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By Ina Pace, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Squamish Chief Nation players and non-Nation players came together at the recent spring tournament, uniting as a \u2018big, small family.\u2019 Squamish Nation members celebrated community solidarity at this year\u2019s slo-pitch softball spring league tournament in Squamish, in which they took third place. The Icebreaker Slo-Pitch tournament, hosted by the non-profit Squamish Slo-Pitch Association (SSPA), took place April 25 to 27, highlighting solidarity with a large community turnout and a \u201chuge victory\u201d for the S\u1e35wx\u0331w\u00fa7mesh Ts’a’nsut. Ts’a’nsut’s creator and manager\u2014and Nation councillor\u2014Deanna Lewis described Icebreaker as one of this year\u2019s best tournaments, explaining that whilst the fall tournament, dubbed \u2018Fall Ball season\u2019 is when new players are introduced, the spring league is the literal icebreaker for the teams, an opportunity to bond and… <\/p>\n

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By Ina Pace, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Squamish Chief Nation players and non-Nation players came together at the recent spring tournament, uniting as a \u2018big, small family.\u2019 Squamish Nation members celebrated community solidarity at this year\u2019s slo-pitch softball spring league tournament in Squamish, in which they took third place. The Icebreaker Slo-Pitch tournament, hosted by the non-profit Squamish Slo-Pitch Association (SSPA), took place April 25 to 27, highlighting solidarity with a large community turnout and a \u201chuge victory\u201d for the S\u1e35wx\u0331w\u00fa7mesh Ts’a’nsut. Ts’a’nsut’s creator and manager\u2014and Nation councillor\u2014Deanna Lewis described Icebreaker as one of this year\u2019s best tournaments, explaining that whilst the fall tournament, dubbed \u2018Fall Ball season\u2019 is when new players are introduced, the spring league is the literal icebreaker for the teams, an opportunity to bond and... <\/p>\n

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