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Skate Ontario would like to wish Gold Ice Junior the best of luck as they compete in the Zagreb Snowflakes Trophy this weekend in Zagreb Croatia! We are #SkateOntarioProud! For more information you can check out the Skate Canada press release or the event page on the ISU website.

Once again, the crowds of Lausanne 2020 did not disappoint; greeting the pair skaters with abundant enthusiasm as they took the ice on Sunday for their free skate. This was no exception for Skate Ontario pair Brooke McIntosh and Brandon Toste who finished a season’s best performance to a rousing round of applause and cheers. […]

Skate Ontario is proud to have 99 athletes competing this week at the 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships taking place in Mississauga at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre from Jan. 13-19. This event will name the Novice, Junior and Senior national champions in each discipline as well as name the Canadian teams for the 2020 […]

The competition continued on Day in Lausanne, Switzerland at the Winter Youth Olympic Games with the Ice Dancers and Women taking the ice for their rhythm dance and short program events and Skate Ontario skaters representing Canada in both events. Catherine Carle was first out of the gate in the Women’s short program and set […]

The figure skating event at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games got off to a flying start on Friday afternoon, with the pairs’ short program. The mood in the arena was boisterous with a packed house filled with a large number of local school kids who were thrilled to be watching figure skating and […]

The 2020 Youth Olympic Games are taking place from Jan. 9-22 in Lausanne, Switzerland and Skate Ontario would like to wish the best of luck to Catherine Carle, Brooke McIntosh & Brandon Toste and Natalie D’Alessandro & Bruce Waddell who have traveled there to compete to represent Canada. What an exciting experience! The Youth Olympic […]

Hello! Elladj Baldé here! I am thrilled to have been asked to share a little bit about myself for the Skater in Residence blog. I thought I would use this opportunity to talk about my company Skate Global, what we do and the purpose that drives it as well as how it connects to my […]

The Skater in Residence to kick off this new decade for Skate Ontario is no stranger to any of us. Most recently, you may have caught Elladj Baldé as a performer and artistic support for the competitors on Battle of the Blades but in truth, skating into the minds of fans everywhere happened a lot […]

Hi everybody, Me again! I hope you’ve been having a good December and are getting excited for the holidays! We have had a busy fall so far! When my last blog was published, I was in Italy competing at the Grand Prix Final! The competition didn’t go quite as smoothly as I would’ve hoped, but […]

December Skater in Residence – Kirsten Moore-Towers discusses how she got into figure skating, her affirmation that she would never try pairs skating (disclaimer – she eventually tried it) and how her mom shaped her skating journey. My name is Kirsten Moore-Towers. I am 27 years old and was born and raised in St. Catharines, […]