While Canada Sevens rugby tournament just wrapped in Vancouver less than a month ago, Rugby Canada has more Sevens news to share. Rugby Americas North (RAN) has accepted Rugby Canada’s bid to host the 2023 Rugby Americas North Sevens, taking place at the 4,000 seat Starlight Stadium in Langford, BC (outside of Victoria) August 19-20,…
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2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships hit the ice
Starting today the best and brightest of the Canadian figure skating world are sharpening their skates for the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. The Championships return to Vancouver for the first time since 2008, when Patrick Chan scored the first of his 9 Senior Men’s titles, will he secure #10 as he returns to…
Americas Masters Games 2016
Are you suffering from withdrawals from the Rio 2016 Olympic coverage? Why not get a taste of world class athletics right here in your own backyard with the inaugural Americas Masters Games – Vancouver 2016. Thousands of athletes plus their families will be descending upon Vancouver from August 26 to September 4, 2016 for 9…
XXII Olympic Winter Games via Twitter (infographic)
Sochi Olympics have come and gone and the Paralympics are underway. Olympians have returned home or continued onto their World Cup season and the folks at MedaMiser took a look back over the whole Olympics to see what was trending. They reviewed over 4 million tweets to see who was the most popular athlete at…
Behind the Scenes with Olympian’s Instagram & Twitter
With the ready access to Instagram and Twitter to interact with each other and their supporters, many Olympians are giving us a great account of what a day-in-the-life of an Olympian is like at Sochi 2014. Here’s a few of our Canadian Olympians who are giving us some interesting behind the scenes access. First off…
The 50 Greatest Winter Olympians
Over the next two weeks at the Winter Games more athletes will be making their mark in Olympic history, some have already made an impact this opening weekend. While getting into the Olympic spirit, the editors at The Active Times have assembled a list of the 50 Greatest Winter Olympians. With the help of an…
Skullcandy welcomes Olympian Mark McMorris to the family
Just in time for the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Skullcandy introduced their newest brand ambassador, pro snowboarder, Mark McMorris. The two-time Winter X Games champion and with slopestyle making its debut in Sochi, McMorris is will be one-to-watch. Recognized as one of the most dynamic slopestyle riders in the world he has used…