If there’s any silver lining to the economic crisis, it’s that governments are more willing to open their wallets. Backers of the Toronto bid to host the 2015 Pan Am Games say that change of mindset should benefit them.
“We’re the solution,” said David Peterson, chair of the 2015 bid committee. “Everybody is talking about infrastructure. [...]
There’s more grit than glamour when it comes to winning a beauty pageant.
Just ask 17-year-old Ancaster resident Terri Faloney, (her late grandfather was Bernie Faloney, a Hamilton football legend and CFL hall of famer) a finalist in this year’s Miss Teen Canada-World competition.
Until recently, the only insight she had into world of beauty pageants came [...]
Although Leah Saar is among the top young volleyball players in Canada, she still had butterflies before she stepped onto the court for her first game with Ryerson.
“It was my first university game ever and I just wanted to do well,” says the first-year social work student. “And I felt really, really nervous.”
Her nerves must [...]
The University of Tulsa volleyball head coach Ed Allen announced today the signing of Dianna Crane, to his Golden Hurricane squad for the 2009 season during the early signing period.
Dianna Crane is an outside hitter from Eastside Collegiate in Oshawa, Ontario, where she was the captain of her volleyball team as a senior. She was [...]
Yes, I realize that unless you follow US women’s college volleyball you probably have zero clue who Sarah Pavin is [we do as Ontarians playing volleyball], and I didn’t either until an article on the front page of ESPN.com caught my eye, so I read it.
…It’s all I know about her, but it’s easy enough [...]
Volleyball Canada would like to announce the nomination of Mr. Julien Boucher as High Performance Director effective immediately.
Boucher, a Montreal native and current resident of Quebec City has a long distinguished career as a player, national team and international club coach as well as Technical Director of Ontario Volleyball, Volleyball Quebec and most recently with [...]
One would wonder how a 6-foot-3 girl from Cambridge, Ontario, got into playing volleyball.
It’s simple – because her two best friends did.
“I started playing volleyball because my two best friends did,” Stephanie Neville said. “My seventh grade gym teacher told me that I had the potential to be good because I was tall and athletic.”…
Neville [...]
The Pine Ridge Secondary School Pumas played exceptionally well at the provincial senior boys’ volleyball playdowns in Barrie recently, finishing fourth in Ontario.
The No. 10-seeded Pumas qualified for bronze-medal match at the 16-team OFSAA, Quad A championships where they played No. 2-seeded and defending provincial champion Glebe Collegiate Institute of Ottawa. The Pumas lost in [...]
The Niagara Catholic District School Board senior girls volleyball tournament Friday looked a lot like last year’s event.
The Holy Cross Raiders defeated the St. Mike’s Mustangs in the final for the second straight year — a 2-0 victory (25-11 and 25-14) — and 17- year-old Stacie Thomas repeated as the tournament MVP. She also won [...]
Barrie native Meagan McLellan has been named the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Female Athlete of the Week.
McLellan, a fifth-year Police Foundations student, was instrumental in leading her team, the Georgian Grizzlies, to three wins in the past week. In a 3-1 win (25-22, 24-26, 25-17, 25-13) over the La Cite Coyotes, she had 19 points [...]
