Knowledge Nuggets Physical activity and climate change Unfavourable weather and climate conditions, such as heatwaves, heavy rain and smoke-filled air, can lead to canceled recesses and outdoor sport and recreation activities, and more indoor sedentary time. The 2024 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and...
News The Ottawa Sport Council partners with Their Opportunity to deliver the Ottawa Sport Council Foundation 2024 Community Opportunity Grant May 13, 2024 Ottawa (May 13, 2024) - The Ottawa Sport Council is pleased to partner with Their Opportunity to deliverthe Ottawa Sport Council Foundation 2024 Community Opportunity Grant. Their Opportunity is anational children’s charity that delivers and subsidizes community sport and engagement...
News Win over Australia propels Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team to third in the world ranking May 12, 2024 May 11, 2024 (Sydney, Australia) - Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team took a 33-14 win over the Australia Wallaroos in their second match of the 2024 Pacific Four Series on Saturday in Sydney, with a strong showing from Canada’s front row...
News Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance 8th at the 49erFX European Championship May 12, 2024 Kingston, May 12, 2024 – Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, N.S., who have qualified to be nominated on Canada’s Paris 2024 sailing team, took the 8th position at their last major competition before Paris, the 2024 49erFX European Championship,...
News Men’s Program Announces U17 Team May 12, 2024 Volleyball Canada has announced its U17 men’s team. The purpose of this new U17 program is to offer this group of selected athletes the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2024 U17 Pan Am Cup in Colima, Mexico from June...
News Canadian Paratriathletes Chalk Up Triple Medal Day in Japan with Matching Silver May 12, 2024 YOKOHAMA, Jpn. — Canada’s Paratriathletes scored a silver-medal hat-trick at the opening World Triathlon Para Series race of the season, while Charles Paquet had a career-best fifth-place finish on the World Triathlon Championship Series in Yokohama, Japan on Saturday. All...
News John Taveres to Captain National Men's Team at 2024 IIHF World Championship May 12, 2024 PRAGUE, Czechia – Hockey Canada has announced that John Tavares (Oakville, ON/Toronto, NHL) will wear the ‘C’ for Canada’s National Men’s Team at the 2024 IIHF World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia. Andrew Mangiapane (Bolton, ON/Calgary, NHL), Colton Parayko (St. Albert, AB/St. Louis, NHL) and Damon Severson...
News Canada’s U20 Men’s Rugby Team begins training camp at Shawnigan ahead of matches versus the United States May 12, 2024 May 10, 2024 (Langford, BC) - Thirty-six Canadian U20 men’s players have convened at Shawnigan Lake School in British Columbia for a four-week intensive high performance camp that will lead into two matches against the United States for qualification for...
News Gold Medal bodes well for World Championships May 11, 2024 Montréal, May 10, 2024 – On her way to winning the gold medal in the under-57 kg category today, Christa Deguchi was perfect in all five of her bouts at the Almaty Grand Slam in Kazakhstan. The 28-year-old capped her day off...