CLA 150th Anniversary Celebration / Media Coverage

Written

TV

Global News Montreal aired this piece on their 5:30PM newscast.

http://globalnews.ca/video/2765148/canadian-lacrosse-foundation-reveals-plans-for-150th-anniversary

CBC Montreal sent a cameraman to capture some video but did not use the footage on any of their news/sports broadcasts.

Articles

Canadian Press wrote an article on the event that has been picked up by quite a few newspapers from across the country.

http://montrealgazette.com/sports/history-native-origins-highlighted-as-canadian-lacrosse-turns-150

  • NATIONAL - CTV News, Metro News
  • ON - Waterloo Regional Record, Hamilton Spectator, Waterloo Chronicle Herald, Flamborough Review, Metroland Southwestern Ontario
  • QC - Montreal Gazette
  • AB - Medicine Hat News
  • BC - Haida Gwaii Observer, Penticton Herald, Kelowna Daily Courier
  • SK - Regina Leader Post, News Talk 980 CJME
  • MB - Winnipeg Free Press, Brandon Sun
  •  First Nations Media - Turtle Island News

 

Montreal Gazette did an interview with Travis Gabriel, the traditional stick maker who presented a replica stick to Jim Burke at the press conference.

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/keeping-alive-mohawk-tradition-of-hand-made-wooden-lacrosse-stick

Windspeaker, an Indigenous newspaper/website, wrote an article on the event.

http://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/rich-lacrosse-history-to-be-celebrated/

Kahnawake News wrote an article on the event.

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/kahnawake-news/ioriwase-june-16-2016/2016061501/#16

Lax Power published our release.

http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=49625

McGill published a variation of our release.

http://mcgillathletics.ca/news/2016/6/15/mens-lacrosse-montreal-and-mcgill-to-host-150th-anniversary-celebration-of-lacross-in-2017.aspx

SIRC and Sportcom helped distribute the release to the amateur sport community in both official languages.

http://sirc.ca/news/montreal-host-150th-anniversary-lacrosse-celebration-2017

http://www.sportcom.qc.ca/index.php/2016/06/15/Montreal-sera-lhote-de-la-Celebration-du-150e-anniversaire-de-crosse-en-2017/