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KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Generates almost $2.34 Million in Economic Activity for Olds, Alberta

August 17, 2022 Sport Tourism Canada 

Study by Sport Tourism Canada conducted in May of 2022 August 17, 2022: (OTTAWA, ON) . . . Sport Tourism Canada (STC) studied the economic activity generated by the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, held in Olds, Alberta from May 3...

Groups Announced for 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship

August 17, 2022 Hockey Canada

CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have announced the two groups for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, scheduled for Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Halifax, N.S., and Moncton, N.B. With no relegation at the 2022...

Canada Games Day 2 Recap: Team Quebec has big day across events🇨🇦

August 17, 2022 Athletics Canada

Day two of the Canada Games athletics competition featured a new steeplechase record, a second consecutive gold for a Quebec sprinter, and a nail-biting end to a thrilling decathlon competition. Here are five stories that characterized Day 2 at Canada...

Bronze for Canoe-kayak men

August 17, 2022 Sport Manitoba

Winnipeg's Simon Hunt, Owen Gaunt, Sacha Skirzyk, and Luke Enns win the first medal in canoe-kayak, a bronze in the male K4 500m event.  "The race was great. At the 200, I yelled "dig" to them. I'm in the third seat so I get...

Baseball Canada announces Pre U-18 World Cup Selection Camp Roster

August 17, 2022 Baseball Canada

OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the names of 24 athletes invited to the Junior National Team’s (U-18) Selection Camp set to take place in Ajax, Ontario from August 20-29 where 20 players will be selected to represent Canada...

New Olympic sailing event featured in Kingston this week

August 17, 2022 Sail Canada

Sail Canada Open Kiteboarding Senior Championships to start tomorrow Kingston, August 17, 2022 – Kiteboarding, one of the new sailing events that will be added to the program at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, will be featured this week...

Sonya Palkhivala and Chris Booler Win Gold in Artistic Diving  

August 17, 2022 Diving Plongeon Canada

August 16th 2022 – Sonya Palkhivala and Chris Booler led off the first diving events of the week by climbing atop the podium Tuesday at the Canada Games, held in Niagara.    Sonya Palkhivala (Pointe-Claire, QC) won gold in the artistic diving event with 221.10 points. The 17-year-old and her teammates made it an...

Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games - Men's Softball Day 1 Recap

August 17, 2022 Softball Canada

The Men’s Softball competition began after the ceremonial first pitch was thrown by legendary pitcher Pete Landers and his longtime catcher Bob Solomon, who were members of the first-ever gold-medal winning team at the 1969 Canada Games in Halifax.Manitoba 7...

2022 Canadian Ultimate Championships

August 17, 2022 Ultimate Canada

2022 CANADIAN ULTIMATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TAKING PLACE IN BRAMPTON, ON FROM AUGUST 18-24. August 18, 2022  — From August 18-24, Ultimate players from across Canada will be arriving in Brampton, ON, to compete in five divisions at the second leg of...

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Canada Summer Games set to tee off in Niagara Falls

August 16, 2022 Golf Canada

Since the inaugural tournament in 2009, British Columbia has swept the podium twice; Quebec did so most recently in 2017.  Lauren Kim, Cooper Humphreys, Malik Dao and Anne-Léa Lavoie are the Team Canada National Junior Squad representatives competing at Legends-on-the-Niagara...