{"id":82790,"date":"2026-04-23T09:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=82790"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:19:37","slug":"chapleau-receives-100k-to-help-more-kids-access-minor-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/chapleau-receives-100k-to-help-more-kids-access-minor-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapleau receives $100K to help more kids access minor hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Chapleau Minor Hockey Association, based in the\u00a0Northern Ontario town of Chapleau, has been named the grand prize winner of the\u00a0Kruger Big Assist, receiving a $100,000 donation from Canadian paper products maker\u00a0Kruger Products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Kruger Big Assist program supports community hockey\u00a0associations who are\u00a0working to remove barriers\u00a0and promote\u00a0inclusivity in the sport.\u00a0This year,\u00a0five regional winners were selected\u00a0nationwide, with Chapleau\u00a0representing\u00a0Ontario. After a 72\u2011hour national vote, Chapleau\u00a0emerged\u00a0as the\u00a0grand prize\u00a0winner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Located more than\u00a0a\u00a0three hour\u00a0drive\u00a0north of Sault Ste. Marie, the association serves families travelling over\u00a0100 km\u00a0to play\u00a0minor hockey, including players from surrounding First Nations communities. For many,\u00a0registration\u00a0costs, equipment, and long travel distances have made hockey difficult to access.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For a small association,\u00a0the impact will be immediate and\u00a0positively\u00a0impact\u00a0the next generation\u00a0of\u00a0 players\u00a0withing the Chapleau Minor Hockey Association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapleau Minor Hockey Association, based in the\u00a0Northern Ontario town of Chapleau, has been named the grand prize winner of the\u00a0Kruger Big Assist, receiving a $100,000 donation from Canadian paper products maker\u00a0Kruger Products.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Kruger Big Assist program supports community hockey\u00a0associations who are\u00a0working to remove barriers\u00a0and promote\u00a0inclusivity in the sport.\u00a0This year,\u00a0five regional winners were selected\u00a0nationwide, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 13:11:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82791,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82790\/revisions\/82791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}