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South Branch Garage presents
“Game On” in South Glengarry
Meet our Athletes
Fiona Leger
Age: 10
Hometown: Martintown
School: Williamstown Public School
Grade: 5
March’s Game On athlete is an articulate
young lady who tells her own story.
“I have been playing hockey for seven years,”
Fiona begins. “I love that it’s a team sport and
you get to make a lot of new friends; you
encourage each other to do your best. It’s fun
to work hard and challenge yourself to learn
new skills, and it’s really fun when it pays off and you can help your team. I
mostly play defense, but sometimes they let me play center.”
“Next in hockey, I would like to make next year’s U13 rep team,” she
continues. “In the future I would love to play in the PWHL for the Victoire de
Montreal. In other sports, I am going to golf camp this summer and will be
playing GSL soccer again. In August I will be dancing again in the Highland
Games.”
“Next year I will graduate from Williamstown Continued below
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Public School, and I plan on Statement from Mayor Towndale
going to Char-Lan High School.
In the future, I’d like to be an regarding U.S. tariffs against Canada.
engineer like my dad and maybe partnership with our neighbours to
go to Queen’s University. In Submitted Article
school sports last year, I made the the south has been the cornerstone of
basketball and soccer teams even “As a member of the Border Mayors our mutual prosperity and well-being
though I was only in Grade 4. We Alliance, I stand with my peers in for decades.
ended up winning first place in
both tournaments. That was really opposing these unjustified tariffs. I am committed to working to protect
exciting. These tariffs are not only detrimental and support our local economy,
Some of my other favourite things to the Canadian economy, but also to
to do are playing on the ODR with the United States economy as well. including our local businesses and
my friends, going snowmobiling, residents. We will continue to engage
and shopping!” The City of Cornwall has long with our partners across the border
Fiona feels hockey is important to valued its strong relationships with to stop this trade war. We will also
Canadian communities because it
builds friendships, everyone looks communities across the border, continue our work to find ways that
out for each other, and people are especially those in northern New York. we, as a municipal government, can
proud to represent the logo on We are an economic region, and our support local businesses at this time.”
their jersey.
