The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s reigning MVP has certainly had a summer to remember. Mackenzie Smith of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston’s Lake City 56ers helped her Canada Basketball teammates mine gold at the Junior Pan Am Games 3X3 championship. Canada defeated Mexico, 18-13, to secure gold. As if that wasn’t enough to celebrate, the Nova Scotia product...Read More

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association congratulates Basketball Nova Scotia and its under-17 girls’ team for a memorable Canada Summer Games. With head coach and former MWBA standout Haley McDonald as head coach, the Bluenose Province earned a bronze medal on the weekend in St. John’s, NL. Nova Scotia defeated Basketball British Columbia, 74-45 to mine...Read More

It’s crunch time at the Canada Summer Games. Yes, it’s quarter-final Thursday as provinces start jockeying for position including three Maritime teams. Basketball Nova Scotia finished as the fifth seed and will face No. 4 Quebec for a path to the semifinals. Basketball New Brunswick finished eighth and draw upstart Basketball Alberta which finished ahead...Read More

When the Canada Summer Games and Canada Basketball age class championships kick off this month, there will be a solid representation from the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association on the sidelines as coaches. The Canada Summer Games is slated for Aug. 8 to 25 in St. John’s, NL, for athletes 17 and under in basketball. The...Read More

A number of players with connections to the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association are preparing for an exciting opportunity this month. Canada Basketball’s premier under-23 3X3 will be held in downtown Toronto Aug. 9 to 10 and plenty of familiar faces will be in attendance representing New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the women’s division. Champions...Read More

 By Canada Basketball  Michelle Plouffe is retiring from international basketball. But she’s not going far. After more than a decade representing Canada across both 5-on-5 and 3×3, the three-time Olympian is stepping off the court and into a new role as 3×3 Performance Manager with Canada Basketball — the very program she helped build from...Read More

Amelia Mitchell watched a former teammate make the move with success. She’s hoping to follow suit. Mitchell, a staple with the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Port City Fog of Saint John, will jump to Atlantic University Sport level in 2025-26, lacing up with Newfoundland’s Memorial University Seahawks for head coach, Mark English. Mitchell capped her...Read More

The Miramichi Her-icanes are definitely a Maritime Women’s Basketball Association success story. Spawned two years ago, the Her-Icanes became a smash hit on Miramichi and in its second year of operation, the program reached the summit, earning the PRO•LINE Legacy Cup championship in June, earning a thrilling overtime win against the Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole...Read More

The Lake City 56ers have had an interesting role in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Born the Windsor Edge in 2022, the club played two seasons in the Nova Scotia hamlet before moving operations to Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston in 2024. The move has been a good one, considering the Lake City has been to two straight...Read More

The Port City Fog of Saint John has had some remarkable talent over four seasons in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. One of its best remains the leading scorer in Fog franchise history, despite not playing this past season. Former professional and NCAA stalwart, Kaylee Kilpatrick, remains atop the Port City scoring leaderboard, amassing 39...Read More