Border Cats Season Cancelled

Jason Wellwood May 26, 2020 4:58 pm Last Updated on July 2, 2025 4:51 am

The Border Cats 2020 season in Thunder Bay has been cancelled because questions surround when the Canada-U.S. border will reopen.

General Manager Tony DiPaolo explains the players are being loaned out to a newly formed team in Bismark, North Dakota. That team will then become part of a modified Northwoods League season. The format is still a work in progress.

“We’re just doing this so that the players can play and practice…with so much uncertainty in Canada (and because) we are the only Canadian team, we’re just giving players the option to go there,” indicates DiPaolo.

The Border Cats general manager promises the team will be back in Thunder Bay for the 2021 Northwoods League season.

Jason Wellwood

Originally from southern Ontario, Jason found his way here and fell in love with the community and music scene of Thunder Bay over twenty years ago. In between various stints on radio, television and writing, Jason is a dad, a partner and (some would consider) a zoo keeper (seriously, he has a LOT of pets).

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