The Maritime Women’s Basketball League’s Halifax Thunder is preparing for its fourth season next spring. The successful Halifax franchise, which is two-time reigning Pro*Line Stadium Series Legacy Cup champion, was built as an extension to a very popular girls’ youth program in the Nova Scotia capital that has been running for over two decades under...Read More
Abby Miller earned her degree, found full-time employment and was ready for the next chapter in her life. Thing is, something was missing. Basketball. A standout forward with Mount Allison University Mounties in Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association play, Miller graduated with her degree in sociology from the Sackville campus. She tried to put the game...Read More
A Maritime Women’s Basketball League player tasted victory this week. And not on the basketball court. Leah Martin of the MWBA’s Lake City 56ers was elected in Nova Scotia’s Cole Harbour riding. Running as a member of Premier Tim Houston’s government, Martin earned 1,933 votes in her riding. She defeated NDP candidate Alec Stratford (1,753),...Read More
By Canada Basketball: Canada Basketball and Denise Dignard, the general manager and executive vice-president with our nation’s Women’s High Performance, has retired, leaving behind 26 years as an executive with the organization. “Denise Dignard has been an integral member of the Canada Basketball team for more than a quarter century,” said Michael Bartlett, President &...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has a new vice commissioner. But she’s no stranger to the MWBA. Saint John’s Lori Wall joined the league last season as its secretary and has now moved into the vice commissioner role with commissioner Jen McKenzie of Dartmouth. Wall will replace outgoing vice commissioner, Anna Lee LeBlanc, who is...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will crown its 2025 Pro*Line Stadium Series Legacy Cup champion in New Brunswick. Which city remains the mystery. This much is known, for sure. Fredericton Freeze will be unable to host the league’s Final Quartet. Facilities at the University of New Brunswick are booked for most of June. The Freeze...Read More
Bill Gibson has meant a ton to the Fredericton Freeze and the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association since inception in 2022. The work Gibson puts into his craft as livestream voice for the Freeze and MWBA did not go unnoticed. He was named a winner in the Sport New Brunswick Awards gala for outstanding media coverage...Read More
One of the original Maritime Women’s Basketball Association owners reached a remarkable milestone in Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball conference. Mark Forward reached the 300-win mark for his Mount St. Vincent University Mystics on Saturday. The Mystics gave Forward his milestone victory with a 63-49 win over Fredericton’s St. Thomas University Tommies. Forward is...Read More
The Mike MacKay Transformational Coaching Award recognizes outstanding Canadian coaches for their dedication and coaching leadership while developing competent, connected, competitive, confident future leaders with character. Two recipients will be selected annually, each receiving a $2,500 bursary, with one of the recipients being a female-identified coach working with female athletes. Former Maritime Women’s Basketball Association...Read More
(Files From Basketball Nova Scotia) One of the top players to lace up her sneakers in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is returning to the game at the grassroots level. Justine Colley-Leger of the reigning MWBA Pro*Line Legacy Cup champion Halifax Thunder has landed a new position with Basketball Nova Scotia. Colley-Leger, a Nova Scotia...Read More
