuse to drop the kids off for the day.  not a lot of families at the cgc during the native tournament, rather a whole lot of unsupervised kids.

Again, this is my point, how is this different from Dust Ball or any other major event that happens in a calendar year?  During Dust ball, kids are dropped off and left unsupervised while the parents play ball or “socialize” in the bars, hotels, or campsites.  If CGC keeps track I’m sure there is a spike in stats that clearly shows this. So why is it an issue that weighs any creator merit, comment or judgement on Native Hockey Tournament.  The many hours I spent both at the CGC and Takhini show a clear combination of supervised and yes unsupervised children.  I also saw many parents enjoying the weekend with family and kids.

All the kids that I knew at the CGC had their parents with them.

I would just like to say that the organizers of the Northerm/Kilrich Native Hockey Tournament did a fantastic job pulling the biggest ever tournament together.  It is unfortunate that there were so many police incidents but like “logical thinker” said, with thousands of people coming to Whitehorse for such a large event there is going to be an influx of crime.  And yes, police incidents do happen during many big sporting events which again is unfortunate but that is something the RCMP deal with and they do a great job. What I find really sad in this day and age is that there are people who are so negative such as waja and his/her comments, not only on this discussion board but on other boards.  I just hope that he/she does not have children or grandchildren and that these negative ways of thinking are being passed on to them.  My kids were at both the Canada Games Centre and Takhini arena and I did not leave them unsupervised nor did a whole lot of other hockey oriented families.  I would also hope that we are all big enough to put racism behind us and work on bigger issues that will affect us and our future generations.  We are all one people and we must remember that, not one person is better than the other.

I think the tourney should be scrapped, it brings alot of booze, drugs and problems to whitehorse, and we dont need any more

As with any other sports event in any other city in any other country lisa k. Maybe Whitehorse will get an NHL team in the next thousand years and when they get into the playoffs we will make sure to shut er down because of all the misfortunes, in Lisa.K we remember!

lisa K i think they should scrap your comment

Lisa K!
The Annual Native Hockey tournament is a Acohol free tournament. It is a family event for many years now. What people do away from this tournament has nothing to do with it. Whatever monies is raised in this tournament goes back into the youth hockey programs. The board works closely with Yukon aboriginal sport circle and pays for things like the National hockey champoinships. So kids can attend these things. People should get there stories straight before saying anything!!!!

please….find something better to complain about.