OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send eight skaters, for a total of four entries to the first stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating circuit in Riga, Latvia. Canada will be represented in all four categories, ladies, men’s, pair and ice dance, at the competition which will run from August 28-31, 2013. […]
THORNHILL, ONT: Patrick Chan is starting fresh, sort of. He packed his bags in Colorado Springs and moved to Detroit over the summer. He and his coach, Kathy Johnson, formed a little caravan of two cars, both packed to the brim, his bicycle perched atop a roof, chugging across the U.S. Midwest plains. He finished […]
THORNHILL, ONT: The humidity rests heavily at 33 degrees Celsius on a bright August afternoon, but inside the Ed Sackfield Arena, it’s cool enough for down coats and mittens. And Roman Sadovsky. He’s winding up for a triple Axel, again and again. And it’s coming. That’s what summers are about at the York Region Skating […]
OTTAWA, ON: It has been nearly four months since Skate Canada hosted the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships® from March 11-17, 2013 at the Budweiser Gardens and Western Fair Sport Centre in London, Ontario. The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) conducted an economic impact analysis on the event and released its findings today.