At the 2019 Canada Winter Games, a then 17-year-old Keenan Demchuk had one goal: to win. Leading into his first-ever Games, he was the back-to-back top-ranked snowboarder from Manitoba. He and his coach, his brother Braeden, were both impressed by the magnitude of the event, and both have shared memories of supporting the squash team…
The squat is a fundamental, complex movement in weight training. The major muscles involved are glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps. There are all kinds of different squats out there. Some with dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells; while others put weight at the front, or back, or even over the head. You may wonder, why mix up…
Harry Peter “Bud” Grant passed away at the age of 95 on Mar. 11, 2023. Grant came to Winnipeg in 1953 after an amazing career in the USA in high school, college, and pro sports in baseball, basketball (with the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers), and, of course, football (with the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles). The “Grey Fox”…
Help the World Police and Fire Games welcome more than 8,500 athletes to Winnipeg this summer from July 28 – August 6 to compete in the 2023 World Police and Fire Games. The Games consist of 63 sporting events at 40+ venues in and outside of Winnipeg. Not only is this an opportunity for local…
Maya (11), Kai (14), and Ethan (16) Veitch are all here at the Canada Games for the very first time. The siblings from East St. Paul all had one common goal for their experience here, to have fun. “I hope to represent Manitoba to the best of my ability,” said Ethan. “ I want to…
After two weeks of intense competition against the best this nation has to offer, Team Manitoba finished off the 2023 Canada Winter Games with 19 medals: 6 gold, 6 silver, and 7 bronze. With major successes in long track speed skating and archery, it was figure skating that came out on top, with a gold…
Manitoba’s fencers are coming home with three medals from the 2023 Canada Winter Games, Matias Enciso’s bronze in Épée, Khloé Lessard-Kulchyski’s silver in Sabre, and Cheryl Cheung’s silver in Épée. “My expectation was to get a medal, and to try my best. I wanted to work as hard as I can and have the best…
Team Manitoba’s badminton squad hit up national tournaments and camps in the leadup to the 2023 Canada Winter Games with hopes of bringing the team closer together, before the country’s largest multi-sport competition. “We were focused on trying to get athletes from all across the province experience playing against each other more frequently, Trying to…
A Sage tradition since the 2015 Winter Games, the “Team Behind the Team” program recognizes outstanding Canada Games volunteers who support the teams and athletes by overseeing many of the logistics the teams require to compete to the best of their ability. Team Manitoba’s Peter Nicholls, our mission staff for freestyle ski and men’s curling,…
Figure skaters Keith Lau and Julia Xiao skated to a gold medal finish – and a brand new Canadian record – in their pairs event earlier this week. “It feels very nice to break the record, we didn’t know right away. I knew I could do it, so I just trusted myself. My favourite part…