Zhang Hong & Youth games support 2022 Olympic Bid
The Old City WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY - Hundreds of students from across nation to take part in six-day sporting gala in Heilongjiang province. With the host for the 2022 Winter…
“Skate at your own risk”
During the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, when the Thames would very occasionally freeze over, Londoners would flock to the river for Frost Fairs - all-purpose carnivals featuring everything from…
Classic Ballet Hits the Ice
The Imperial Ice Stars have brought ice-skating into a new era and to a new audience. Zhang Kun reports on their production of Swan Lake coming to Shanghai Culture Square.…
Ice Skating tradition at Toronto Island becoming popular again
Olympic Plaza in Calgary Whenever skaters head out on the ice in the Toronto Harbour, people in the condo towers lining the waterfront freak out. The Toronto Police Marine Unit…
Tiny front yard ice rink must go or family faces fine of up to $25,000
A family is being ordered to dismantle their tiny front yard skating rink or face a fine of up to $25,000 after a neighbour filed a complaint with the town’s bylaw…
Recapping Figure Skating Nationals in Canada
KINGSTON, ONT.—Figure skating competitions always conclude on a gala grace note. It’s an eccentricity of the sport, to go all ice show razzle-dazzle in the immediate wake of intense competition.…
Toller Cranston ever the rascal, rogue and original: DiManno
KINGSTON, ONT.—He was an original and a revolutionary, a sensualist and an artist on every canvas where his wild imagination ran free before the wind. From sheet of ice to…
Canadian figure skating short program goes to Gabrielle Daleman
KINGSTON, ONT.—Around the spangles-and-bugle-beads beat, Gabrielle Daleman is affectionately recalled for the answer she gave when asked the scrum question: What do you do to relax? Answer: “Physical therapy.” Now…
Starting Today, Hundreds will Ice Skate Backwards. Here’s Why
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska Medical Center will again try to raise money for Parkinson's research with a 24-hour-long ice skate-a-thon. The event will run from noon…