ST. JOHN'S — While the venue may have changed, box lacrosse at the Canada Games is not going anywhere.

Wildfires prompted an evacuation alert in the community of Paradise and forced the relocation of the box lacrosse competition at the 2025 Games on Tuesday. That moved the action in this year's women's tournament from the Paradise Double Ice Complex venue to the DF Barnes Arena.

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After a pilot project in 2022, the sport returned for the 2025 Canada Games and was then officially added as a permanent sport on the programme. The Games are seen as an important showcase to grow Canada's national summer sport as well as Indigenous participation in the Canada Games themselves.

Council president and CEO Kelly-Ann Paul said box lacrosse is important because

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