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Toronto gets ready for winter with full opening of all outdoor ice rinks and trails

Toronto will open more outdoor ice rinks and skating trails across the city on Dec. 2 in addition to the 40 rinks it recently opened as part of its Welcome TO Winter program.

COVID-19 restrictions heavily affect current and future development, some athletes say

Bringing a pair of skates out of the locker, Keiko Marshall was rejuvenated to be back in the arena. Chuckling during the practice, her tensed emotions were relieved. Even underneath her mask, you could feel her excitement with her bright eyes. As a figure skater, she was not able to appear on the ice for a long time until the start of February.
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From Figure Skates to Hockey Skates with a Passion like no Other.

Anna Sharbatov knew almost from the first time she tried coaching young girls it...

Piper Gilles seeks Canadian citizenship in time for Sochi 2014

There are less than four months to go until the 2014 Winter Games in...

Worlds next stop for ice dance pair Gilles, Poirier

Piper Gilles, 21, and Paul Poirier, 21, ice dancers who train out of the Ice Galaxy in Scarborough, will be looking to cap off an excellent first international season together when they take to the ice at the Budweiser Gardens on March 14.

Barnett eyes sectionals as a skating stepping stone

BARRIE — For Lauren Barnett, the Central Ontario Skate Canada sectionals event is the climax...

Olympian Vanessa Crone looking for a new partner

Canadian ice dancer Vanessa Crone is a girl with an infectious grin and an...

Weaver and Poje feel ready for Skate America

After a successful and injury-free summer, Canadian ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje...

Canadian figure skating legend Barbara Ann Scott dies

Barbara Ann Scott, Canada’s only women’s individual figure skating gold medalist, passed away on...

Figure skating pair from Scarborough to compete in world championships

Kharis Ralph, 19, and her partner Asher Hill, 20, are training hard to compete in the 2012 world figure skating championships in France next month.

Highlights of Day 13 in Vancouver

A bitter sweet day for our Canadian Olympians as figure skater Joannie Rochette competed after the sudden death of her mother and Ashleigh Mcivor took to the slopes and won her country a gold medal in the ladies ski cross finals.

Rochette nails her hardest skate

  As Joannie Rochette skated her way onto the ice for the most difficult performance...

Virtue and Moir win ice dancing gold, a first for Canada

Russian domination atop the ice dance podium has come to a close, and it’s...

Day 11 Preview: Canadian women look to advance to finals

  Canada’s women’s hockey team is looking to advance through to the finals when they...

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