Nexxice and Bezic in Synch
Noted choreographer Sandra Bezic went looking for a novel element for her Niagara skating show last January and struck the motherlode. She discovered Nexxice. “I knew they were good,” Bezic said. “But...
View ArticleChan Tapping His Way Back To The Top
The first sight of three-time world champion Patrick Chan in comeback mode after a year off was this: performing to “Mack the Knife” in a chilly Vaughan arena, his opening pass was a wonder, with his...
View ArticleJeremy Ten on his own terms
Click click. Click. Click…Send. And with that, listening to the sound of the ocean on vacation in Mexico with his skating friends, Jeremy Ten finally wrote the end to his competitive skating career,...
View ArticleKraatz honoured for his impact in Canadian Sport
Victor Kraatz hadn’t expected to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the British Columbia/Yukon skating section on May 2. The memories fluttered back from long, long ago. It was a great honour. In...
View ArticleSkating Community Celebrates Toller’s On-ice and Off-ice Artistry
Toller Cranston, skating champion, artist, bon vivant, and force of nature, would have been positively bursting at the sight of it: a posh party honouring him. Surrounded by old friends, chocolates,...
View ArticleStojko Returns to Canada Healed and Ready to Help
Elvis Stojko is back. Mexico is in his rear-view mirror and so are the tangerine and papaya trees of Ajijic, where he lived for 12 years. He’s come home to Canada a happy man, married to Gladys Orozco...
View ArticleBaldé finds his roots in West African Guinea
On a blistering, hot February day in Africa, Elladj Balde looked into the eyes of his 99-year-old grandfather for the first time and discovered who he really was. Balde, 24, had never set eyes on his...
View ArticleCelestino ready for the World Scene
When Daniel Beland was 16 years old, he blazed a significant trail on the world scene. Back then, in 1977, he was the first Canadian man to win a world junior championship title. There have been three...
View ArticlePettitt Makes Leap to Junior With Hopes of Continuing Gold Rush
Whitehorse, Yukon is known as the least polluted city in the world, and also the driest in Canada. It was the birthplace of Pierre Berton, federal NDP leader Audrey McLaughlin, and Yukon bard Robert...
View ArticleConrad Orzel overcomes injury, ready to face a new season of challenges
Conrad Orzel, wrapped in a sheepskin vest, took his opening pose at the novice contest of the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships and quickly began to rumble. The program? “The Good, The Bad...
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