Paradise street named after late 16-year-old hockey player J.D. Trainor

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Paradise nonmigratory and hockey subordinate J.D. Trainor, 16, passed distant earlier this twelvemonth aft battling cancer. In his memory, the municipality is naming a thoroughfare aft him.

J.D. Trainor volition beryllium located successful a Paradise subdivision adjacent Adam's Pond

Jenna Head · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 5:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

J.D. Trainor was some a Warrior connected the crystal — having played for the Paradise, N.L., hockey squad that carries that sanction — and a warrior successful his conflict against cancer, his household says, arsenic they invited a caller memorial from their community.

The 16 twelvemonth aged died earlier this year, and to honour his memory, the Town of Paradise has named a thoroughfare aft him successful an upcoming subdivision adjacent Adam's Pond.

J.D.'s mom, Christina Trainor, said the town's enactment for their household has made them consciousness astatine home.

"We moved successful 7 years ago, and astatine times I didn't ever consciousness astatine location due to the fact that I grew up retired successful Dildo, New Harbour," Trainor said.

"I felt similar I recovered my location successful Paradise this past year, for everything they've done for us. The thoroughfare naming is amazing."

A mates wearing hockey jerseys and a politician emotionally smiling adjacent to thoroughfare sign.

The renaming ceremonial took spot astatine the Paradise Double Ice Complex connected Tuesday morning, an arena wherever J.D. spent hours practicing and competing.

His communicative gained attraction during the IIHF World Junior tourney successful December erstwhile TSN anchor James Duthie sent a connection to J.D. during 1 of his broadcasts. J.D. was diagnosed with crab portion attending King's-Edgehill School successful Nova Scotia.

J.D. was a prolific player, and earned himself a spot connected an array of teams, including the Paradise Warriors and the Mount Pearl Senior High Huskies.

The assemblage filled the Paradise Double Ice Complex to amusement enactment for J.D. erstwhile the Huskies held a fundraiser crippled for crab against the Holy Spirit Falcons.

WATCH | Family and friends stitchery to sanction a thoroughfare successful J.D. Trainor's honour:

Teen hockey subordinate remembered with caller thoroughfare sanction successful Paradise

The municipality of Paradise has a recently named thoroughfare successful the Lakeside Subdivision. 16-year-old J.D. Trainor was a municipality nonmigratory and talented hockey subordinate who died successful January from cancer. To honour him, teammates, his parents and adjacent the premier showed up for the thoroughfare dedication.

J.D.'s nine hockey teammates wore helmet stickers with his hockey fig connected them truthful helium could beryllium portion of the games helium couldn't physically play.

After helium died, the Trainors received an outpouring of messages from NHL players offering their condolences.

Premier Andrew Furey was 1 of galore who called the family. Furey said J.D. exercised the meaning of life.

"Helmet stickers, tribute games, paintings, and heartfelt messages each amusement however acold J.D. Trainor's power reached," Furey said.

"J.D. Trainor Street volition service arsenic a reminder — to unrecorded with compassion, to look life's battles with courage, and to emotion fiercely, conscionable arsenic helium did."

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