Islanders to start playoffs this weekend

The Cape Breton West Islanders hosted a firefighter and emergency responder appreciation ceremony prior to last Sunday’s Major Midget game in Port Hood. The firefighters (from left) Donald MacDonald, Brian Ingraham, and Chief Donald Francis Beaton, all of the Port Hood Volunteer Fire Department; Jimmy Gillis and Pasquate Talbot, of the Judique and District Volunteer Fire Department; stand with Islander President Brian MacInnis, drop the puck to officially start the game. Taking the face-off are Pictou Weeks captain Tanner Greatorex (left) and Islander captain Dylan Chisholm.

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Grant McDaniel

Sports reporter Grant McDaniel is a Port Hood native, who after graduating from StFX University, joined The Reporter in 2001.