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  by Pierre Filion pierrefilion@bell.net For some time now I’ve been looking at Lacrosse Canada 2026-27 budget and waiting with great interest for Lacrosse Canada to release its March 31st 2026 financial statements. Because those documents give us, and will give us, a clear picture of what Lacrosse Canada is all about. They tell us what Lacrosse Canada does and mostly what it has elected not to do. Now don’t get me wrong; we do need a National Association. The first obvious conclusion that one can readily come to, when looking at the 2026-27 budget of 4,143,675$ is that Lacrosse Canada has very little ability to raise money and , in fact, raises very little. Lacrosse Canada will receive 1,265,162$ from Sport Canada in form s of grants. What the budget does not tell anyone is how much money will go for general governance and how much for High Performance programs (the National Teams). Now anyone who has worked with grant requests will tell you that this is easy money to collec...

Merv Marshall was the goaltender for six seasons (1963-1968) w ith the Oshawa Green Gaels when the Gaels won seven straight Minto Cup championship s. It is fair to say no other team has dominated the OLA Junior “A” League as the Gaels did during their seven consecutive Minto Cup run. Marshall was quick and agile and was the catalyst for the offence and he strived to move the ball up the floor after making a save. Some of the greatest Green Gaels played during this era including Merv Marshall, Johnny Davis, Chuck Li, Elmer Tran , Gaylord Powless, Terry Rowland, Charlie Marlowe, Brian Thompson, Larry Lloyd , Jim Higgs and others. Merv Marshall was the Most Valuable Player of the 1963 Minto Cup, the Ontario Lacrosse Association Most Valuable Player in 1965 and a first team all-star in 1967. He collected 128 assists thorough his junior career. Marshall was part of the Brooklin Mann Cup team in 1969, a Windsor Warlocks Senior “B” Presidents Cup team in 1971 and with the Rochester ...

  by Pierre Filion pierrefilion@bell.net The arrival of ICE (Imposed Commissioners ’ Expe dition ) and the presentation of the 2026-27 Lacrosse Canada budget reveal one thing with vivid clarity; the provinces are just simply on their dying beds. Lacrosse Canada is killing them slowly and softly. Let’s start with the 2026-27 budget (from April 2026 to March 2027). It’s on Lacrosse Canada’s website if you manage to find it. It was placed there a few days ago without any form of notice to the members. It’s there; it’s revealing; just try to find it. It’s a balanced budget as always. But past budgets have not always ended up ‘’balanced’’; 2022-23; a budget of 1,737,088$ with a 308,397$ surplus 2023-24; a budget of 1,844,302$ with a 194,749$ deficit 2024-25; a budget of 2,510,392$ with an 805,155$ deficit 2025-26; a budget of 2,426,884$; the fiscal year ends March 31 st 2026; no information is available at this time and no one knows what to expect; 2026-27; a budget of 4,143,675$. T...