Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
Team Canada had a very successful short track speed skating World Cup in Gdansk, Poland this past weekend. The Canadian team won six medals overall (three gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals). Canada’s first gold medal came Read more
Jeffrey Read of Calgary, Alberta, son of Canadian skiing icon Ken Read, won the silver medal in a World Cup alpine skiing event in Kvitfjell, Norway. Read’s silver medal occurred in a men’s super giant slalom. Read posted a time Read more
So far Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Manitoba has been very resilient to begin the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Heats in Calgary. On Friday, it was announced by Curling Canada that Einarson’s lead Briane Harris was ineligible to participate, and then Read more
Team Canada won two mass start medals at the 2024 World Speed Skating Championships in Calgary on Saturday. Canadian Olympic gold medalist Ivanie Blondin of Ottawa, Ontario won the silver medal in the women’s mass start, and Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu of Read more
Cameron Alexander of North Vancouver, British Columbia won the World Cup alpine skiing bronze medal in Kvitfjell, Norway on Saturday. The 26-year-old won hard the third fastest time in the men’s downhill. Alexander had a time of 1:44.81. Niels Hintermann Read more
The biggest news on day one of the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary on Friday was not one the ice, but off of it, as it was ruled that Briane Harris of Winnipeg, Manitoba was ineligible to compete Read more
Team Canada won three medals on Friday at the 2024 World Speed Skating Championships in Calgary. Team Canada won the silver medal in the women’s team pursuit, and the bronze medal in the men’s pursuit. Meanwhile, Canadian Olympic silver medalist Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Meaghan Agosta of Windsor, Ontario has retired at the age of 37 according to Anna Burns of the Penticton Western News on Friday. Agosta won a gold medal for Canada at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games Read more
Amy Fraser of Halifax, Nova Scotia and Brendan Mackay of Calgary, Alberta each earned a silver medal at a World Cup halfpipe skiing event in Calgary on Thursday. For Fraser it was her fourth World Cup medal, and for Mackay, Read more
The 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts is set to commence on Friday from Markin McPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta. There will be 18 teams competing with the winner representing Canada at the 2024 Women’s World Curling Championship in Sydney, Nova Read more