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Ottawa Citizen
10-08-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Habs players look tiny standing next to 7-foot-9 Quebec basketball player Olivier Rioux
Article content At a charity event on Saturday, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobeš and defenceman Alexandre Carrier stood side-by-side with 7-foot-9 Quebec basketball player Olivier Rioux, and the disparity in height did not go unnoticed by Habs fans. Article content The trio, along with NHL stars Maveric Lamoureux and Vincent Desharnais, were all at Complexe CN in Brossard for Kevin Raphaël's annual Classique KR hockey tournament to raise funds for the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation. Article content Jakub Dobes des @CanadiensMTL qui regarde notre québécois @Oli_Rioux des @GatorsMBK à la Classique KR10 de @kevinraphael21 - Une superbe journée pour la foundation et notre communauté! @ChantalMachabee @GMolsonCHC #GoHabsGo — Athletes In Power Sports Management (@AthletesInPower) August 9, 2025 Article content At 6-foot-4, Dobeš is no shrimp. But even on skates, he had to crane his neck considerably to see Rioux's face. Article content 'He plays Basketball for now, but put Rioux in goal and see what happens,' commented another. Article content Article content On his Instagram stories, Rioux also posted a picture alongside Carrier, one of the shorter players on the Canadiens at 5-foot-11. Article content Mammoth defenceman Lamoureux and Sharks blue liner Desharnais are two of the tallest guys in the league — at 6-foot-6 and 6-foot-7, respectively — and even they looked puny compared to the 19-year-old Terrebonne native. Article content Article content 'It's rare that we're small,' said Lamoureux in the caption. Rioux has taken the basketball world by storm since his early teens, with footage of him towering over players his own age. This past season, he was a redshirt freshman for the Florida Gators, meaning he didn't play in any games for the reigning NCAA men's championship school. Article content
Edmonton Journal
10-08-2025
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Habs players look tiny standing next to 7-foot-9 Quebec basketball player Olivier Rioux
Article content At a charity event on Saturday, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobeš and defenceman Alexandre Carrier stood side-by-side with 7-foot-9 Quebec basketball player Olivier Rioux, and the disparity in height did not go unnoticed by Habs fans. Article content The trio, along with NHL stars Maveric Lamoureux and Vincent Desharnais, were all at Complexe CN in Brossard for Kevin Raphaël's annual Classique KR hockey tournament to raise funds for the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation. Article content Jakub Dobes des @CanadiensMTL qui regarde notre québécois @Oli_Rioux des @GatorsMBK à la Classique KR10 de @kevinraphael21 - Une superbe journée pour la foundation et notre communauté! @ChantalMachabee @GMolsonCHC #GoHabsGo — Athletes In Power Sports Management (@AthletesInPower) August 9, 2025 Article content At 6-foot-4, Dobeš is no shrimp. But even on skates, he had to crane his neck considerably to see Rioux's face. Article content 'He plays Basketball for now, but put Rioux in goal and see what happens,' commented another. Article content Article content On his Instagram stories, Rioux also posted a picture alongside Carrier, one of the shorter players on the Canadiens at 5-foot-11. Article content Mammoth defenceman Lamoureux and Sharks blue liner Desharnais are two of the tallest guys in the league — at 6-foot-6 and 6-foot-7, respectively — and even they looked puny compared to the 19-year-old Terrebonne native. Article content Article content 'It's rare that we're small,' said Lamoureux in the caption. Rioux has taken the basketball world by storm since his early teens, with footage of him towering over players his own age. This past season, he was a redshirt freshman for the Florida Gators, meaning he didn't play in any games for the reigning NCAA men's championship school. Article content
Winnipeg Free Press
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Liberals gear up for leadership race; sole MLA not interested
The hunt for a new Manitoba Liberal leader is set to begin this summer after the party's lone MLA confirmed Friday she doesn't want the job. 'After much consideration I have made the decision to not pursue the leadership,' Cindy Lamoureux, the member for Tyndall Park, said in a news release. Lamoureux has been interim leader since leader Dougald Lamont lost his St. Boniface seat in the 2023 election to NDP candidate Robert Loiselle. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES 'After much consideration I have made the decision to not pursue the leadership,' Cindy Lamoureux, the member for Tyndall Park, said in a news release. 'I will continue to focus my attention on serving the constituents of Tyndall Park and will remain on as the interim leader until a new leader has been elected by the party membership,' Lamoureux said. A leadership committee and convention team are being set up and the nomination period is expected to open early this summer, said party president Terry Hayward. 'That's my hope so that any potential candidates can get out there and start talking to people that they would like to support them in the campaign for leadership,' Hayward said. 'They will be reaching out as much as possible to liberals and potential liberals who would support them in the upcoming leadership campaign,' he said. It's been a long time since the Liberals were a force in Manitoba; under Sharon Carstairs'e leadership, the Grits won 20 seats and became official Opposition in 1988. 'We've had some rough times,' Hayward said Friday. 'We still are a viable party — a bit reduced, I would admit that,' he said. The party lost two of its three seats in 2023. 'I'm hoping that a leadership campaign will bring a few more people to the realization that there is a needed third voice here in Manitoba,' Hayward said. 