CLA 150th Anniversary Celebration / Media Coverage
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.
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.
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