Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
Jasmine Baird of Mississauga, Ontario won her second World Cup medal of her career on Saturday. She finished in third place in a World Cup women’s big air snowboarding event in Chur, Switzerland. Baird posted a score of 148.75 points. Read more
Canadians landed on the podium in big air freestyle skiing World Cups in Chur, Switzerland on Friday. Teal Harle of Campbell River, British Columbia won the silver medal in the men’s event and Elena Gaskell of Vernon, British Columbia won Read more
Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa, Ontario has broken the Canadian record in the women’s 5000 metre speed skating event. On Thursday, Weidemann posted a time of six minutes, 46.81 seconds at the 2021 Canadian Long Track Speed Skating Championships from the Read more
According to Curling Canada, Jimmy Ursel of Glenella, Manitoba passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84 of cancer. Despite the fact he was born in Manitoba, Ursel is best known for his time in Quebec. In 1977, Ursel teamed Read more
Five Canadian teams have qualified for the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from November 20-28. This past weekend two men’s teams and three women’s teams qualified from the Canadian Olympic Trials Direct Entry Qualifier tournament in Ottawa, Ontario. Read more
According to the Associated Press on Saturday, Luc Tardif of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec has been named the new president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Tardif takes over from Rene Fasel of Fribourg, Switzerland, who held the role since 1994. Tardif, Read more
Saint John, New Brunswick will host the 2022 Memorial Cup. In an announcement made on Wednesday, it will be the second time ever that the Memorial Cup is coming to the province of New Brunswick according to Alex Cooke of Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Georgia Simmerling of Vancouver, British Columbia retired at the age of 32 on Thursday according to Andy Prest of North Shore News. Simmerling won the bronze medal for Canada in women’s team pursuit track cycling at Read more
Team Canada has won the gold medal at the 2021 Women’s World Hockey Championships in Calgary, Alberta. In a dramatic gold medal game on Tuesday at the Markin MacPhail Centre, Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime thanks to Read more
It will once again be an all-North American final at the Women’s World Hockey Championship. On Monday in Calgary, Alberta, the semifinals took place, with Canada defeating Switzerland 4-0 in one semifinal, and the United States beating Finland 3-0 in Read more