'We've heard a lot of criticism from people saying that the current NDP party is presenting Progressive Conservative party ideas and policies.' He praised Lamoureux for providing 'excellent service' as the lone Grit in the legislature. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Lamoureux has been interim leader since leader Dougald Lamont lost his St. Boniface seat in the 2023 election. 'She's been doing a great job bringing key things to the floor' said Hayward. 'There are more Cindys out there, more liberals like her out there, that we will work to get into the legislature and eventually get back to party status that we had,' he said. 'I think we've got a viable option for people.' The next election is expected in October 2027. Hayward said he expects a new leader should have at least 18 months in the role before Manitobans go to the polls. The committee in charge of the process will be unbiased in the search for a new leader, its president said. 'They will not be supporting any one candidate that might come forward — and that goes as well for our board of directors that are involved in this thing.' Wednesdays A weekly dispatch from the head of the Free Press newsroom. Carol SandersLegislature reporter Carol Sanders is a reporter at the Free Press legislature bureau. The former general assignment reporter and copy editor joined the paper in 1997. Read more about Carol. Every piece of reporting Carol produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Winnipeg Free Press
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Lone Liberal MLA won't seek leadership
Manitoba's lone Liberal MLA says she won't seek leadership of the provincial party. 'After much consideration I have made the decision to not pursue the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party at this time,' Cindy Lamoureux, the member for Tyndall Park, said in a news release. Lamoureux has served as interim leader of the Manitoba Liberals since party leader Dougald Lamont lost his St. Boniface seat in the 2023 provincial election to NDP candidate Robert Loiselle. 'I will continue to focus my attention on serving the constituents of Tyndall Park and will remain on as the interim leader until a new leader has been elected by the party membership,' Lamoureux said. 'I appreciate all the support that I have received from the party, family, friends and others.'
Chicago Tribune
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
After running long distances and sprints, Lockport's Nolan Lamoureux rolls to state title in 800. ‘A big jumble.'
A stress fracture in grade school has been a blessing in disguise for Lockport's Nolan Lamoureux. The Lewis-bound senior track star enjoyed cross country and distance running as a youngster, but as he approached the high school stage of his life, that aspect started to take a toll on him. Lamoureux suffered that stress fracture in seventh grade, but that's not all. 'COVID hit right after,' he said. 'It was just a big jumble.' When all was said and done, Lamoureux ended up loving the sprints. He spent three years concentrating on those events for the Porters, finishing third in the state as a junior in the 400. Veteran Lockport coach Tom Razo sat down with Lamoureux before this spring, and they came up with the idea of Lamoureux running races in the middle distances, in particular the 800. That plan worked out pretty well. So well, in fact, that Lamoureux went out and won the Class 3A state championship in that event at Eastern Illinois' O'Brien Field in Charleston. 'He came into our school as a sprinter and I knew him as a distance runner,' Razo said of Lamoureux. 'He made his mark as a freshman sprinter, but I thought he would be at a whole different level if he moves up. 'It took us a while to talk him into it. His junior year, he dabbled in it. This year, after the indoor season was over, he said 'OK, I think the best shot for me winning a title is moving up.''' Lamoureux won the state title in a time of 1:51.92, edging out Yorkville's Owen Horeni at 1:52.22. Then, in the 1,600 relay, Lamoureux joined Fope Omisore, Xavier Adeniyi and Michael Nicholson to finish second for the Porters with a 3:18.01, losing out to Evanston's 3:17.73. Still, Lamoureux became Lockport's first state champion since John Meyer won the shot put in 2018 and the first runner for the Porters to take gold since 2008 when Kyle Engnell won the 1,600. Homewood-Flossmoor's 400 relay of Joaquin Jordan, Charles Dees, Myles Ellis and Zion Morrison won the Class 3A state title with a 41.00. In Class 2A, Southland Prep's Amauree Williams became the first boys track athlete in program history to win a state championship, prevailing in the 300 hurdles with a 37.77. Lamoureux's win, however, wasn't easy. It was a come-from-behind victory. 'No one challenged him all year long,' Razo said of Lamoureux. 'He controlled all of the races he was in. The young man from Yorkville took off at 400 meters, gapped him and gapped him good. 'I was kind of worried there for a second. I'm thinking 'OK, you've got to respond to this.' Prior to the race, we talked about going out at a certain pace, which he did. During the last 200 meters, I wanted him to kick like a mad fiend and he did. With 50 meters left, he took control.' Razo may have been a little worried, but Lamoureux was unfazed. 'Throughout the race, I knew that he was a fast mile guy,' Lamoureux said of Horeni. 'But I knew I had a stronger kick. I let him get out a little bit ahead of me, but it's all about tactical racing. 'I was staying not too far behind, and I was at a good point where I was still in the race. I knew that as long as I kicked, I would still have the race.' In grade school, Lamoureux started running because when he played basketball he was faster than everyone else. Track, though, is something that he has grown to love. 'It's a sport where I can challenge myself,' he said. 'And it keeps me motivated.'
