Alpine ski will showcase four events at the Canada Winter Games: slalom, giant slalom, super-G, and ski cross.  Team Toba won’t finalize their roster until mid January, but right now, Head Coach Bob Lawrie is working with the hopefuls to sharpen their skills for the national stage.   Competitive Edge Just last month, they…

  The Canada Winter Games will feature two major sections for freestyle ski on Crabbe Mountain: moguls and aerials, and the modern slopestyle and big air. With these events featuring everything from jumps, twists, and flips with grabs, this sport is in no shortage of excitement and intensity. “There’s music playing in the background, people…

  Head Coach Ben Galagan learned to snowboard with his dad at the Canada Olympic Park and has been passionate about the sport ever since. “When I went to the hill, I would always go to the park where I would try all the big features, imagining what it would be like to do tricks…

Canada Games Council Statement on the Removal of the Policy on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines for 2023 Canada Winter Games The Canada Games Council (CGC) has removed its Policy on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines for accredited individuals ahead of the upcoming 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island. The decision was made following a review of…

Leading up to the 2023 Canada Winter Games, we are featuring the dedicated coaches who spend countless hours giving back to sport. Let’s get to know alpine ski coach, Anna Blankstein! What sport are you coaching at the Canada Games? Alpine Skiing How long have you been coaching this sport? 4 years What is your favourite…

Leading up to the 2023 Canada Winter Games, we are featuring the dedicated coaches who spend countless hours giving back to sport. Let’s get to know women’s hockey coach, Cassandra Groen!   How long have you been coaching this sport? 10 years   What is your favourite coaching memory? One of my athletes was working so…

  Next year will be Trevor Borland’s sixth Canada Games. While the Head Coach for squash is certainly familiar with the national, multi-sport event, he is excited to lead the upcoming female and men’s squash teams in PEI – in the same city of his first-ever Games experience. The four females and four females will…

  Archery Head Coach Avril Hatherell has been to the Canada Games as an athlete, a manager, and will now experience the event as a coach in PEI. Involved in the sport for 25 years, one of the things she loves about archery is that it’s a personal sport with lots of room for growth…

    Airton Nakamura’s judo career started in Brazil when he was just eight years old. Getting his black belt at the age of 16, he started coaching at the club level, too. In 2006, Airton came to Canada and got involved in coaching at the University of Winnipeg, and later gained experience as the…

  Athletes can find all kinds of ways to tap into their motivation in preparing for the Canada Games.  As Manitoba Fencing Association (MFA) Provincial Coach Ayach Bounachada looks ahead to 2023 in PEI, he remembers one athlete’s unique motivation behind making the podium.  In 2007, Gillian Turnbull was determined to make it to the…