Ontario Summer Games’ organizers, volunteers, athletes, and elected officials today gathered at Nathan Phillips Square to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games. The City of Toronto is hosting the Games, Ontario’s largest multi-sport competition, from August 16 to 19, with some pre-opening events on August 14, 15 and 16. [...]
OTTAWA, April 15, 2012 /CNW/ – I would like to congratulate the Canadian women’s hockey team for their victory yesterday at the 2012 IIHF World Women’s Hockey Championship. Canada brought home the gold after a close 5-4 match with the U.S. in Burlington Vermont, USA. Along with all Canadians, I am extremely proud of the [...]
Continue reading …Playoff Payoff Gets Hockey Fans in the Game with one of Canada’s Biggest Hockey Pools and more than $6 Million in Instant Prizes from Samsung Electronics Canada, Xbox 360 and McCain TORONTO, April 11, 2012 /CNW/ – This season, Budweiser – the #1 selling beer in Canada – is upping the ante and giving Canadians [...]
Continue reading …Canadian fans and their friends can make it to the Stanley Cup® Final, even if their team doesn’t TORONTO, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ – Canadian Hockey fans are some of the most passionate and loyal fans alive, spending each season riding the incredible highs and disappointing lows that come along with true dedication to the [...]
Continue reading …Good Sport encourages Blue Jays fans to be designated drivers TORONTO, April 9, 2012 /CNW/ – Today, Budweiser is launching the sports world’s most successful designated driver program in Canada at the Toronto Blue Jays homeopener. Budweiser Good Sport encourages fans to volunteer as designated drivers to and from the stadium, and helps to increase [...]
Continue reading …CORNWALL, On, April 6, 2012 /CNW/ – Canada’s Women’s National Boxing Team won all four of their bouts on day two of competition at the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) 2012 Women’s Continental Championships in Cornwall, Ontario. Mandy Bujold, 51 kg, the reigning Pan American Champion, defeated Zaida Enriquez of Mexico 24-4. “It was a very [...]
Continue reading …OTTAWA, March 22, 2012 /CNW/ – The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (CCPSA) are pleased to announce the athletes nominated to Canada’s Boccia team for the London 2012 Paralympic Games set for August 29 to September 9. This is the first team to be officially nominated for the Games [...]
Continue reading …The Organizing Committee for the 2012 Ontario Summer Games is pleased to announce the 26 Games venues where 2,500 athletes will compete in 28 team and individual sports, as part of Ontario’s largest amateur, multi-sport event. The City of Toronto is hosting the Games from August 16 to 19, 2012, with some pre-opening events on [...]
Continue reading …Molson Coors introduces The Stanley Cup Collection TM to let hockey fans re-live their favourite hockey years with a chance to win a trip to the 2012 Stanley Cup Final TORONTO, March 22, 2012 /CNW/ – Since 1918, the Stanley Cup® has been awarded on 92 separate occasions, and every hockey fan has a perspective [...]
Continue reading …Toronto – Many had lost hope weeks ago, Toronto Maple Leafs kept losing and were out of playoffs. Not now, they’re on a winning streak, two straight wins, first time since early February. Ten games remaining in regular season. With the season almost over with most teams having 10 games remaining of the 82, Maple [...]
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