News All Four Ontario Communities Bidding to Host the 2021 Canada Summer Games Invited to Advance September 12, 2016 Canada Games Council - (September 12th, 2016) Ottawa – At recent meetings, the Canada Games Council`s (CGC) Board of Directors approved the CGC 2021 Bid Process’ Technical Review Committee report recommendation that the four communities bidding to host the 2021 Canada...
News Canadian wrap-up on day 4: Rivard caps four-medal day for Canada with silver September 12, 2016 Canadian Paralympic Committee - Sept. 11, 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO - Para-swimmer Aurélie Rivard added some silver polish to a four-medal day for Canada on Sunday at the Paralympic Games. It was a second trip to the podium for Rivard...
News BEN PERRY WINS KOM TITLE AT GPC MONTREAL September 12, 2016 Cycling Canada - OTTAWA, Sept. 11, 2016. – Team Canada's Ben Perry of St Catharines, Ontario, won the King of Mountain competition at Sunday's WorldTour race in Montreal. Perry and Matteo Dal-Cin of Ottawa were in a breakaway that spent nearly...
News MOVING FORWARD TO INDIVIDUAL PLAY FOR TEAM CANADA September 12, 2016 Boccia Canada-(RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil) It was a disappointing day for Team Canada with no pairs moving forward to the medal rounds, but heads are still lifted high and focus is still on the court as the athletes look to...
News Canada’s sitting team comes on strong, but falls to Netherlands September 12, 2016 Volleyball Canada - Sept. 11, 2016: Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team came out swinging today, winning its first set, but then falling to the Netherlands 1-3 (25-22, 17-25, 17-25, 22-25) in front of 7000 fans at Riocentro. Felicia Voss-Shafiq of Burnaby,...
News Silver Sunday for Lakatos and Stanley; Canadian rowers on Paralympic Games podium September 12, 2016 Canadian Paralympic Committee - Sept. 11, 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO - Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Que., and runner Liam Stanley of Victoria each won a silver medal on the track and Canadian rowers reached the podium for the...
News Chernove pedals to a third medal for Canada to conclude day three at the Paralaympic Games September 12, 2016 Canadian Paralympic Committee - Sept. 10, 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO - Canadian para-cyclist Tristen Chernove hadn't slept for three days and was very nervous but he put his trust in in mind, body and spirit to win the bronze medal...
News Curling Canada adopts new sweeping regulations September 12, 2016 Curling Canada - New regulations covering brush-head technology and sweeping technique for play at World Curling Federation events were approved on Saturday at the WCF’s Annual General Assembly in Stockholm, Sweden. The new regulations came about as a result of research...
News FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME CROWNED JUNIOR US OPEN CHAMPION September 12, 2016 Tennis Canada - 16-year-old is the youngest Canadian to ever capture a junior Grand Slam singles title **Felix Auger-Aliassime will be available to speak to the media via conference call TONIGHT at 9:30 p.m. ET. Call-in number is 1-877-681-3374** September 11,...
News Briand and Burt Fifth in Tallinn September 12, 2016 Judo Canada - Montreal, September 11, 2016 – Étienne Briand, from Quebec, and Zachary Burt, from Ontario, both came in fifth in their respective weight classes in the European Judo Open of Tallinn, Estonia. Briand, who in 2016 moved up to the Under 81...