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Jim Midgley was the head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads in 2017-18. - Halifax Mooseheads

Mooseheads fire head coach Jim Midgley and assistant coach Liam Heelis

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Jim Midgley is out again as head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads. The QMJHL team announced his dismissal on Tuesday, along with assistant coach Liam Heelis. Assistant coach Brad MacKenzie will remain with the team. "After lengthy discussions with ...

South Shore Lumberjacks' Alec Howie had been on a tear with 10 goals and 14 assists in 16 Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League playoffs games. The Lumberjacks face elimination on Wednesday in Game 6 of the championship series against the Antigonish Bulldogs. - Mary Ann Massey

South Shore Lumberjacks not backing away from a challenge

George Myrer |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Don’t expect the South Shore Lumberjacks to blink when faced with elimination in the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League championship series on Wednesday. The Lumberjacks are down 3-2 against the Antigonish Bulldogs with Game 6 on home ice at the ...

Trevor Reddick’s nephew Dondre Reddick is the newest family star athlete suiting up for X-Men’s basketball. Dondre and his teammates went to the national final recently before falling to the Carleton University Ravens. File

BASKETBALL: St. F.X.'s Reddick, Thomas and Dal's Christie get pro opportunities

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Three AUS basketball stars will get a taste of the pro game this spring and summer. League most valuable player Malcolm Christie of the Dalhousie Tigers and Dondre Reddick and Koat Thomas of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men were picked in the top 15 of ...

The South West Storm have three-peated as the Hockey Nova Scotia Junior C champions, winning the best-of-seven championship series against the East Hants Penguins in the Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League on April 14. FRANKIE CROWELL PHOTO

South West Storm win third consecutive N.S. Junior C hockey championship title

Kathy Johnson |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

The South West Storm have three-peated as the Hockey Nova Scotia Junior C champions, winning the best-of-seven championship series against the East Hants Penguins in the Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League. The Storm were leading the series 3-1 ...

Pacific FC keeper Emil Gazdov makes a save in front of Halifax Wanderers forward Ryan Telfer during the Canadian Premier League season opener Saturday afternoon in Langford, B.C. Pacific won the match 1-0. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 14, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Patrice Gheisar has a glass half-full kind of approach to coaching. Despite his Halifax Wanderers dropping a 1-0 decision to Pacific FC in their 2024 Canadian Premier League season opener on Saturday, the second-year head coach found plenty of ...

Doug Gilmour Toronto Maple Leafs


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Gilmour to speak at Acadia Hockey Celebrity Dinner in Wolfville, N.S.

Jason Malloy · Lead editor Annapolis Valley Register |Updated Apr. 14, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

A key cog in two of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ last semifinal appearances is coming to speak in Wolfville. Hockey Hall of Fame member Doug Gilmour is the featured guest at the 23rd edition of the Acadia Hockey Celebrity Dinner, which will take place ...

A trio of golfers walk to their next shot at the River Hills Golf and Country Club in Clyde River. Kathy Johnson

Golf season tees-off in southwestern Nova Scotia for 2024 season

Kathy Johnson |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

With three provincial championships and stops on the Golf Nova Scotia Junior Invitational Tour on the schedule this summer, it’s shaping up to be a solid golf season in southwestern Nova Scotia. On April 5, the West Pubnico Golf and Country Club was ...

Truro's three new coaches take their spot on the bench for the first time on Friday night. From left, Assistant Coach Ryan Porter, Head Coach Joel Isenor and Assistant Coach Troy Fougere. Nick Gaines

Head coach Joel Isenor parts ways with Truro Junior A Bearcats

Brendyn Creamer |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Head coach Joel Isenor will be parting ways with the Truro Bearcats after one season. The junior A team announced Isenor's departure in a press release on April 11, stating they "have mutually agreed to part ways." Isenor was brought on board ...

Katie Pegg, who was born without a radial bone in her right forearm, throws shot put for Saint Mary's at the Atlantic university track and field championships in Moncton in February. Pegg returned to the sport this year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. - SMU ATHLETICS

Missing a bone in her arm, Katie Pegg is a shot put champion, possible Paris Paralympian

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |9 min read Premium content

Katie Pegg smiles at the face of adversity. Born without a radial bone in her right forearm, Pegg played eight years of football in her hometown of Scarborough, Ont., the lone girl among over 300 players in the minor program. She also threw shot put ...

Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby holds the puck from his 1,000th career assist. - Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby hitting new career heights while making miracles for Penguins

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Sometimes for Sidney Crosby, when it rains it pours. The Pittsburgh Penguins centre hit two major milestones and lifted his team to a monumental win all at once on Thursday night. The 36-year-old from Cole Harbour's overtime pass to Erik Karlsson on ...

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