With the Nipissing Lakers Nordic Ski team back on Canadian soil after competing in the University Winter Games in Italy, the long trip home and some time off gave them a chance to look back and reflect on the games. Head coach Toivo Koivukoski and skiers Jordan Cascagnette, Thomsen D’Hont and Kajsa Heyes all took part in the event, which brought together some of the best athletes in the world.

With the Nipissing Lakers on the outside of the playoff picture at the moment, head coach Mike McParland isn’t going to sit back and play the waiting game. Throughout the first half of the season, McParland has been diligently working at improving his roster, and the team debuted some new faces Sunday night in their first game of 2014.

Congratulations to Nipissing University graduate, Rod Dubey (BA’78, BEd ’79), who has published a new book…beautiful in my worn clothes…The Transgressions of Love (Charivari Press).