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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The governing group for novice hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador has come to be the most up-to-date provincial human body to declare it will withhold player service fees from Hockey Canada.
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Hockey N.L. explained in a statement posted Friday to its internet site it will not be submitting its $3-for every-player participant rate to Hockey Canada whilst the nationwide governing overall body is under independent critique.
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Hockey Canada has been below extreme scrutiny considering the fact that May, when it was revealed that an undisclosed settlement had been compensated to a female who alleged in a $3.55-million lawsuit she was sexually assaulted by 8 players in London, Ont., in 2018.
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It has also appear to mild that Hockey Canada kept a fund partly taken care of by insignificant hockey registration expenses to shell out for uninsured liabilities, including sexual assault and abuse statements.
Hockey New Brunswick stated Friday it would withhold the costs, adhering to identical moves by provincial bodies including the Ontario Hockey Federation, Hockey Quebec and Hockey Nova Scotia.
Hockey N.L. also declared Thursday that it recently set up a sexual violence prevention program for its associates, as nicely as an LGBTQ2+ policy, but it stopped brief of reducing ties with Hockey Canada.
