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The 2026 Olympic Winter games are fast approaching, with some of Canada’s sliding sports making their way down to the ice house at Winsport. Our Moses Woldu talks to some of Canada’s hopefuls, and the new direction at the top of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton.

The wait is almost over for the Calgary Surge. The club will play its home opener Sunday at WinSport. The day will be special for Olumide Adelodun, who is set to return to where his love for basketball started. Moses Woldu has more.

The Matt Cook Western Memorial Tournament takes over WinSport this weekend. As Moses Woldu reports, the event honours a local hockey player who died from a rare form of cancer.

WinSport in Calgary will host the 2026 Women’s World Curling Championship, marking the sixth major curling event at the Markin MacPhail Centre since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Moses Woldu reports.

Dale Oviatt from Winsport joins Global News Morning Calgary with details on the season opening after an initial delay.

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.

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.

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.

Tue, Feb 6: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi responds to the announcement that WinSport plans to close its sliding track after the upcoming season.

Tue, Feb 6: Members of Calgary’s sliding community say they are shocked and disappointed to hear WinSport plans to close its track if it doesn’t make up an $8-million renovation funding shortfall. Joel Senick explains what municipal and provincial officials may do to avoid that happening.

Sun, Dec 23: It was a big challenge, but one that Gemma Lynne Stroobant was ready to take on. So she headed to WinSport and spent the day learning how to ski.

Sun, Feb 24: Earlier in February, WinSport announced it would be closing its sliding track due to a funding shortfall. On Sunday, the final World Cup event of the season wrapped up. Michael King reports.

Global News Morning Calgary’s Leslie Horton tries out mountain biking at WinSport and goes for a bit of a tumble!