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North Bay Nipissing News By Laurel J. Campbell NORTH BAY – They’re back. Or at least they will be Robots are expected to take over Nipissing University’s athletic centre next month when the city hosts the regional robotics competition where 36 school from across Ontario will be vying for the opportunity to compete at the world championships in Missouri in April.

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By The Mississauga News MISSISSAUGA – Tomken Road Middle School’s First Lego League team finished second at the Ontario provincial competition where 40 finalist teams competed at the University of Waterloo.   For finishing second, the team, known as ADDi2de, has earned the opportunity to compete at the international rounds of their choice, in either Sydney, Australia or Carlsbad, California. 

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Oakville Beaver By Herb Garbutt It was about two-and-a-half hours into a marathon brainstorming session and Stephanie Catricala had heard the discussion range from helping seniors with technology to teaching a second language. She couldn’t help but be intrigued when student Andrew Strauss threw out the idea of creating a new language. As she listened, her dad walked by. Pausing

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BY SIMMONS, GARRETT ON FEBRUARY 23, 2015. LETHBRIDGE HERALD Twenty-two students, along with five teacher mentors from Chinook High School and eight technical mentors from Pratt & Whitney Canada, have come together to create the first robotics team in southern Alberta. Their goal? To compete in the Regional FIRST Robotics Competition on April 2. FIRST Robotics Competition is described as

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Waterloo Region Record By Anam Latif WATERLOO — A large gymnasium teemed with noise, excitement and thousands of Lego pieces. Hundreds of nine- to 14-year-old children from across Ontario filled the gymnasium at University of Waterloo on Saturday for the annual FIRST Lego League West Ontario championships. Student teams build robots using Lego pieces and complex programming software. Each year

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King Connection By Tim Kelly The Kingsbridge Conference Centre has stepped up to donate $25,000 to help young people learn more about robotics. The beneficiaries are FIRST Lego League Canada and ventureLAB, who made the announcement Wednesday. FIRST Lego League of Canada runs innovative robotics competitions for kids in grades 4 to 8, including in York Region. The  Kingsbridge Conference

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Hundreds of Ontario students flocked to Oshawa Saturday for the First Lego Leagueprovincial championships, where teams of students ages 9 to 14 squared off with the robots they built using the beloved blocks. The students also pitched solutions to tackle real-world problems affecting their communities. “These children are the future,” said Mark Breadner, executive director of First Robotics Canada, which

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Take a look at the live stream below or go to watchfirstnow.com to catch some of the action at the 2015 Eastern Ontario Provincial Championship on Saturday, January 16!

FRC Events There are seven regional events that will be taking place in Canada this March through April.  Take a look at the Upcoming FRC Events page for details on the events.  Check out this page on how you can volunteer at one of these events!   FLL Events There are two Ontario Provincial Championships that will be taking place in 2015:

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Mississauga News By Graeme Frisque MISSISSAUGA – Thousands of Robotics teams from Peel Region and across the world were glued to their monitors and Smart TV’s last weekend as NASA released the international game challenge for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) 2015 competition season. Now that the task has been announced – “Recycle Rush”: build a robot that can stack tote

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