Canadian Winter Amateur Sports News
(Newfoundland flag, Wikimedia Commons) History was made at the 2022 Tim Horton’s Brier on Saturday as Nicholas Codner of St. John’s, became the youngest curler ever to participate at the Canadian National Men’s Curling Championship. At the age of 15, Read more
Megan Oldham of Newmarket, Ontario won the gold medal in women’s slopestyle skiing on Saturday. Oldham posted a score of 75.41 points in a women’s World Cup in Bakuriani, Georgia for her second World Cup gold medal of her career. Read more
Mollie Jepsen of West Vancouver, British Columbia has won Canada’s first medal at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. It just so happened to be gold. On Friday evening in Canada (Saturday morning in China), Jepsen, who was born Read more
The 2022 Tim Hortons Brier got underway on Friday evening from Lethbridge, Alberta. Kevin Koe of Calgary, Alberta came away with a 9-8 win over Saskatchewan’s Colton Flasch. However, it is fair to say that Koe struggled throughout the contest Read more
In a shocking result, Cameron Alexander of North Vancouver, British Columbia has won a World Cup men’s downhill ski race in Kvitfjell, Norway on Friday. The reason why Alexander’s gold medal was stunning was because there were zero signs Read more
Jocelyn Peterman of Red Deer, Alberta, and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Brett Gallant of St. John’s, Newfoundland will represent Canada at the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships in Geneva, Switzerland. The tournament will take place from April 23-30. Canada Read more
The Canadian Paralympic Committee has selected its flag bearers for the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing on Friday. They will be wheelchair curler Ina Forrest of Spallumcheen, British Columbia, and para ice hockey player Greg Westlake of Read more
The Calgary Flames honoured four Canadian Olympic medalists from the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing prior to their 7-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. They were Canadian Olympic gold medalist Emerance Maschmeyer of Bruderheim, Alberta (women’s hockey), Read more
Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa, Ontario was the flag bearer for Canada in the closing ceremonies of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing on Sunday. Weidemann won three medals for Canada in long track speed skating–gold in the women’s team pursuit with Read more
Justin Kripps of Summerland, British Columbia is now adding a bronze medal to the gold medal he won at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. On Sunday at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing (Saturday evening in Canada), Kripps Read more