Global BC puts a province-wide spotlight on the passion and impact of the All Native Tourney

The Jim Ciccone Civic Centre complex has been the 
most popular spot in the city this week as Prince Rupert
hosted the 2023 edition of the All Native Basketball Tournament

This week of ANBT has once again provided for a range of media work in the community. 

From the local sources we have seen contributions from Daybreak North and the daily recaps from the weekly newspaper, to the always impressive full court press of radio station CFNR the stories of the games and the passion for the event has been a steady narrative.

For CFNR of course this is akin to a Grey Cup/SuperBowl/Stanely Cup type event, from the early morning to late at night a stream of play by play and colour commentators, statisticians and technicians have kept the show rolling.

The radio station by far the go to resource of all things related to the tournament, the work of all involved something to marvel at as they made the journey from the start of the tournament and the Opening Ceremonies to where we are now, one day away from Championship Saturday and the final day of the week long festival.

The coverage as always does, has offered some excellent background interviews with players, manager and organizers providing a full overview of what it takes to reach the All Native Tourney and to put the event one.

Also here for a look has been Global BC, with Emad Agahi, providing for some extensive coverage of the event. 

And if that name sounds familiar, it's because the Global reporter has some familiarity with the North Coast, having been a staffer with CFTK about six years ago, where he provided some pretty solid cover of Prince Rupert at the time.

His career path took him to Manitoba before a return to the west coast and Global BC in Vancouver, and when it came time to cover one of the most impressive of Indigenous events in the province, it was Aghahi who came north, a logical choice considering his past experiences in the region.

The work this week on Global has been first rate in providing a glimpse for the rest of the province towards what this special tournament is all about, not just for the participants and their fans but for the community.

The features through the week focused of course on the tournament action, but side trips highlighted Indigenous culture along with the impact that the event has for the City of Prince Rupert.

The Global reporter wrapped up his work on Thursday with a farewell twitter shout out to the community.

The stories filed make for a very good documentation of the week and deliver a solid description of the passion that the tournament brings for the players and the fans who travel with them to Prince Rupert each year.

We've been chronicling those stories that have come along through the week as part of our ANBT Archive page, you can review the work from Global BC and others from those listings.