Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
The 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo starts Wednesday. I recently caught up with Canadian Chef de Mission Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove, Alberta at Calgary’s Market Mall. Heil won a gold medal for Canada in women’s moguls at Read more
There was World Cup ski cross action this past weekend in Val dI Fassa, Italy, and two Canadians came away with medals. On Friday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Marielle Thompson of Whistler, British Columbia won bronze in women’s action. Then Read more
There are now four teams left at the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Mississauga, Ontario. On Friday night, Edmonton’s Selena Sturmay and Halifax’s Christina Black put through dominant performances in the Page 3/4 qualifier games. Sturmay clobbered Manitoba champion Read more
The opening ceremonies of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo is one week from now. This week I had the chance to interview Canadian Olympic gold medalist Mikael Kingsbury of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, who struck gold for Canada in Read more
Edmonton’s Selena Sturmay tied a Scotties Tournament of Hearts record on Thursday for the most points in a single end. Sturmay scored seven points in the 10th end thanks to an impressive run back with her final stone in a Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalists Mikael Kingsbury of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec and Marielle Thompson of Whistler, British Columbia have been named the flag bearers for Canada at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. It is interesting that both flag bearers Read more
After Tuesday of the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Mississauga, Ontario, we knew that Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes had qualified for the playoffs. On Wednesday, four teams joined Lawes. In Pool A, it was another Manitoba team in Gimli’s Kerri Read more
We are now five days into the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Mississauga, Ontario and the leader in Pool A and Pool B are both undefeated. In Pool A, Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes has a record of six wins and Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Mark McMorris of Regina, Saskatchewan continued with his excellence at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado on Sunday. McMorris won the gold medal for Canada in men’s slopestyle snowboarding. It was one of five medals Read more
Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes came through with a statement win at the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Mississauga, Ontario. On Monday night at Mississauga’s Paramount Fine Foods Centre, Lawes defeated Gimli, Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson by a score of 9-4. This Read more