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.
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.
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.
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.