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Goalie Jorja Burrows stands tall as Northern Selects win second straight at Esso Cup
After dropping their tournament opener on Sunday, the Northern Selects have rebounded to win two straight at the Esso Cup. Goalie Jorja Burrows of New Glasgow turned aside 36 of 37 shots she faced as the Atlantic Canadian champion Selects upended ...
Atlantic All-Star event in Halifax will showcase the region's top female basketball players
Atlantic Canada's best young female basketball players will be front and centre this weekend in Halifax. Canletes is hosting an Atlantic All-Star game at Dalhousie University to showcase the 48 best high school players from across the region. The ...
Highlanders Rugby Classic returns to Windsor, N.S., April 26-28
King’s-Edgehill School will once again welcome hundreds of athletes to Windsor as the educational institute hosts the 2024 Highlanders Rugby Classic. The weekend festival showcasing many up-and-coming rugby stars is set for April 26-28. The school ...
CEC Cougars boy's rugby back in action after four-year hiatus
After a four-year hiatus, the Cobequid Educational Centre boy's rugby team is finally back in action. The fresh-faced team took to the field at the Truro Saints rugby club in Brookside on Thursday, April 18, for their home opener against the North ...
Cambridge, N.S., resident facing paracanoe speed bump head-on
It was not the results Ben Brown was hoping for. The 36-year-old Cambridge resident missed the time standard earlier this month in Chula Vista, Calif., to qualify for the paracanoe world championship. Brown competed at the 2022 and 2023 worlds in ...
NLL: Thunderbirds playoff ready? Record crowd watches Halifax defeat Colorado in regular-season finale
For a regular-season finale against a non-playoff team, the Halifax Thunderbirds’ Saturday night tilt at a sold-out Scotiabank Centre sure had the feel of a playoff game. A Thunderbirds record crowd of 10,595 witnessed timely goals, stellar ...
CEBL's Calgary Surge install St. F.X. bench boss Tyrell Vernon as new head coach
The Calgary Surge got their guy. In short order, too. Needing to fill its sudden head-coaching vacancy, the Canadian Elite Basketball League club has turned to St. Francis Xavier X-Men bench boss Tyrell Vernon. “Really excited, and a great ...
Black hockey trailblazer launching innovative program in Windsor, N.S.
Many hockey players spend time mastering on-ice skills, but when they also exhibit a heightened game awareness, they unlock the key to success. With that in mind, Curry’s Corner native John Paris Jr. is setting out to give youth, particularly those ...
Underdog Northern Selects head to nationals with unflinching belief
There is no escaping the annual David vs. Goliath dynamic for Atlantic Canada's representative at the Esso Cup. The national under-18 women's hockey championship brings together the six best teams from across the country and the Eastern reps always ...
Wanderers fall 2-0 to Vancouver FC, lose second straight to start CPL season in B.C.
The Halifax Wanderers certainly hope it won’t take until the second week of June to post their first victory of the Canadian Premier League season. The Wanderers dropped their second straight game to start the 2024 campaign on Thursday night, a 2-0 ...