Mayor Allan MacEachern tosses a vintage-style basketball into a basket at the World’s Oldest Basketball Court, in St. Stephen, N.B., in a still image taken from video footage made Friday, April 11, 2025. MacEachern says being home to the world’s oldest basketball court means the town shares a responsibility in saving this gem and showing it to others. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam
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By Hina Alam The Canadian Press
ST. STEPHEN – The rise in patriotism prompted by a hostile U.S. president is renewing focus on everything Canada has given the world, and a small New Brunswick mill town wants people to know the sport of basketball belongs on that list.
A brick building nestled between an empty lot and a sports bar in St. Stephen, N.B., is claimed to house the world’s oldest surviving basketball court, with records of a game being played there on Oct. 17, …
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