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  By Duane Bratt             Federalism is the essential feature of Canada. Federalism has two orders of government – a central government and state/provincial governments – with sovereignty shared between them. Each order of government has exclusive jurisdiction in some areas and there is also some shared jurisdiction. It was invented in the United States, but many other countries (Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, India, Australia) are federal systems. Federalism is particularly designed for countries that have large geographic areas and/or societal cleavages (language, religion, etc). This is why Canada adopted a federal system in 1867. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction in things such as monetary policy, defence policy, criminal code, and items that cross provincial boundaries or are national in nature. Provincial governments have exclusive jurisdiction in education, health care, municipalities, natural resources, and items that are loc...

  by Pierre Filion   pierrefilion@bell.net When good things are done it is important to salute those who have done it. So, congratulations to the Lacrosse Canada staff member who sealed a partnership with TSN+ and the NLL to promote the game and to create developmental programs. This is interesting and positive but, obviously, TSN+ (streaming) is not quite TSN. Lacrosse still does not have the major visibility and existence that would allow for a major partnership. But this one is positive even if it is limited in scope. Now we need to address again a situation where Lacrosse Canada has so poorly again dropped the ball:  the Canada Games. Everyone connected with the game knows that Lacrosse Canada inherited a place in the Canada Games for political reasons.  Some ministers felt that if one National Sport was in the Canada Games then the ‘’other’’ National sport should also be in the Canada Games. This was not at all what the Canada Games Society and Sport Canada had ...

  by Pierre Filion     pierrefilion@bell.net Surely you all remember the Hockey Canada scandal of a few years ago. Some will remember it because of the spicy details in the recent trial of pro hockey players. Some will remember it because of the Board of Directors’ total lack of vision, involvement and knowledge. Some will remember it because of the total control orchestrated by the Executive Director over the Board of Directors. Some will remember it because people involved in governance were quick to state that clearly Hockey Canada had lost its credibility because it had faded away from the values it professed…or claimed to profess. I fear Lacrosse Canada is going down that route and is slowly fading away from the values it professes. Lacrosse Canada values accountability and declares:   ’’We operate with integrity and transparency’’ . It also values team work and states:  ‘’We achieve more working together in a climate of collaboration and trust’’. Let’s loo...

  Paul Parnell Renown Work Ethic Skilled Scorer     Paul Parnell was born in Peterborough where young men played hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the summer. Included among his boyhood friends were fellow future Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Famers Cy Coombes, Larry Ferguson, and Pat Baker. Paul played lacrosse for one year at Peewee, two seasons of Bantam and Midget and one year of Juvenile. At age 17, Paul then moved up to play junior in 1956. His work ethic was renown and Paul played so well, while still a teenager, the Peterborough Senior team added Paul to its roster. Although born with clubfeet, which his mother cured - Paul Parnell became one of the most prolific scorers of his time. In 16 seasons with Victoria and New Westminster, the five-foot-nine, 175-pound Parnell accumulated 921 goals and 880 assists for 1,801 points and 136 hat tricks in 587 games. Add his 84-game Peterborough statistics to this – 68 goals and 49 assists for 117 points – for a fantastic 1,91...

  By Todd Powless In the first article I outlined the first two points of the  OLA Strategic Plan  in the  Lacrosse is for Everyone  section: Breaking Down Barriers to Participation  - Identify the most common barriers to participation in lacrosse and then look at practical solutions to overcoming them. Fostering a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion  - Become a larger and more diverse lacrosse family by championing the game and developing a province-wide approach to inclusion. (The third point in this section,  Celebrating and Encouraging Female Participation  will be left for a later time, however everything in this article also applies for female participation)  I also illustrated that if no one knows about lacrosse, we aren’t really going to grow, especially in the new Canadian community.  The OLA needs to change their focus and re-orient their priorities, otherwise they are ignoring a fantastic business opportunity in every comm...

  A total number of fifteen inductees and one team are the most recent inductees into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Six players, along with two veterans, four builders, three officials and one team will officially be inducted on November 1, 2025. The six players are Cory Bomberry, Neil Doddridge, Scott Evans, Julie Norton, Phil Sanderson, Kylee Reade White, along with veterans Pat Differ and Ted Greves. Builders inducted are Mena Briscoe, Jim Calder, Louis Delisle (Tewenhni’Tatshon) and Frank Roundpoint. Officials honoured are Chet Couture, Cheryl MacNeill and Jim Richardson. The team inducted is the Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior “A” Orangeville Northmen for the 1993-1996 period.   Honoured in the Player Category Cory Bomberry Cory Bomberry had a phenomenal lacrosse career. He played on two Mann Cup champion Six Nations Chiefs teams (1994 and 1995). His National Lacrosse League career spanned several seasons playing with the Rochester Knighthawks, Arizona Sting, an...