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Hebert headed to third Olympic Games
Regina-born, Ben Hebert secured his ticket to represent Team Canada at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games in February. It will be his third time competing on Olympic ice, first attending the Vancouver 2010 Games where he claimed gold and the PyeongChang 2018 Games where Team Canada narrowly missed out on a medal to…
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Team Canada announces Milano Cortina 2026 athlete kits
For the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina, Team Canada will be representing the country in style as they released their Olympic & Paralympic athlete kit. In partnership with lululemon, the kit features innovative thermoregulation, new adaptive and inclusive features, as well as designs inspired by Canada’s natural environment. Athletes across the…
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Dash to make Paralympic debut in wheelchair curling
The first athletes officially named to the Canadian Paralympic Team for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games will represent the nation in wheelchair curling. Taking to the ice in March will be Kipling’s Gilbert (Gil) Dash, as he makes his Paralympic debut with Team Canada in the mixed team tournament. In March of 2025, Dash was…
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Ticket for Milano Cortina 2026 on the hog line
The time to determine which team will represent Canada at Milano Cortina 2026 has arrived, with the Canadian Curling Trials taking place Nov. 22-30, in Halifax. The nation’s top eight women’s and men’s teams will compete for a berth that will secure their ticket to the Olympic Games in Italy. Following a seven-game round robin,…
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Four Saskatchewan officials will hit the ice in Italy
Four Saskatchewan hockey officials are Olympic bound after being selected to attend the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games. Linesperson Alex Clarke of Drake and referee Cianna Murray of Cudworth will prepare to officiate their second Olympic Games, after both previously attended Beijing 2022. The two are set to work the women’s hockey tournament alongside Moose Jaw…
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The Olympic and Paralympic medals for Milano Cortina 2026
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games are shinning bright after the Olympic and Paralympic organizing committees unveiled the medal design for the Games. The simplicity of the design is centered in symbolism, portraying the collision of two worlds—Paralympic and Olympic—coming together. The medal signifies a world where competition doesn’t divide, but rather unites. The medals…
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Bronze earns berth in men’s curling
Canada dazzles in bronze to secure a quota spot for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games in men’s curling. Regina’s Ben Hebert with teammates, Brad Jacobs (skip), Brett Gallant (second), Marc Kennedy (third), and Tyler Tardi (alternate) helped Canada earn a ticket to the Games at the 2025 World Men’s Curling Championship in Moose Jaw,…
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Schwinghammer secures World Circuit podium and much more
Following a season of many firsts, Maia Schwinghammer is on the path to securing something much bigger. After standing on the World Cup and World Championship podium for the first time, Schwinghammer has kept her eye on the goal she has sought after since 2010: representing Saskatchewan on the Olympic stage. “It’s always been the…
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Canada qualifies in wheelchair curling
Team Canada has earned a berth in wheelchair curling for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. Skip/third Gilbert Dash, who hails from Kipling, earned a bronze medal at the 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, in Stevenston, Scotland, alongside Jon Thurston (fourth), Douglas Dean (second), Collinda Joseph (lead) and Chrissy Molnar (fifth). Team Canada claimed…
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Get to know Milano Cortina 2026
Although the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be the fourth Games held in Italy, it will mark the first time Milan is host. Cortina d’Ampezzo successfully hosted the 1956 Olympic Summer Games, originally being awarded the 1944 Olympic Games which were later cancelled due to World War II. Four years after Cortina d’Ampezzo…
