KJ Mullins-Toronto: A request was released today by Infrastructure Ontario, in partnership with Waterfront Toronto, for the development of the area that will be Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes’ Village. The request is for qualifications (RFQ) today to pre-qualify and short-list teams to design, build and finance the village. The project will include design [...]
Continue reading …New Spark Ignites a Roaring Flame of Future Success for Paralympic Sport
October 22, 2010 No Comment
Government funding for Canadian Paralympic Committee will ensure a sustainable future for athletes with a disability OTTAWA, Oct. 22 /CNW/ – Today, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and several decorated Paralympians gratefully accepted the financial contribution of $5M annually over the next five years from the Minister of State for Sport, the Honourable Gary Lunn. The [...]
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Chris Mejaski, Media Committee Journalist/Pride Toronto: More gay athletes need to be open about their sexuality in order to challenge stereotypes and provide positive role models, members of a panel discussion about gays in sports said Friday in Toronto. “The more people are exposed to it, the more people learn,” said Dave Farber, a player [...]
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Famous coffee, donuts now available for Penguins and Islanders fans DUBLIN, OH, Oct. 13 /CNW/ – Tim Hortons and hockey go together like coffee and donuts. Now NHL fans in Pittsburgh and Long Island, NY can enjoy them all. Tim Hortons, the fourth largest quick service restaurant chain in North America, has signed agreements to [...]
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But at least they are on the road Patrick Connors-Toronto: On Saturday, March 9, the Toronto Marlies began the 2010-11 AHL Regular Season at the Ricoh Coliseum, Exhibition Place, against the Rochester Americans. There was a sense of excitement in the air due to the young crowd which likely doesn’t regularly attend Maple Leaf games, a [...]
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TORONTO, Oct. 12 /CNW/ – The Toronto Argonauts will partner once again with The Salvation Army on October 16, 2010 to serve a community dinner for more than 600 at The Salvation Army Toronto Harbour Light Ministries, 160 Jarvis Street, Toronto at 12:00 noon. This year’s event marks the 13th anniversary of the partnership between [...]
Continue reading …Ethics pledge asks professionals to deter use of banned substances INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Continued controversy over the use of banned substances by elite athletes has prompted leading medical and sports organizations to call for stringent ethical principles for physicians, allied medical professionals, coaches, athletic trainers and others. The American College of Sports Medicine [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins: Sports fans may be out of luck when it comes to watching the World Series or NFL games in the US after Fox removed regional sports networks from a major pay TV provider in 7 states. Florida, Texas, Arizona, Texas, Ohio, Tennessee and Los Angeles have all been blackouted out with removal of [...]
Continue reading …Canada’s Hockey Bank Lights it Up in the West CALGARY, Oct. 8 /CNW/ – As the 2010 Calgary Flames take to the ice on Sunday for the first home game of their season, the team will make history by playing the very first game in the newly named Scotiabank Saddledome. Earlier today the CalgaryFlames and Scotiabank, Canada’s Hockey Bank, unveiled [...]
Continue reading …The Pepsi Refresh Project and the Canadian Football League Team Up To Refresh Canada
October 8, 2010 No CommentCFL Players Tackle ‘Doing Good’ MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 8 /CNW/ – The Pepsi Refresh Project – the Pepsi Brand’s groundbreaking movement that will give away more than $1 million to fund Canadian ideas that foster positive social change – has teamed up with The Canadian Football League to refresh Canada as part of an eight-team Pepsi Refresh Project – CFL Challenge. [...]
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