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Registration open for Orillia Figure Skating Club fall and winter programs
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (229+ words) PreCan and CanSkate Programs The club’s popular PreCan and CanSkate programs are designed to introduce children to skating in a fun, supportive environment while helping them develop confidence and fundamental skating skills. All PreCan and CanSkate skaters must wear a…...
PROFILE: 'Tireless' figure skating coach shows 'true spirit' of a volunteer
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (579+ words) For more than 40 years, Tracey Zwiers has been a fixture at local rinks, passing along her passion for figure skating to generations of young Orillia athletes. Zwiers exemplifies “the true spirit of a builder and volunteer,” says Nicole Murray, who…...
Artists, skaters team up to fund Orillia’s long-awaited skatepark
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (609+ words) After nearly a decade of fundraising, advocacy and community support, a long-awaited skatepark in Orillia is edging closer to becoming a reality with a unique art auction set to play a key role in the final push. The Orillia Skateparkers…...
Saturday event to mark Orillia Figure Skating Club's 75th anniversary
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (205+ words) The 2 p.m. performance has officially sold out, but tickets remain for the 7 p.m. evening show. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online until March 6, 2026. Any remaining tickets will be available for cash purchase at the door prior to the evening performance....
'Best seat in the house': Local skating judge keeps close eye on Olympics
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1050+ words) Debbie Islam plans to be glued to the television screen throughout the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, like she always is every four years. That’s when she’s not at the Olympic Games herself. The Barrie woman has a rich background in…...
Outdoor skate trail opens for season at Simcoe County Museum
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (214+ words) Skaters can access the skate trail through the group entrance of the museum as the remainder of it is closed for renovations and inaccessible to the public. Tickets will be available at the door and online, for same day use…...
Orillia figure skating coach honoured with national award
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (520+ words) Tracey Zwiers has always had a passion for figure skating. She first laced up her skates as a child after her parents enroled her in the winter sport. In adolescence, she competed in singles free skate, and after the conclusion…...
'Cool, unique and different' speed-skating event coming to region with Ontario Winter Games
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (445+ words) Some of the province’s top speed skaters will be hitting the ice in Barrie next month for the Ontario Winter Games. While most of the winter games are set to take place in Orillia, the Barrie Speed Skating Club, which…...
'Cool feeling': Local speed skater races toward national stage
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (599+ words) For one local athlete, it wasn’t figure skates or hockey skates that sparked a love for the ice — it was the moment she tried speed skating. Caitlin Besso, 16, put on ice skates for the first time when she was four…...
'Awesome' Gill Street Community Complex reopens with cake, skating (11 photos)
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (534+ words) The parking lot was full as people braved snowy weather to attend the grand reopening of the Gill Street Community Complex at 9 a.m. Wednesday. "It's never too early for cake," Coun. David Campbell joked in the new multi-purpose room, where cake…...