Building a Healthier Canada Through Winter Activity

Building a Healthier Canada Through Winter Activity

National Health and Fitness Ski Day Ottawa – On Wednesday February 26th over 100 skiers and supporters of National Health and Fitness Day (NHFD) joined together to ski with parliamentarians to share their love of cross-country skiing and demonstrate the potential for urban ski trails. The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health joined MPs/Olympians Adam Van Koeverden and Lyne Bissette who both used cross-country skiing as part of their Olympic training....
Katherine Stewart-Jones Lone Canadian to Place in Top-30 as Ski Tour 2020 Wraps Up in Norway

Katherine Stewart-Jones Lone Canadian to Place in Top-30 as Ski Tour 2020 Wraps Up in Norway

TRONDHEIM, Nor.—Canada’s Katherine Stewart-Jones wrapped up the six-race Ski Tour 2020 through Scandinavia with a 29th-place finish in Sunday’s 15-kilometre women’s pursuit race. Starting in 28th place, time behind the leaders based on the overall time of the first five races which took the world’s best athletes through some of the top Nordic venues in Sweden and Norway, the 24-year-old was not able to climb any more spots up the rankings while clocking a time of...
Cendrine Browne Battles to 25th in Cross-Country Ski Marathon at Ski Tour 2020 in Norway

Cendrine Browne Battles to 25th in Cross-Country Ski Marathon at Ski Tour 2020 in Norway

Young Canucks enjoy career-best finishes in fourth stage of six-race Tour MERAKER, Nor.—Canada’s Cendrine Browne held on as long as she could while skiing through high winds, challenging conditions and a quick pace throughout the 34 kilometre cross-country skate-ski race, which resulted in a 25th-place finish in the fourth stage of Ski Tour 2020 in Meraker, Norway. Building on her third career top-30 distance race from one week ago, the 26-year-old from...