According to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Canadian Olympic gold medallist Archie MacKinnon of Cranbrook, British Columbia passed away on August 28 at the age of 89. MacKinnon won a gold medal in the men’s coxless fours rowing Read more
The 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo are fast approaching. Recently, I was thrilled to connect with Canadian Olympic Committee President Tricia Smith of Vancouver, British Columbia. Smith was an exceptional athlete too as she won a silver medal Read more
Team Canada came away with a silver medal in women’s eights rowing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Saturday. The Canadian team was comprised of Abigail Dent of Kenora, Ontario, Caileigh Filmer of Victoria, British Columbia, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski Read more
We have now approached the middle Saturday of the Olympic Games and it will be jammed packed. Canada has medal opportunities in swimming (Summer McIntosh and Josh Liendo), gymnastics (Ellie Black and Shallon Olsen), tennis (Felix Auger-Aliassime), rowing (women’s eights), Read more
Team Canada has won the gold medal in the women’s eights Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland. The win for the Canadian team is mighty significant as it came just two months before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The Read more
Canada won the silver medal in the women’s eights in a Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland on Sunday. Canada had a second place time of 6:03.57. Great Britain won the gold medal with a time of 6:02.82. Australia won Read more
According to the Canadian Olympic Committee on Friday, Canadian Olympic Committee President and Canadian Olympic silver medalist Tricia Smith of Vancouver, British Columbia was honoured with the Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from the University of Western Ontario in London, Read more
Team Canada won the bronze medal in the women’s eights at the 2022 World Rowing Championships in Racice, Czech Republic on Sunday. The Canadian team comprised of Jessica Sevick of Vancouver, British Columbia, Gabrielle Smith of Toronto, Ontario, Morgan Rosts Read more
Team Canada won the silver medal on Sunday in a women’s eights World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland. This is the first World Cup medal for Canada in 2022 after Canada did not send a rowing contingent to the World Cup Read more
Team Canada has won their 11th medal of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and it is a gold medal in the women’s rowing eights. The Canadian team comprised of Lisa Roman of Surrey, British Columbia, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski of Montreal, Read more