MILAN, Italy – Kaetlyn Osmond of Marystown, N.L. and Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., are fourth and sixth after Wednesday’s women’s short program and still in striking distance of the podium at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Carolina Kostner of Italy is the leader with 80.27, Alina Zagitova of Russia is second at 79.51 […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada has announced that it will host the 2018 Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Ont. The fifth edition of the event will take place from September 20-22, 2018, at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. The senior international figure skating competition has previously been a stop on the International Skating Union’s (ISU) Challenger […]
MILAN, Italy – Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro of Sarnia, Ont., were profiles in courage on Thursday as they produced the fourth best free skate to climb from 10th to sixth in pairs at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Olympic champions Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany took the […]
ZAGREB, Croatia – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., took fourth place on Saturday at the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships. Junost from Russia won the gold medal with 174.58 points, Skyliners from the U.S. were second at 169.82, Crystal Ice from Russia third at 167.14 and Les Suprêmes followed at 162.99, a two-spot improvement […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send 11 entries, for a total of 17 skaters to the 2018 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The event will take place from March 19-25, 2018, in Milan, Italy, at the Mediolanum Forum. Canada will have three entries per discipline in women, pairs and ice dance and two entries in […]
ZAGREB, Croatia – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., are in fourth place after the short program but just six points from top spot at the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships. Junost from Russia is first with 68.50 points, Skyliners from the U.S., are second at 65.15, Crystal Ice from Russia third at 63.33 and […]
OTTAWA, ON: The Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships are returning to Waterloo, Ont., in 2019. The championships will take place from February 22-24, 2019, at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. “The beauty of a synchronized skating team working in unison, along with the level of excitement at the Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships combine to […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have two junior synchronized skating teams competing at the 2018 ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, from March 16-17. Les Suprêmes junior and Nexxice junior will represent Canada at the event. Zagreb will host 21 of the top junior synchronized skating teams from 16 countries. Canadian junior champions, […]
SAINT JOHN, N.B: All-event tickets for the 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships go on sale this Thursday, March 15, at 10:00 a.m. (AT). The event will be held in Saint John, New Brunswick, from January 13-20, 2019, at Harbour Station. The championships will feature approximately 250 of the nation’s best skaters in the men, […]
Skate Canada alumni and Hall of Fame member Sarah Kawahara walks the red carpet at this year’s 90th Oscar’s! Our very own Sarah Kawahara choreographed the recent movie “I, Tonya” which was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress and Best Film Editing. Allison Janney, a former figure skater who also played Tonya’s mother in […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Joseph Phan of Laval, Que., rocketed from 14th after the short program to fourth overall with a solid free skate in the men’s event Saturday at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. When the ice chips settled, Phan came within less than a point of the podium for Canada’s second heartbreaking […]
Planning, Flexibility and Responsibility by Paul Dore A few months ago, I received a package from Skate Canada Archivist Emery Leger. Inside was a stack of speeches my father David Dore made in the 1980s and 1990s. My father was the Director General of Skate Canada and then Vice-President of the International Skating Union (ISU). […]