Invictus Games 2025
How the organizing team is building on Vancouver and Whistler’s past Olympic success and solid Indigenous partnerships to reignite that magical spirit in 2025….
Event Profiles
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SERIES OF SOCCER
NEW MARKETS OPEN UP FOR A FLOURISHING LEAGUE By Sarah B. Hood With the founding of the Canadian Premier League (CPL) in 2017, homegrown…
Simple Actions Make Big Impacts
Sustainability takes centre court at Tennis Canada’s National Bank Open in Montreal and Toronto. By Sarah B. Hood People have been talking about climate…
World Police & Fire Games
How Winnipeg hosted the largest sporting event in Manitoba’s history By Allan Lynch The World Police & Fire Games (WPFG) are a global event…
Ontario Parasport Games
Durham Region leaned into its past sport hosting experience while introducing creative legacy initiatives By Allan Lynch Durham Region so enjoyed hosting the 2019…
Arctic Winter Games 2023
By Wendy Helfenbaum Planning a major multi-sport event is challenging enough without a pandemic blowing in to upend everyone’s hard work with starts and…
Pjila’si… North American Indigenous Games
Indigenous Games return
after a six-year hiatus
2023 IIHF World Junior Championship
How Moncton and Halifax laid the groundwork to co-host the World Juniors By Allan Lynch The world’s best under-20 hockey players are coming to…
A Big Leap for ‘Shredmonton’
Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium hosts Canada’s first stadium FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup event By Sarah B. Hood When the NHL needed a venue…
Cycling Canada: Canadian Esports Championships
When the pandemic put in-person cycling events on hold, Cycling Canada took its sport online. Mid-March, the organization hosted the very first sanctioned Canadian…
Canada Summer Games: Niagara 2022
A year-long postponement due to COVID-19 hasn’t dampened the spirits of organizers of the Niagara Canada Summer Games, originally set for August 2021. This…
Lac La Biche On Target
2019 World Archery 3D Championships By Sarah B. Hood There were some doubts when Lac La Biche, Alta., a hamlet of 2,520 people, bid…
The Cutting Edge—STIHL TIMBERSPORTS
2020 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Canadian Championship comes to Charlottetown By Sarah B. Hood Charlottetown saw its last battle of the blades in 2017. In 2020,…
EVENT PROFILE: ARCTIC WINTER GAMES
It seems fitting that Whitehorse will host a memorable anniversary of the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) in 2020. That’s because no other city has…
2019 Ultimate Championships
Ultimate’s popularity is growing. Its value on fun, inclusiveness and fair play (ultimate is self-refereed and non-contact) can quickly turn newcomers into true believers….
SEDMHA: NOVA SCOTIA’S BIG LITTLE TOURNAMENT
Abby MacDonald (#4) of the Metro East Inferno and Natasha Hahn (#3) of Fundy Highland Subway Selects in the Bantam Female A division Gold…
Hayley Wickenheiser’s WickFest
Since Hayley Wickenheiser founded her annual WickFest hockey tournament in 2010 there have been numerous highlights. But one of the most touching moments for…
Canadian National Pickleball Championship
CANADIAN NATIONAL Pickleball Championship By Cindy McGlynn Pickleball is as much fun to play as it is to say, which is the chief reason…
Marathon Event Expos
Marathon Event Expos By Wendy Helfenbaum A successful marathon combines a winning destination, a large number of racers and spectators and, increasingly, a lively…
Legacy makers
Legacy makers How three organizations are engaging athletes, connecting communities and creating dialogue through sport and culture. By Sam Laskaris MASTERS INDIGENOUS GAMES July…