Sylvain Favreau often says he isn't afraid to bet on himself. He took a calculated risk seven years ago when he left a stable head coaching position in Ontario Junior A to be an assistant coach with the Halifax Mooseheads. He was confident the ...

Alec Belanger has never run a full marathon but he’s ready to tackle the challenging Emera Blue Nose Marathon course on Sunday. “Am I ready? That’s a good question,” joked the 21-year-old Belanger, who’s made Halifax his home following his first ...

One of St. John's perennial athletic institutions has a big birthday coming up this summer.  The Feildians Athletic Association – believed to be the oldest active sporting group in the province – will turn 125 this year.  It will be commemorated with ...

It’s safe to say the 96th running of the Tely 10 Road Race will be the largest version of the historic race.  That’s because earlier this week, the race’s organizing committee raised the registration cap to 3,000 racers.  That number is up from the ...

It wasn’t the only factor that figured in Gardiner MacDougall’s decision to join the Moncton Wildcats, but it was, without doubt, the biggest. The 64-year-old from Bedeque, P.E.I., was introduced as the head coach of the Quebec Maritimes Junior ...

Maddison MacEachern, Jayden Cameron and Liam MacDonald were successful in setting multiple records at the Inverness-Richmond Track and Field meet at Dalbrae Academy in Mabou on Tuesday. MacEachern, a student at Bayview Education Centre, set new marks ...

The boys of summer will be back on the field for regular season games next month in Cape Breton.  The Sydney Sooners will kick off their 30-game Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League season on June 7 when they host the Nova Scotia under-17 provincial ...

There's a long list of star players on the Drummondville Voltigeurs. There are NHL draft picks like Alexis Gendron, Vsevolod Komarov, Maveric Lamoureux and Ethan Gauthier. Newfoundland's Riley Mercer broke goaltending records in the playoffs and ...

Newfoundland and Labrador cheerleaders continue to show that they're amongst the top competitors in Canada.  At the recent Cheerleading World Championships competition held in Orlando, Fla., late last month, athletes from this province left the ...

DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE. – A former Cape Breton Eagle forward has captured the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s Gilles-Courteau Trophy. Peter Repcik and the Voltigeurs claimed the league title on Tuesday, defeating the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 4-3 in ...