HALIFAX – Halifax has been chosen host of the 2016 Canadian figure skating championships.
Three-time world champion Patrick Chan will headline the Jan. 18-24 event at the Scotiabank Centre, marking the fourth time the east coast city has hosted the championships.
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The 1983, 1997 and 2004 championships were held in Halifax.
Chan is returning to competition after taking a season off. He’ll be joined by world pairs champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, two-time world ice dance medallists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, and 2014 national women’s singles champion Kaetlyn Osmond, who missed last season due to injury.
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