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Medicine Hat partnership launches Learn to Skate & Resilience Program
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (323+ words) A new community partnership in Medicine Hat is allowing local youth to build confidence and resilience through skateboarding. Our Collective Journey (OCJ), the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association and the Southeast Alberta Community Foundation have launched a free six-week Learn to…...
Figure skater Tessa Virtue to make off-ice dance debut at Fall for Dance North
2+ week, 2+ day ago (713+ words) TORONTO " 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…...
City off Medicine Hat launches portable skate ramp initiative
3+ week, 6+ day ago (201+ words) The City of Medicine Hat's Parks and Recreation department will install a temporary portable skate ramp at the recently rebuilt East Glen Outdoor Rink starting on Friday. The initiative offers portable ramps at two different locations each summer in areas…...
Canadian pair Pereira, Michaud capture bronze at figure skating worlds
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (797+ words) Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud have won their first medal at the world figure skating championships, and earned some redemption in the process. The Canadian pair captured bronze Thursday after shattering their personal best with 140. 57 points in a beautiful free…...
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier embrace "outsider" role in Netflix doc
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (927+ words) TORONTO " Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have spent much of their careers skating just outside the sport's centre of gravity. They don't train at the Ice Academy of Montreal (I. AM), the powerhouse that has come to dominate…...