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

The two have known each other for decades. Coached against each other for years, shared ideas and coaching skillsets with Basketball New Brunswick and then, for something completely different, along came the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Miramichi Her-Icanes. Miramichi took the MWBA by storm in 2023, joining as an expansion team, pushing the league to...Read More

She has been a Fredericton Freeze staple since the day the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association opened its doors in 2022. And as the league prepares for Season V celebrations in 2026, Eva Tumwine enters the off-season as the all-time leading scorer in Freeze history. The former University of New Brunswick Reds talent has amassed 351...Read More

It was a whirlwind spring for MacKenzie Smith. Summer isn’t changing a thing. The reigning Maritime Women’s Basketball Association MVP is off to Punta Arenas, Chile, this week to compete for Canada Basketball at the FIBA under-23 3X3 Nation’s League – Americas 2 competition. Smith starred for the Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston last...Read More