A Celebratory Billboard, And Beach Volleyball Up North

August 12, 2022 7:36 am Published by

A proud New Jersey mother celebrated her daughter receiving a doctorate by purchasing space on a billboard in a busy area. 52-year-old Kendra Busbee said she paid $1,250 to have the face of her daughter, Kristine Smalls printed on the billboard overlooking Route 130 in Camden to congratulate her on earning her doctorate in psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The Nunavut beach volleyball team is competing for the first time at the Canada Summer Games, in Niagara. “Everyone’s asking where we train or how we train because they still think we live in ice and snow during the summer, you know?” said Ian McDonald, one of four Nunavut athletes competing in the sport. While the territory in Canada’s north is not winter and ice all the time, it is significantly cooler than Ontario in August. And while there is a beach outside of Iqaluit, it doesn’t have ideal conditions for the game, so the team has mostly been practicing inside a gym. In preparation for the Games, they spent their summer travelling and training in the sand — first a week in Halifax, then two-and-a-half weeks in Kelowna, B.C. CLICK HERE to read the full story.

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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone