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Budget for a Golden Year
Today's budget put a golden financial glow on a memorable week for
sport in Canada. The budget has demonstrated a level of support
previously unseen by our federal government. Kudos to the many sport
leaders and citizens - and our exceptional athletes and coaches
- who collaborated in bringing these valuable sport proposals to
government and for demonstrating what sport can do when we work
together. March 4th, 2010 |
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A
scandal of minuscule proportions
It was their Olympic Moment - and, in an accidental way, mine. Never
for a moment of any kind - Olympic or professional - did I think
of it as a story other than a charming and endearing tale. Perhaps
I should resign in disgrace from the profession of journalism. As
it happened, I was one of the very few actual witnesses to the postgame,
on-ice celebration by the Canadian women's hockey team last Thursday.
You will know it as the "booze and cigars" scandal that
shook the Canadian Olympic moment to the very core. March 1, 2010
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Vancouver
bids a reluctant farewell
Two weeks ago, Vancouver was the scene of nervous anticipation,
a mixture of the possible and the unknowable. Yesterday, this city,
if not the entire country, seemed suddenly transformed: confident,
unabashedly proud, revelling in the certainty of achievement. Last
night's closing ceremonies were about more than a glitzy gala, and
the chance to celebrate Canadian athletes' record medal haul. February
28, 2010 |
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Joannie
Rochette to carry flag at Olympic closing ceremonies
This wasn’t the Olympic story that Joannie Rochette wanted
to write. But if there can be a fitting end to a bittersweet Games
for the 24-year-old figure skater from Ile-Dupas, Que., carrying
Canada’s flag into the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver
Games is it — the perfect tribute to a courageous athlete
who has lifted so many. February 28, 2010 |
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Canadians
Support Increased Public Investment In Own The Podium Initiatives
For Our Athletes
3 out of 4 Canadians feel that the Own the Podium initiative
was worthwhile despite not placing #1 in total medal count
As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games come to a close, a poll conducted
by Angus Reid on behalf of the Sport Matters Group indicates that
a very strong majority of Canadians (72%) support an increased public
investment of $22 million for a program like Own the Podium. February
27, 2010 |
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Canadians
are proud of athletes who 'play like girls'
So far Canada's women have dominated the medal count at the 2010
Winter Games. This sort of excellence, particularly as it is in
the media spotlight, will encourage more girls to get involved in
sports. Athletes like Clara Hughes have inspired more than one young
woman with her medal winning performances in both the Summer and
Winter Olympics. Now we have a whole new generation of outstanding
women athletes to be role models for young women and girls. February
26, 2010 |
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Silver
for Canada's Women Curlers
Canada's Cheryl Bernard ran out of extra-end magic in the women's
curling gold medal final on Friday. Bernard gave up a steal of one
in the extra frame and dropped a 7-6 decision to defending Olympic
champion Anette Norberg of Sweden. Bernard had a chance to run Sweden
out of rocks in the 10th end but her final take-out jammed, allowing
Norberg to force an extra end with a hit-and-stick for a deuce.
February 26, 2010 |
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Rochette
holds nothing back to come up bronze
Shaken by the sudden death of her mother, Joannie Rochette opted
to turn herself into "an ice cube" and persist in her
bid for Olympic figure-skating glory, come what may, to ensure she
would never regret her decision. The bronze-medal winner told a
packed news conference Friday she isolated herself from the media
and others while she privately grieved for her 55-year-old mother.
February 26, 2010 |
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Canada's
women win third straight hockey gold medal
Home-ice pressure? No problem. The Canadian women's hockey team
has embraced a nation's desire for hockey gold and it has delivered
just that. Led by an 18-year-old scoring phenom and a goalie most
considered the sure No.3 just a few months ago, Canada skated to
a confident 2-0 win over its rivals from the United States, and
seized its third straight Olympic gold medal. February 25, 2010
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Own
the podium? Canada's women still might
As I watched Canada's spectacular medal haul Wednesday -- one gold,
two silvers and one bronze, the most yet in a single day -- I was
struck by something else: all four medals were won by women. Indeed,
it made me think that most of the Canadian athletes I've seen up
on the podium so far have been female athletes, a quick look at
our medal count shows I'm not wrong: 11 of our 15 medals have been
won by women. February 24, 2010 |
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Canadian
women lead the charge
In less than four hours on Wednesday, Day 13 of the 2010 Winter
Games, Canadian athletes celebrated their first multi-medal day
in Vancouver as female athletes used their long blades on two separate
speedskating ovals and an icy serpentine bobsled track to secure
one gold, two silver and one bronze. February 25, 2010 |
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Canada
finishes 1-2 in women's bobsleigh
Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse led a one-two punch for Canada
in women's bobsleigh, winning gold on Wednesday at the Whistler
Sliding Centre. Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown picked up the
silver medal in the Canada 2 sled. February 24, 2010 |
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Canada
takes silver in women's 3,000m relay
The Canadian women's short-track relay team made it six medals
in six Olympic appearances, Wednesday, as Jessica Gregg, Kalyna
Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais and Tania Vicent took the silver medal
in the women's 3,000m relay. February 24, 2010 |
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Hughes
skates to bronze in 5,000m
Clara Hughes skated the final race of her illustrious Olympic career
in style, finishing with the bronze medal in the 5,000-metres race
at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Hughes skated a time of 6 minutes
55.73 seconds to shatter the track record by over two seconds, set
by Martina Sablikova in March, 2009. February 24, 2010 |
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McIvor
takes gold in ski cross
Canadian racer Ashleigh McIvor has won the Olympic gold medal in
ski cross at Cypress Mountain. McIvor, the reigning world champion,
took the lead in each heat going into the final and beat out Norway's
Hedda Bernsten. "This is the most amazing thing, this is the
most amazing moment of my entire life," McIvor said immediately
following the race. February 23, 2010 |
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Virtue
and Moir make history with ice dance gold
It seems that Canadian ice dancers in the past could have
used a loonie buried at centre ice when it came to the Olympics.
Not Monday night. It wasn't about luck. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir,
dazzled the judges and carved out a little history for themselves
by becoming the first Canadians - and the first North Americans
- to win an Olympic gold medal in ice dancing. February 23, 2010 |
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Groves
makes it a silver Sunday in Richmond
Kristina Groves won her second medal of these Winter Olympic Games,
capturing silver in the ladies 1,500-metres race on Sunday. Dutchwoman
Ireen Wust took home the gold medal while Martina Sablikova of the
Czech Republic claimed bronze. February 21, 2010 |
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Nesbitt
is golden
Christine Nesbitt has captured gold in the ladies 1,000-meters speed
skating event. Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands took home the
silver medal, while Laurine Van Riessn of the Netherlands won the
bronze. February 18, 2010 |
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St-Gelais
skates to silver - on her 20th birthday
It was the best birthday present Marianne St-Gelais of Roberval,
Que., could have given herself: Silver. On her 20th birthday on
Wednesday, St-Gelais finished second in the women's 500m short track
speed-skating final behind China's Wang Meng. February 17, 2010 |
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Ricker
wins gold in snowboard cross final
Canadian Maelle Ricker, the world's top-ranked rider, has won the
ladies' snowboard cross final at Cypress Mountain. Ricker, who was
top-ranked on the World Cup circuit heading into the Games, narrowly
qualified for the finals Tuesday advancing only on the strength of
her second qualifying run. February 16, 2010 |
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Groves
grabs bronze in 3,000m
Canadian Kristina Groves has won a bronze medal for Canada.
The Ottawa native placed third in the Ladies 3,000-metre event at
the Richmond Oval on Saturday. The Czech Republic's Martina Sablikova
took the gold medal, while Germany's Stephanie Beckert won the silver
in the seven-and-a-half lap race. February 14, 2010 |
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Heil
earns Canada's first medal
Jenn Heil won Canada's first medal of the Vancouver Olympic
Winter Games but it wasn't the colour she had in mind. Heil was
in first place with only Hannah Kearney of the United States to
go. But Kearney surpassed Heil's score to win gold. Heil, a 27-year-old
from Spruce Grove, Alta., had been defending her 2006 Olympic gold
medal. February 13th, 2010 |
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In
Praise of Female Athletes Who Were Told No
"Surely, it was said, the Saskatoon Lily would become
a movie star, but Catherwood was an athlete. She said she would rather
gulp poison than try her hand at motion pictures. She won gold in
the high jump and remains the only Canadian woman to win a solo gold
in track and field. " A poem by Brad Cran, Poet Laureate of Vancouver |
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More
female athletes than any Canadian Winter Olympic team
The 2010 Canadian Olympic team has more female athletes than have
ever been on a Canadian Winter Olympic team. In 1988 in Calgary, Canada
sent 112 athletes and only 30 of them were females. At Turin, there
were 191 Canadian athletes, 108 males and 83 females. But of the 206
Canadian athletes who march into the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver
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Olympic
leaders on CAAWS Most Influential Women List.
Betty Dermer-Norris, who is the Director of Team Operations for the
Canadian Olympic Committee, Nathalie Lambert, the Chef de Mission
for the 2010 Games, Jagoda Pike who headed up Toronto’s successful
2015 Pan Am Games bid, Dr. Kimberly Amirault, the Sport Psychology
Lead for the 2010 Canadian Olympic Team are among the 20 women on
the 2009 List. |
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Gender
Testing Hangs Before the Games as a Muddled and Vexing Mess
At closed meetings in Miami on Sunday and Monday, medical specialists
and representatives of the International Olympic Committee will
tackle one of the most vexing questions in sports: What test should
be used to determine whether an athlete competes as a man or a woman?
Or should there be any official testing at all? January 15, 2010
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CAAWS
disappointed at decision on Women’s Ski Jumping in the 2010
Winter Olympics
“While we were hopeful that the BC Supreme Court would
rule in favour of the ski jumpers, we knew it was going to be a
difficult decision. It’s disappointing that in this day and
age we are still fighting this battle in Canada, where we have such
a strong reputation for gender equity,” said CAAWS chair,
Nicole Smith of New Maryland, New Brunswick. |
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