SAINT JOHN, N.B. – It took only a tiny moment of doubt to turn a quadruple toe loop – triple toe loop into a triple-triple, good by the standards of some women’s competitions, but not for three-time world champion Patrick Chan. Chan did only a triple toe loop – triple toe loop at the beginning […]
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – With their enchanting Alice in Wonderland routine, Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford peered through a looking glass and found themselves with a bronze medal, with scores they didn’t expect. Their tally? 190.62. Duhamel and Radford feel their exquisite Alice in Wonderful routine is Olympic medal potential, but errors in Saint John […]
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Canadian champion Kaetlyn Osmond bore a quiet, somber mien Saturday afternoon, when she withdrew from the women’s event at the Skate Canada International, after having been fifth in the short program. She had battled bravely back from a “stress reaction” injury to make miracles, just to be here, but a new […]
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – It was just that kind of day. In the midst of a press conference for the pair short program, a water pipe above the dais spontaneously spewed forth some a goodly amount of H2O upon the winners, Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford. ‘I’m having a bad day,” said Duhamel, after having […]
OTTAWA, ONT: The International Association of Business Communicators Canada (IABC Canada) has honoured Barb MacDonald with the Master Communicator Award. This award—the organization’s highest honour—recognizes MacDonald for her dedication and success in the field of communications. The award was presented this past weekend at the IABC Canada conference in Victoria, BC. The IABC Canada Master […]
OTTAWA, ON: Eighteen of Canada’s elite figure skaters will be heading to Saint John, New Brunswick to compete against many of the world’s best figure skaters at the 2013 Skate Canada International. The event takes place October 25-27, 2013, at the Harbour Station. Skate Canada International is the second of six competitions on the International […]
DETROIT – Canada’s Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch set a personal best score en route to the silver medal in pairs on Sunday at Skate America, the first stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and […]
A decision made on the spur of the moment, under pain of disaster and tragedy, made all the difference for Ellen Burka. Dutch-born and very, very quietly Jewish, she had been herded into a concentration camp and asked to record her occupation. She could have written “school girl,” but she scribbled: “figure skating champion of […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will send four entries to the 18th Cup of Nice, a senior international competition which runs from October 23-27, 2013, in Nice, France. The event will feature all four disciplines, and Canada will have entries in men’s, ladies, and ice dance. Kharis Ralph, 21, Toronto, Ont., and Asher Hill, 22, Pickering, Ont., […]
OTTAWA, ONT: Canada will have three judges at the upcoming 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia: Jodi Abbott, Edmonton, Alta.; Karen Butcher, Ottawa, Ont.; and Karen Howard, Regina, Sask. All judges, whether officiating at a local club competition, or qualified to judge at the Olympic level, are volunteers who devote countless hours to the […]
OTTAWA, ON: The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating begins this weekend with Skate America, taking place at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Canada will be sending two pair teams to the event, which will run from October 18-20, 2013. Skate America is the first of six ISU Senior Grand Prix stops. Kirsten […]
TALLINN, Estonia – Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., came within less than five points of a second medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit on Saturday placing fourth in women’s competition. Serafima Sakhanovich led Russia to a 1-2 finish with with 164.48 points. Elizaveta Iushenko was second at 159.86 and Miyabi Oba […]