The 2025 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is awaiting some fine-tuning and cementing times, but all systems are go for the circuit’s fourth season. ‘All teams have the schedule and now it’s a matter of ensuring building availability and some other minor logistical operations,’ said MWBA commissioner, Jen McKenzie of Dartmouth, NS. ‘It’s never easy putting...Read More
Lauren Rainford is the reigning Maritime Women’s Basketball Association MVP after her stellar 2024 season with the Miramichi Hericanes. Rainford was a dominant MWBA player with the ‘Canes and returned to the University of Prince Edward Island for the 2024-25 Atlantic University Sport Women’s Basketball Conference season with the Panthers. She hasn’t taken her foot...Read More
By Renée Hartleib Saint Mary’s University Alumni Small, but mighty. That’s how Saint Mary’s graduate Alaina McMillan BA’24—who stands at five foot six—describes herself. As the Huskies women’s basketball point guard from 2018-2024, her stats bear that out. She led the team to two championships and earned AUS all-star, AUS MVP, and Team MVP multiple...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association expanded from six teams to seven last year. It had hoped there would be eight teams for the 2025 season, but the Town of Truro’s hopes to having an MWBA team fell through this week. That means the MWBA will begin finalizing its 10-game regular season schedule, but we do...Read More
It’s as big a rivalry as there is in Canadian sports. And two members of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Fredericton Freeze are going to be in the thick of things. Both Allie McCarthy and Bailey Russell will be with the University of Ottawa Gee Gees as they play in the Capital Hoops Classic on...Read More
For the second consecutive winter, the Fredericton Freeze is reaching out to its community of supporters for…support. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association launched its $50 From 100 campaign, designed to raise operating funds for the 2025 season. Freeze is hoping 100 community businesses or individuals can donate $50 to the fundraising initiative. Each donation includes...Read More
From Canada Basketball Tyler Slipp has never known a world without basketball. The former Executive Director of Basketball New Brunswick, recently transitioned to his new role as Director of Sport Participation and Development with Sport New Brunswick. Slipp was also instrumental in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association during its infancy, playing a key role in...Read More
If you’re looking for a run and a workout, the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has three open gyms scheduled for February. The first session is Sunday, Feb. 2, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Richard J. Currie Center Rec Gym 1 on the campus of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. The...Read More
Basketball Nova Scotia is seeking a manager for Membership & Events, with a deadline set for Friday, Jan. 17. The role is primarily responsible for the organization’s club membership oversight as well as the planning and execution of key BNS events and competitions. The position supports BNS member clubs via seasonal registration processes and is...Read More
