Referee
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3 generations of officiating family referee same game during Minor Hockey WeekThree generations of the Cassidy family are hockey referees. For the first time, the four will got to officiate together during Quickard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week.SportsJan 12, 2025
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Kingston’s only black hockey referee calling it a careerAfter 27 years of patrolling the ice and enforcing the rules of Canada's game in Kingston, Dale Jackson reflects on his career, and his life as a black person in hockey.CanadaFeb 15, 2024
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Basketball referees wanted to officiate games in Guelph and areaThe GBABO is actively recruiting new basketball officials to help with the 2,000 games that they will be officiating in Guelph, Wellington County and Dufferin County.SportsSep 4, 2023
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Lakeshore Soccer Club suspends coach after alleged racist outburstThe assistant coach was allegedly enraged with the call and ran onto the field and verbally abused the line judge with racial slurs. He was given a red card by the game's referee.CanadaMay 29, 2023
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Two Saskatchewan hockey officials ready for Olympics debut in BeijingCianna Lieffers and Alex Clarke have achieved many milestones throughout their officiating careers and now they're taking the next step, officiating at the 2022 Winter Olympics.SportsJan 19, 2022
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B.C. minor hockey grappling with chronic referee shortageB.C.'s minor hockey associations are grappling with a shortage of referees, brought on in part by the pandemic and working conditions for the young officials.SportsNov 12, 2021
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Meet Marie-Soleil Beaudoin, the first Nova Scotia woman to referee at a FIFA World CupEvery game is a new challenge and we never know what’s going to happen in the game, so it makes it kind of exciting, says Marie-Soleil Beaudoin.SportsJan 18, 2021
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Love of hockey kept Saskatchewan referee officiating for nearly 45 yearsAfter nearly 45 years of officiating hockey, Bruce Skilliter officiated his last SJHL game in November 2019.SportsMay 30, 2020
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Behind the Game: The ups and downs of professional refereeingIn this week's edition of Behind the Game, we talk to a WHL referee who has been wearing stripes since 2001. The veteran on-ice official is starting to get the nod internationally, this year making the trip to the World Junior Hockey Championship in the Czech Republic.SportsMay 3, 2020
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‘Just simple instinct’: Act of kindness from N.B. goaltender draws standing ovationThe Vikings ended up winning the game 11-0, but the goaltender says it was clear that by the end, nobody really cared about the score.SportsDec 18, 2019
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