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Providence Bay
Alexia Hannigan

Alexia here with your Ides of March Fly.

Friends, Neighbours, Countrymen.... lend me your ears... not the corn kind. Here we are at the midpoint between St. Paddy’s Day and the seedbed of Spring—can you feel it? That hum, crackle and swoosh that is our well- preserved wintering bodies, breaking free from the confines of being inside all the time. We are finally coming up for air. Shaking a leg and shaking off the seasonal colds and sleep-schedule cobwebs once and for all. The free-flowing sound and fury of expanding and warming waterways, vessels and cells, the sensational sounds of ice breaking apart and away, paired with the sounds of sandwiched layers of sand, slush and sleet ricocheting off our tires, boots, skids and skis. Sap oozing into pitched pails and puddles. Prick up your ears once more, and you will hear the most beautiful sound of all - that of the returning songbirds and animals waking from Winter’s Slumber. The natural world is waking up! Stop, look and listen! Mother nature is calling and cooing and coming back to life-are you ready for it?

Here’s what’s happening: 

Puck drops: M’Chigeeng, Wikwemikong, Assiginack, Gore Bay, Mindemoya and Providence Bay arenas are open for the season for public skates - be sure to check the Mindemoya Thunder and Manitoulin Men’s Hockey League and the Manitoulin Women’s Recreational Hockey League Facebook pages games and tourneys! Visit your local team hockey websites for calendars, games, stats and events.