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A Quebec court has ruled that a class action lawsuit against the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League can proceed. At issue is whether players in the league should be considered employees and paid.

For Harold (Red) Conrad, watching the Halifax Mooseheads play at the Memorial Cup is bringing back memories of when he suited up for the Halifax St. Mary's Juniors and played in the national tournament in 1947 and 1948.

For Harold (Red) Conrad, watching the Halifax Mooseheads play at the Memorial Cup is bringing back memories of when he suited up for the Halifax St. Mary's Juniors and played in the national tournament in 1947 and 1948.

High school rugby players in Nova Scotia will get to finish their season, the province and the school sports federation announced Tuesday.

A memo to schools from the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation says its board of governors "have not resolved" the rugby issue, days after the province's education minister ordered the sport be reinstated.

Education Minister Zach Churchill has ordered the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation to reinstate rugby at high schools across the province.

The decision to cancel high school rugby has been widely skewered by students, athletes, coaching staff and parents, who have even garnered support from Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang.

Players, parents and coaches are angry that the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation has decided to cancel public school rugby games across the province because of safety concerns.

The helmets send a wireless alert to staff on the sidelines if a player sustains a hit that exceeds a certain threshold.

An extremely steep step felled nearly every member of a Nova Scotia minor hockey team, with each wee leap to the ice ending in a boy-sized pile. And the cuteness factor has quickly pushed the resulting video to viral status.