Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame COVID-19 Update
The health and well-being of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame employees, visitors, volunteers, Hall of Famers, Board of Governors, families and students are our top priority. Effective March 16, 2020 we closed our museum to the public until year-end. Though our physical museum is closed, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame is committed to the integrity…
Cheer Athlete Suspended for the Presence of GW501516
(Ottawa, Ontario – April 15, 2020) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Marc-André Lauzon, a Cheer athlete, received a sanction of four years for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during out-of-competition doping control on December 29, 2019, revealed the presence of GW501516, a prohibited metabolic…
Wheelchair Basketball Canada Awards and Hall of Fame Announcement April 18
(April 15, 2020 – OTTAWA, ONT.) Wheelchair Basketball Canada (WBC) invites the Canadian wheelchair basketball community, our sport and corporate partners, media and fans to come together and join us for our annual Awards and Hall of Fame announcement on Saturday April 18 at 7 p.m. ET. We encourage everyone to tune in live on our Facebook…
NOTICE: Dressage and Para-Dressage Competition Handbook Moved Online for 2020
Ottawa, ON, April 15, 2020 – Equestrian Canada (EC) would like to inform the Canadian dressage and para-dressage communities that the Dressage and Para-Dressage Competition Handbook will be published exclusively online in 2020. The decision was made to move the handbook online as print production and mailing services have been significantly delayed due to the…
BCWBS Class of 2020 Announced
April 15, 2020 (Vancouver B.C.) BC Wheelchair Basketball is pleased to announce the BCWBS Hall of Fame, Class of 2020. In the second annual Hall of Fame induction, we are proud to honour those in the On-Court and Builder categories. Founded in 2019, BCWBS has inducted deserving individuals in the On-Court, Builder and Founding Member…
Sport Law & Strategy Group Shares Helpful Tips During COVID-19 – Update 3
April 14, 2020 –The SLSG is hosting weekly “Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share” where we spend an hour with sport leaders from across the country sharing information and responding to questions on employment, insurance, leadership, financial management, grief management, and other matters related to managing through COVID-19. The free, online drop-in session hosted by…
Canada Basketball 2020 National Championships Cancelled
TORONTO, Ont. (April 14, 2020) – Canada Basketball announced today that the 2020 Canada Basketball 15U/17U Men’s & Women’s National Championships, scheduled for August 2-9, 2020, have been officially cancelled due the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Given the current situation, Canada Basketball, in consultation with the National Championships Committee, which is made up of PTSO members, local…
Squash Canada E-News – April 2020
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Canadian Olympic Committee now ranked among the Best Workplaces™ in Canada
TORONTO (April 14, 2020) — The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is proud to be ranked among the Best Workplaces™ in Canada as per the national rankings through the Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. After being certified as a Great Place to Work® in late 2019, the COC has now earned a No. 35 ranking…
COVID-19 Brings a Flood of International Attention to Canadian Parenting Website
COCHRANE, AB, April 5, 2020 /CNW/ – During this unprecedented time of school closures, playground bans, and social isolation, parents are struggling to keep their kids active. Now parents, educators and community groups around the world are discovering help from an unexpected source: the Canadian not-for-profit parenting website activeforlife.com “With COVID-19 we’ve seen web traffic…