"I play pickleball. There, I've admitted it ..... And, as goofy as the name of the game sounds, I feel good getting the words out. They say that the first step toward addressing an addiction is to admit that you have it. And I am addicted to pickleball." Read the full article from ​Gary Brown in The Canton Repository here.

"The OPC Pickleball Club (Parksville) has started a pilot program that aims to help people with Parkinson’s disease.  A group of eight people with the neurodegenerative disease were first introduced to pickleball by club instructors Ernie Pallot and Sharon Fox at the Parksville Community Park tennis courts on July 25." Read the full article from the Parksville Qualicum Beach News here.

The London (Ontario) International Airport recently announced it has opened a free pickleball court on the northeast side of the airport parking lot. Read the full article from the London News Today ​here.

"Baby boomers were some of the earliest adopters of the sport, though the number of 18–to-34-year-olds taking up the game is rising steadily. With fun and fitness often cited as the reason so many have picked up a racquet, it’s worth finding out just how much of a workout you get during a game of pickleball." Read the full article from Jill Barker in the Vancouver Sun here.

"Not long ago, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee showed up on Bainbridge Island, at the original court. He said, "London can have Wimbledon, Rome can have the Coliseum. But we have the epicenter of the world today, where pickleball started, on Bainbridge Island." View the KOMO News report looking back to the birth of pickleball.

"The courts on Wain Road have been the source of what North Saanich staff call regular public complaints about a variety of issues, including play after posted hours." Their solution: "Professional security guards to patrol pickleball courts in North Saanich." Read the full article from Saanich News here.