On Monday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Own the Podium (OTP) announced a $5 million investment in the return of high-performance sport after the novel coronavirus pandemic. The funds will be directed by the Return to Sport Task Force, which aims to set up a framework for the athletic association of […]
Hockey Canada cancels all summer camps, going virtual with training camps
Hockey Canada announced that it has canceled all summer camps for national teams, including the junior team, and will hold virtual training sessions instead. The cancelation of scheduled events runs until Sept. 1 and is due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. The annual development camp of the Canadian junior squad was originally planned to […]
Curling in Canada
Curling is a popular sport in Canada, especially in the Prairie Provinces with several popular teams in the country based in Alberta and Manitoba. Curling in Canada has always been considered a sport of the military and was brought into the country from Scotland. Players in curling team slide stones on a sheet of ice […]
Lacrosse leagues looking for ways to salvage seasons
The commissioner of the Western Lacrosse Association says he’s troubled at the thought his league could lose its 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Paul Dal Monte said the league’s executive and governors are doing everything they can to ensure that doesn’t happen, even as the uncertainty about when restrictions on public gatherings […]
Top Canadian winter sports (Part 3)
Dog sledding If your idea of a great sport is sitting under blankets and feeling the icy wind on your face, where the only exertion required is being able to yell “Mush!”, then dog sledding is for you. A dog sled is a form of sport as well as transportation in which the sled pulled […]
PSU’s Ament goes No. 1 in Premier Lacrosse League draft
Penn State attacker Grant Ament added another first to his already-impressive resume Wednesday as the Archers Lacrosse Club selected him with the No. 1 overall selection in the Premier Lacrosse League draft. Ament leaves the Nittany Lions as the Big Ten all-time leader in points (284) and assists (191). Heading into its second season, the […]