Canada honours Colored Hockey League of Maritimes

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Halifax – Darrell Samson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Member of Parliament for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, commemorated the national historic significance of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes (CHLM) with a special ceremony to unveil a plaque at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. The announcement …

Colored Hockey League of Maritimes recognized as national historic significance 

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Gatineau – Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced the designation of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes as an event of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. In 1895, Black Baptist leaders in Halifax created three hockey teams – the Eurekas, the Jubilees, and the …