OTTAWA, ON: Amélie Lacoste, 25, of Delson, Que., has retired from competitive skating. The 2012 Canadian Champion, representing CPA du Roussillon, was a mainstay on the Canadian National team for six years. Lacoste represented Canada many times in international competition including two 16th place finishes at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships (2011, 2012), seven […]
This is what good choreographers can do: They knit music with movement and form and art. They tie all skating elements into a point of view. They lift crowds out of their seats. They keep crowds in their seats, mesmerized, while pins drop silently. Canada has a lot of choreographers who can do these things, […]
OTTAWA, ON: All-event tickets for the 2015 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships will go on sale Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The event will take place from January 19-25, 2015 at the Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.ca, by phone at 1.855.985.5000 or in person […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada and Canadian Tire announced Kingston, Ontario as the location of the 2015 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. It will take place from January 19-25, 2015 at the Rogers K-Rock Centre. The event will feature approximately 250 skaters in the men’s, women’s, pair and ice dance disciplines, competing in three levels: senior, […]
After only nine months together, Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau left a lasting impression at the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. They were a dynamic, exciting pair with a world of potential (And doesn’t the world need pairs?). First after the short program at the junior level at the Canadian championships last January, and, finally […]
OTTAWA, ON: Kharis Ralph, 22, Toronto, Ont., who had a long career in ice dance with Asher Hill, 23, Pickering, Ont., has retired from skating. The duo trained at the Scarborough Figure Skating Club’s Ice Dance Elite with coaches Carol Lane and Juris Razgulajevs. They competed at one ISU World Figure Skating Championships, finishing 13th […]
Alison Schumacher looks up at you with earnest brown eyes and an air of maturity. This, despite the fact that she is only 11-years-old and the youngest athlete at the Skate Canada Development Camp for singles skaters in Markham, Ontario. Garbed in a royal purple sweater, she takes everything in and pushes on, listening intently […]
With retirement waiting in the wings following a memorable 40-year career at Skate Canada, Nicole Guerin has a confession. She almost backed out of the original job interview, all thanks to an elevator. After four decades in the same Finance position she has held since day one, Guerin is bidding farewell to Skate Canada and […]
OTTAWA, ON: Saskatchewan pair skaters Paige Lawrence, 24, Kennedy, Sask., and Rudi Swiegers, 26, Kipling, Sask., have ended their nine-year partnership. Lawrence and Swiegers achieved a lifelong dream of being Olympians earlier this year when they competed at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Lawrence and Swiegers are four-time Canadian bronze medalists (2011, […]
OTTAWA, ON: After reaching the pinnacle of their career with an Olympic silver medal, the pair team of Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch has decided to go in different directions. Moore-Towers, 21, of St. Catharines, Ont. and Moscovitch, 29, of Toronto, Ont. teamed up in 2009, and competed at their first Canadian championship together in […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada announced today that Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be the host city for its 2015 Annual Convention and General Meeting (ACGM), in conjunction with the 2015 National Coaches’ Conference (NCC). The events will run from May 27-30, 2015 at The Fort Garry Hotel. Winnipeg last hosted the event in 2005 and the Saturday […]
OTTAWA, ON: In a press conference today Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2014. Canadian figure skater Elizabeth Manley was included in the class of eight. The other inductees include, Horst Bulau, Sarah Burke, Pierre Harvey, Geraldine Heaney, Gareth Rees, Tim Frick and Kathy Shields. “The Class of 2014 is truly an […]