Halifax, NS - The winners of the Ricoh Sport Awards were unveiled tonight by Sport Nova Scotia. Among them, an engineer who left his career to build on 28 national gold medals – and brought home an Olympic medal, a seventeen year-old whose record-smashing Olympic performance is just the beginning, a hockey phenom from Cole Harbour, and an official who is an international go-to for her sport.

Halifax, NS - The legacy of the 2011 Canada Games will live on in communities across the province. Community sport organizations can now access funding through the Support4Sport Canada Games Sport Equipment Fund announced today, Feb. 6.

Halifax, NS - Fourteen year-old Colm Somers of Halifax, 14 year-old Stephie Walmsley of Dartmouth and 19 year-old Matthew Webb of Tantallon have each been awarded Sport Check Athlete of the Month for December.

Halifax, NS - Sixteen year-old Phelan Simpson of Lunenburg, fifteen year-old Jackson Carroll of Purcell’s Cove and sixteen year-old Ashlee Wheaton of Enfield have each been awarded Sport Check Athlete of the Month for October, and the Halifax County United U14 Tier 1 A Girls has been awarded Sport Chek Team of the Month for October.

Halifax, NS - Phelan Simpson, Stephen Clouter & Mary-Ann Cranton named Sport Chek Athletes of the Month for September

Halifax, NS - Mark De Jonge, Jenna Martin, Nathan MacKinnon, Ellie Black and the The U14 Provincial Girls Softball Team have been named Sport Chek Athlete's and Team of the Month for the month for August.

Halifax, NS - David Sharpe receives the honour of being named Sport Chek Male Individual Athlete of the Month for the month for July.

Halifax, NS - Sport Nova Scotia’s Canada Games Management Committee announced today the appointment of Lynda Shoveller as Team Nova Scotia’s Chef de Mission for the 2013 Canada Games. The Summer Games will be held in Sherbrooke, QC from August 2 to 17, 2013.

Halifax, NS - Halifax gymnast Ellie Black received the honour of having been named Sport Chek Female Individual Athlete of the Month for the month of June.

Saskatoon, SK  - Olympic and Paralympic legacy organization LIFT Philanthropy Partners is proud to announce a new venture philanthropy investment to expand KidSport Canada to support more Canadian children to be active and participate in sport.

Halifax, NS - Jason McCoombs (CanoeKayak), Katie Jollimore (Table Tennis), and Kristen O’Brien and Anna-Claire Lamport (both Volleyball) were each named by Sport Nova Scotia as the Sport Chek Athletes of the Month for May.

Halifax, NS – The winners of the Ricoh Sport Awards were unveiled tonight by Sport Nova Scotia. Among them, an engineer who left his job to build on his 28 national gold medals, a sixteen year-old Olympic hopeful who has fought through some serious injuries, a hockey phenom from Cole Harbour, and a coach who trains the best paddlers on the planet.

Halifax, NS – Athletes, coaches, officials and teams who achieved global greatness this past year were highlighted today, as Sport Nova Scotia announced the finalists for the 16th annual Ricoh Sport Awards.

Halifax, NS - Bee Fisheries Yarmouth Mariners Bantam AA, Ellie Black, and Hugh Smith named Sport Chek Team and Athletes of the Month for April

Halifax, NS - Oliver Pye, Ellie Black, Tyler Deveau, and Bedford Rockets named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for March

Halifax, NS - Ellie Black, David Sharpe, and Max Flinn & Andrew Burns named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for February

Halifax, NS - Paul Tingley, Whitney Lohnes, Matthew Webb, and Axe-Elles Synchronized Skating Team named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for January

Halifax, NS - Danial Murphy, Karen Black, Matthew Webb, and Shaelyn Griffin & Cody Husk named Sport Chek Athletes of the Month for December

Halifax, NS - Bryan Fumerton and Kerith Gordon named Sport Chek Athletes of the Month for November

On December 6, HRM Council approved a recommendation to direct staff to request a six month extension from the Canadian Soccer Association before confirming their intent to construct a multi-use sport stadium. 

Sydney, NS - Identifying and strengthening sustainable sport opportunities in the Cape Breton region is the mission of a recently expanded community sport development program from Sport Nova Scotia in partnership with the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness.

Lunenburg, NS - Identifying and strengthening sustainable sport opportunities in the South Shore region is the mission of a recently expanded community sport development program from Sport Nova Scotia in partnership with the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness.

Antigonish, NS - Identifying and strengthening sustainable sport opportunities in the Highland region is the mission of a recently expanded community sport development program from Sport Nova Scotia in partnership with the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness.

Halifax, NS - Identifying and strengthening sustainable sport opportunities in the Halifax region is the mission of a recently expanded community sport development program from Sport Nova Scotia in partnership with the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness.

Halifax, NS - Vanessa Scanlan, Matthew Cormier, and Max Flinn & Andrew Burns named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for September

Halifax, NS - The Stadium Analysis public consultation dates have been set. For those of you in HRM, please come out and share your thoughts.

Halifax, NS - Daniel Murphy, Taylor Stutely, Alison Keough, Travis Adams, and the Nova Scotia 17U Boys’ Basketball Team named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for August

Halifax, NS - Monica Harlow, David Sharpe, Ian Melanson, and the DCSC Men’s Relay Team named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for July

Halifax, NS - Jenna Martin, Chris Theriau, and Andrew Saunders named Sport Chek Athletes of the Month for June.

Halifax, NS - Twelve hundred competitors will take to the water on Saturday for a series of fun and fast-paced races at the day-long Manulife Dragon Boat Festival.

Halifax, NS - Hugh Smith and Madison Faulkner named Athletes of the Month for May

Halifax, NS – The winners of the Ricoh Sport Awards were unveiled by Sport Nova Scotia tonight. Among them, a fifteen-year-old crowd thriller from North Preston, the best curlers on the planet, and a coaches dream who took MVP at Worlds. There are stories of Olympic hopefuls and Olympic veterans, a wheelchair basketball dynamo from Donkin, Cape Breton, and a Bridgewater coach who has two athletes qualifying for Worlds in completely different disciplines.

Halifax, NS - National greats, provincial record-smashers and homegrown international champions were highlighted today, as Sport Nova Scotia announced the names of the finalists for the 15th annual Ricoh Sport Awards.

Halifax, NS - Olivia Feschuk, Kyle Watson, and Team Emily Dwyer named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for April

Halifax, NS - Sport Nova Scotia will be announcing the finalists for the 2011 RICOH Sport Awards on Tuesday, May 31st.

Halifax, NS - More than 75 of the province’s toughest competitors will gather in Halifax this week-end for the Nova Scotia Amateur BodyBuilding Association’s Provincial BodyBuilding, Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championships.

Halifax, NS - Trysten Deveau, Evan Cruz, and Tyler Deveau named Sport Chek Athletes of the Month for March.

Halifax, NS - Sport Nova Scotia CEO Jamie Ferguson contributed to a CTV News report on inactivity with youth.

Halifax, NS - Sport Nova Scotia is pleased to see that the province has not only recognized that there is an obesity crisis in this province but has decided to take some action to try to address it.

Halifax, NS - Jason Downey, Dallas Rourke, Matthew Webb, and Henry Machum & Julien Fougere named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for February

Halifax, NS - Sean Berrigan, Olivia Feschuk, John Mattatal, and Riverview Eclipse named Sport Chek Athletes and Team of the Month for January

Halifax, NS - Ellie Black, James Hazelton, Rebecca MacDonald, Bradley Keeping-Myra, and Alex Green named Cleve’s Source for Sports / New Balance Athletes of the Month for December