Author: Alain Brouillette

Speed Skating Canada receives funding from federal government’s Community Sport for All Initiative to expand Skate for All and First & Fast Strides programs

Funding will help remove barriers and improve access to speed skating nationwide, giving more Canadians the opportunity to try the sport OTTAWA, ONTARIO – A recently announced investment from the Government of Canada will see Speed Skating Canada receive $220,000 in funding from the Community Sport for All Initiative to support the expansion of the… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada and Svante Launch ‘Save the Ice’ Climate Change Education Campaign

For every share of the campaign video featuring Olympian Gaétan Boucher, Svante will remove half a kilogram of CO₂ from the atmosphere OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Building on their recently announced partnership, Speed Skating Canada and Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante), a global leader in carbon capture and removal technology, are proud to announce a joint climate change awareness… Read more »

Speed Skating Canada welcomes Bell as title sponsor of the First & Fast Strides skating development program

Partnership will help grow Canada’s most successful Olympic sport by introducing more children to speed skating OTTAWA, ONTARIO – An exciting new partnership between Bell and Speed Skating Canada will see the country’s largest communications company support the expansion of Canada’s newest learn to skate program. First & Fast Strides, presented by Bell, will provide… Read more »

Dieppe successfully hosts 120 skaters from across eastern Canada at Youth Short Track Championships

Codiac Cyclones Speed Skating Club organizes first short track national championship since 2007 DIEPPE, NEW BRUNSWICK – The community of Dieppe hosted 120 skaters from five different provinces at last weekend’s 2025 Canadian Youth Short Track Championships East presented by Intact Insurance, which were held at the Arthur-J-LeBlanc Arena. It marked the first time since… Read more »

Calgary’s World Speed Skating Championships recognized as Sport Tourism Canada’s International Event of the Year

Award win further cements Speed Skating Canada’s position as a hosting powerhouse CALGARY, ALBERTA – Last season’s 2024 ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Calgary were recognized during Sport Tourism Canada’s annual PRESTIGE Awards banquet, which took place at the host city’s BMO Centre on March 20. The prestigious competition, which was being hosted at… Read more »

Canadian Speed Skaters Celebrate Double Medal Day at World Championships

Middle distance specialist Connor Howe wins 1500m bronze; Ivanie Blondin shines with mass start silver HAMAR, NORWAY – Canada’s long track speed skaters added a silver and bronze to double the team’s medal count at the 2025 ISU World Speed Skating Championships on Sunday in Hamar, Norway. Ivanie Blondin jumped onto the podium for the… Read more »

Blondin, Maltais and Weidemann lead Canada to Team Pursuit bronze at World Championships

Laurent Dubreuil finishes fourth in men’s 500m, misses podium by one hundredth of a second HAMAR, NORWAY – Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann put their early season struggles behind them and skated to a well-deserved bronze medal in the women’s Team Pursuit on Friday at the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Norway…. Read more »

Canadian women claim Team Sprint silver on opening day of World Championships in Hamar

Brooklyn McDougall, Béatrice Lamarche and Ivanie Blondin lead Canada to third consecutive World Championship podium in the distance HAMAR, NORWAY – Canada kicked off the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Hamar by winning silver in the women’s Team Sprint on Thursday afternoon. Brooklyn McDougall (Calgary, Alta.), Béatrice Lamarche (Quebec City, Que.) and Ivanie Blondin… Read more »