In spite of Canada’s best ever figure skating medal haul at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Mary-Katherine Phelps believes the best is yet to come. She’s the senior member of Canada’s synchronized skating team and believes it’s a sport whose time has come. “Hopefully (synchro skating will) be included in (the Olympics by) 2014, by 2018 [...] Continue Reading

They face great adversity and courageously overcame their challenges. Forty torchbearers took part in the 2010 Paralympics torch relay when the lighting ceremony took place March 5 at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square Shayne Smith, a wheelchair basketball player had the honour of lighting the cauldron. Smith, 21, is a member of the Ontario Men’s [...] Continue Reading

The final day of the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympic Games was one of great triumph for the Canadian obsession, a closing ceremony with its tongue planted firmly in cheek, and a cross-country ski event that lasted just over two hours. Continue Reading

At the conclusion of the Olympic hockey tournament at Canada Hockey Place on Sunday afternoon it was a time to unveil the three stars. Instead of announcing the three stars of the gold medal game we’ll take a look at the three stars of the entire tournament. With the third star is the most outstanding defenceman of [...] Continue Reading

Sidney Crosby scored the game-winning goal 7:40 into overtime to lead Canada to a 3-2 win over the United States in the gold medal men’s hockey game at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Crosby, who had not had a point in nine periods heading into overtime was able to latch on to a Jarome Iginla pass and shoot [...] Continue Reading

While Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were making Canadian Olympic history, another young Canadian duo finished the ice dancing competition with little fanfare. Continue Reading

Canadian snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson overcame a 0.76 second deficit in the the final of men’s parallel giant slalom, to win gold Saturday at Cypress Mountain. Anderson triumphed through fog and rain, edging rival Benjamin Karl of Austria,who took silver. It was a long-time coming for  Anderson, who has 59 podium finishes and 26 victories in 207 career [...] Continue Reading

Canadians had something else to be ecstatic about besides winning medals; Canada made history by winning three gold medals on day 16, bringing their total count to 13 overall, the most ever won by a host country and highest total ever won. Men’s curling Kevin Martin of Killam, Alberta, led his team of John Morris, Marc Kennedy [...] Continue Reading

Oli Jokinen had two goals, including the game winner, as the Finns erased a two-goal deficit after two periods for their fifth Olympic medal since the 1988 Calgary Games. Continue Reading

The number 13 is not unlucky for the host nation. On Saturday, Canada had three gold medal finishes, becoming only the third country to ever win 13 gold medals at a Winter Games. The record could be broken on Sunday when the men’s hockey team meets the undefeated U.S. club in a highly anticipated gold match up.  Alpine [...] Continue Reading