Jane Arkell was the perfect choice to serve as the chairman of Canada Games Niagara 2021’s accessibility committee. The Grimsby native has been the executive director at Active Living Alliance...
A recent mandate for Canada Games hosts is to make the event sustainable. Red Deer, the 2019 Canada Winter Games host, may have been the first to have a...
Gerry McIlhone is already thinking about his biggest challenge as the chair of the transportation committee for the Niagara 2021 Canada Summer Games. Halfway through the Games, 2,500 athletes will...
Rob Foster seemed like a natural choice as the chair of the technology committee for the 2021 Canada Summer Games. The Beamsville resident retired last year after an extensive career...
Bill Fenwick just can’t stay away from sports. The 71-year-old London native grew up playing hockey and tennis and then devoted over four decades to working in sport, including 11...
Hannah Taylor was a Canada Games athlete for all seasons. The bronze medalist at the 2019 under-23 world wrestling championships competed in wrestling at the 2013 Canada Summer Games in...
Nancy Kessler did it all at the 2013 Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke. The 23-year-old St. Catharines native not only won gold for Team Ontario in women’s basketball, but also...
As an athlete, Swede Burak experienced the thrills and excitement of the Opening Ceremonies at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the 1975 Pan Am Games in Mexico and the 1983 Pan...
Sarah Wiley won a gold medal for Ontario at the 2009 Canada Summer Games, but her memories of the event centre more around her personal experiences than the competition itself....
A show of hands at a recent Brock Wrestling Club practice produced at least a half dozen athletes who had previously competed at the Canada Games. One of those raised...
It seemed a forgone conclusion Lynn Hamilton would wind up with an important role for the 2021 Canada Summer Games. The 57-year-old St. Catharines native’s path was pretty much mapped...
Doug Hamilton was grateful to be named the 2019 St. Catharines Sportsperson of the Year, but the Chairman of the 2021 Canada Games feels the honour should be a team...
Brock University has approved contributing a parcel of land at its main campus so it can be the site of a community and athletics complex that would be the central...
The vision and reality of the 2021 Canada Summer Games is expected to come into focus over the next several weeks. Niagara was awarded the games two years ago and...
Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport for the Government of Canada, announces Thursday that $1.7 million will be spent to add lacrosse to the 2021 Canada Summer Games,...
Work continues behind the scenes for the 2021 Canada Summer Games. Niagara was awarded the games about two years ago and, according to chief revenue and marketing officer Steve Katzman,...
2021 Canada Games chairman Doug Hamilton, left, and chief revenue and marketing officer, Steve Katzman. Photo by: BILL POTRECZ When 2021 Canada Games chairman Doug Hamilton went looking for a face...
