15+ hour, 35+ min ago   (850+ words) Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. "He was quite the ambitious guy," his younger brother Henry said Sunday, a day after Jelinek's death. "He was also sincerely and strongly…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (212+ words) Skate Canada announced Wednesday that Mike Slipchuk will step down as high-performance director after the 2026-27 season, following 20 years in the role. Slipchuk joined Skate Canada in 2006, and under his leadership, Canadian figure skaters won 10 Olympic and 24 world championship medals. Canada…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (428+ words) Just months after organizers of the Arctic Winter Games decided to shift to a three-year cycle for the event, they've scrapped that plan to say the games will be now back in 2028, in Fairbanks, Alaska. A news release from the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (202+ words) Decorated ice dancer Paul Poirier is joining Skate Canada's board of directors, the organization announced Thursday. Poirier won an Olympic bronze medal with longtime partner Piper Gilles at last February's Milan Cortina Winter Games. The 34-year-old from Unionville, Ont., has…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (44+ words) Discover everything you need to know about short track speed skating during the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina, Italy. Schedules. Results. Scores. Dates. When to watch. Does Canada play today? Competition schedules. Streaming Schedules. TV schedules. Short Track Speed…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (64+ words) CBC From 1994: Where do rollerblades belong? In 1994, a CBC reporter asks if rollerblades are vehicles or toys. - Not a good time for newspapers: The 1992 edition - Car phones helped get the job done in 1990 - Skate Canada hires Alpine Canada head Therese…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (641+ words) When a group of Grade 5 and 6 students in Fort McMurray, Alta., told Mayor Sandy Bowman they had nothing to do in their neighbourhood, he challenged them to bring a solution to council. More than three years later, some of those…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (269+ words) Olympic ice dance bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will not compete during the 2026-27 Grand Prix season. The International Skating Union released assignments for figure skating's top circuit on Tuesday, with 19 Canadian skaters selected to compete in the six-stop…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (700+ words) Before Tessa Virtue ever put on a pair of skates, she was a dancer. Virtue trained in ballet and contemporary before deciding instead to pursue figure skating at age seven, she said. The decision would set her on a path…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (332+ words) Charlottetown’s skate park in Victoria Park is getting a $100,000 upgrade this summer, its biggest overhaul since it opened more than 20 years ago. The park hasn’t seen many major changes since it was opened in 2002. It was created after a grassroots…...