Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the London Olympic Games to Speak at Upcoming DBN Supplier Diversity Conference
February 20, 2012 (Toronto, Canada) – Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will be the keynote speaker at The Canadian Supplier Diversity Conference 2012, Diversity Our Economic Strength, presented by RBC, on Friday, March 23, 2012 at the Allstream Centre, Toronto, Canada. Mr. Frost [...]
RBC Play Hockey invites you to skate for free this Family Day, Monday, Feb. 20
February 15, 2012 No Comment
Skate with Canadian hockey Olympians and cheer on four RBC Play Hockey grant recipients TORONTO, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ – The RBC Play Hockey program is proud to help families get active this Family Day by sponsoring free pleasure skating at eight rinks across southern Ontario. Families are invited to join RBC employees for ice [...]
Continue reading …Rugby Canada inks new three-year partnership with ITSportsNet to provide online sports administration
February 13, 2012 No Comment
ITSportsNet provides online registration & invoicing for 10 provincial Unions, 300+ member clubs & 23,000 members CALGARY, AB and RICHMOND HILL, ON, Feb. 13, 2012 /CNW/ – “We are delighted to announce that Rugby Canada has extended its relationship with ITSportsNet with a new three-year partnership agreement,” says Larry Jacques, Director of Sales, ITSportsNet, a [...]
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Canadian Tire partners with Mosport International Raceway BOWMANVILLE, ON, Feb. 10, 2012 /CNW/ – Canadian Tire today announced a long term partnership with Mosport International Raceway, a renowned racing facility located in Bowmanville, Ontario. The track will be renamed Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. As part of a commitment to further establishing itself as Canada’s automotive [...]
Continue reading …Ontario United Cricket Conference Will Highlight Social, Physical and Cultural Benefits of Popular Sport
February 3, 2012 No Comment
Experts Will Focus On Social Advantages for Youth That Come From Centuries-Old Pastime TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW/ – A wide-ranging group of experts on the social and physical benefits of cricket will gather at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) tomorrow on Saturday, February 4, 2012, beginning [...]
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OTTAWA, Jan. 23, 2012 /CNW/ – They are the fighters. The odds-defiers. The never-say-nevers. Through an unshakable determination, fierce passion and sheer willpower, they have accomplished what many athletes dream of doing, but few actually can: to go beyond the norm and achieve what many thought impossible. Meet cross-country skier Brian McKeever, a seven-time Paralympic [...]
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Toronto – The NHL has clamped down recently on head hits and issued heavy fines and suspensions, but have the concussions stopped? And why are players who come into the NHL allowed to take their face protection off, when they graduate to the big leagues? Two unanswered questions by the NHL, and yet the injuries [...]
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Boston – Former NHL star and Boston Bruin player Mike Milbury was charged with assault for allegedly assaulting his sons teammate at a local 12-year-old peewee hockey game, and now all charges have been withdrawn. Milbury, 59, who has been a broadcaster on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC,) and NBC Sports for many years, [...]
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Canadian sports icon looks back with Imperial Oil at how Canada’s winter sport influenced his life and career “For 75 years, Imperial has been in the corners with us” Essay shared with Canadians over the holiday season CALGARY, Dec. 22, 2011 /CNW/ – The names Imperial Oil and Esso have been synonymous with hockey in Canada for 75 [...]
Continue reading …NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION and NFL Team up with USAID and Ad Council to Tackle the Crisis in the Horn of Africa
December 21, 2011 No Comment
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, D.C., December 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Just in time for the holiday season, a time when charitable giving increases, NFL players have joined FWD, a national public awareness campaign designed to inform Americans of the extreme famine, war and drought in the Horn of Africa. Developed by the U.S. Agency for [...]
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