Top Results For: WinSport

Calgary Flames prospects are generating a buzz at WinSport with development camp underway. As Moses Woldu reports, there are plenty of high profile draft selections on hand, and prospect the Flames have acquired in recent trades.

A good way to beat the heat today? Sliding face first, inches from the ice at the Ice House. Winsport is hosting the largest recruitment camp in Skeleton Canada’s history this week. Doug Vaessen reports

Several high-rise developments in the southwest Calgary community of Trinity Hills is creating headaches for the people who live there, with builders parking on sidewalks and bus stops. As Adam MacVicar reports, there are calls for the city to step in and mitigate the issue.

Winsport in Calgary is hosting the Scotties Tournament of Hearts from Feb. 16 to Feb. 24.

The Snow Rodeo brings out the best of the best in half pipe, and as Moses Woldu reports, it’s a date marked on the calendar for a pair of Calgary snowboarders.

The country’s best female curlers will soon be sliding their way to Calgary for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which kicks off next week at Winsport. Curling Alberta’s Amy Nixon, who was a third on Alberta’s 2004 Scotties team, joins Global News Morning Calgary to discuss the field and what fans can expect.

The National Figure Skating Championships are set to return to WinSport in Calgary after a 20 year absence. As Moses Woldu reports, the event is sure to be a hit for local athletes and tourism.

Two different worlds collided for a special event at Winsport. As Moses Woldu reports, all part of a long-standing relationship between olympians and members of the Canadian Navy.

WinSport is home to the World Ringette Championships as dozens of players from Canada, the U.S. and Europe go for gold. As Moses Woldu explains, a number of Canadians are doing their part to put the game on a higher platform.

It’s been four years since the historic sliding track at WinSport shuttered, and as Cami Kepke reports, local sled sports are now feeling the impacts.

A medieval battle is set for Winsport this weekend. Armored Combat Entertainment’s Knightfall Championships take place this weekend with 80 competitors dueling in huge arena battles. The group’s president Richard Manns joins Global News Morning Calgary with more, and offers a demonstration.

There will be some visible and obvious changes at WinSport and other ski hills as they plan to open this winter season. Christa Dao has more on the changes expected and what skiers and snowboards should know.

Winsport’s President offers his condolences over the tragic incident that took two lives and injured six others on the bobsleigh track after hours.

Winsport’s President says the park has 10 full-time security personnel on staff. Two teens were killed and another six injured during an after hours incident.

Several non-traditional curling countries are hoping to make their mark in the sport at Calgary’s WinSport. Cami Kepke reports.

The United Conservative Party of Alberta prepares to elect a new leader and a new Alberta premier. A funding announcement for WinSport has Luge Canada raising concerns that they are being left in the dark. And construction around Stampede Park will impact pedestrians, drivers and transit users as hockey season approaches.

Sun, Apr 23: A tractor-trailer broke through a concrete barrier and rode along the top of it in a spectacular crash Sunday that closed two lanes of 16th Avenue near Winsport for most of the day. Mia Sosiak has more on what police say happened, and the big mess it caused.

Sun, Jan 8: Winsport executive chef, Liana Robberecht joins Global Calgary to talk about the Half Your Plate Chef’s Dinner event and how six local chefs are bringing awareness for the vegetable-forward movement.

Fri, Nov 18: National team skeleton athlete Mirela Rahneva is juggling a hectic schedule that can often include 17-hour days all spent at WinSport. But she’s not complaining—she’s doing it all to pursue her dream of competing at the Olympics.

Wed, Feb 8: Mike Soroka trains out of the Canadian Sport Institute at WinSport in the offseason along with several other local athletes. Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell offered to help the young pitcher with some extra weight on his sled pushes.