amateur sports

Gold medallists McIntosh, Katzberg carry Canada’s flag as Paris Olympic Games close

Gold medallists McIntosh, Katzberg carry Canada’s flag as Paris Olympic Games close

Aug 11, 2024 | 2:53pm
The Paris Olympics are over. And so is a historic Games for Canada. Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg carried the Canadian flag into the closing ceremony of the Paris Games on Sunday after headlining Canada’s record-breaking medal haul at the Olympics. Hundreds of other Canadian athletes poured in minutes after the duo, leading two groups into the […]

Canada doubles up Swiss 6-3 at world juniors

Aug 18, 2022 | 9:35am

Canada’s Logan Stankoven is used to putting pucks in the back of the net, but scoring hasn’t come easily at the world junior hockey championship. He buried a pair of chances on Wednesday, though, helping Canada to a 6-3 quarterfinals win over Switzerland. “It’s harder than I thought, for sure,” said Stankoven, a Kamloops Blazers forward who […]

Canadian amateur sport to receive $72M in pandemic relief money

May 8, 2020 | 12:05pm

Canada’s amateur sports system will receive $72 million from a federal government emergency support fund to alleviate the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault recently announced $500 million in pandemic relief to cultural, heritage and sport organizations. Those details were announced Friday. The money earmarked for sports will go to national […]

2020 Sask Summer games latest casualty of COVID19

Apr 28, 2020 | 6:50pm

The Saskatchewan Summer Games won’t be happening this year. On Tuesday, the Saskatchewan Games Council along with the city of Lloydminster announced that the event which was to go July 26-August 1 is being postponed because of COVID19. The event will now be held July 18-24, 2021 and will feature competition from young athletes in […]

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