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  CBCs Battle of the Blades gets strong Thanksgiving weekend numbers

  October 14th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  TORONTO - "Battle of the Blades" may be on ice but it's proving to be hot with skating fans. The CBC says Sunday's performance episode drew 1.56 million viewers. The Thanksgiving broadcast featured the music of Frank Sinatra and was guest judged...

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  Golden arches

  October 7th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  AMHERST - The world's best bobsledders, biathletes, skiers, skaters and snowboarders will soon converge on Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics, and Springhill's Karen Smith will be there with them. The Amherst McDonald's employee has been named a...

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  NHLers don tights for Battle of the Blades ice dancing contest on CBC-TV

  September 17th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  TORONTO - Forget Bourne and Kraatz, Sale and Pelletier, Underhill and Martini - the new ice dance teams to watch are Bourne and Lemieux, Sale and Simpson, Underhill and Duguay. The CBC has revealed the eight teams of figure skaters and hockey...

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  Town shows support for skate park

  September 16th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  AMHERST - Stray skateboarders, like stray cats, are hard to herd and corral, but give them a bit of catnip in the form of ramps, rails and ledges and they quickly transform into pack animals. That fact became clear last Thursday as a quick count...

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  Cdn star figure skater Elvis Stojko returns to rink with new perspective

  August 27th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  TORONTO - After leaving the spotlight to do some soul searching in Mexico, figure skater Elvis Stojko has officially returned to the rink with what he says is a different perspective on the sport and himself. "This is the first time I've been back...

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  Olympic silver medalist teaches local skater

  August 18th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  AMHERST - Hannah Doucette knew she would see an Olympic medalist at summer skating camp. What she didn't know was that she would get three lessons by her. The nine-year-old member of the Amherst Skating Club spent the month of July with the...

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  Suns formalize Nash deal, signing the Victoria native to two-year extension

  July 28th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns have finally confirmed signing Canadian point guard Steve Nash to a two-year contract extension. The 35-year-old Victoria native and two-time NBA MVP agreed last week to an extension worth US$22 million. The 13-year NBA...

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  Amherst figure skaters hand out hardware

  May 7th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  AMHERST - Figure skating awards were presented to members of the Amherst Skating Club on Tuesday night at the Atlantic Superstores Community Room. Recipients were: Canskate division BMO Canskater of the year - Kirsten Lawrence. BMO Canskate...

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  Halvorsen out as program director for Canadian speedskating team

  March 25th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  The director of the sport expected to be Canada's biggest medal producer at the Vancouver Olympics has resigned less than a year before the 2010 Games. Speed Skating Canada hired Finn Halvorsen in 2006 as director of the long-track team, which had...

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  Icemaker has thin margin for error during 2010 skating events

  March 18th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  VANCOUVER - Imagine the diameter of a dime. It may only be about a centimetre and a half but for some Olympic athletes, that tiny measurement could be the difference between gliding on glass and slogging through sand. It could also be the...

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Other news

• Febuary 13th, 2009 Figure skaters capture medals in Dartmouth
• Febuary 6th, 2009 Torontos Chan skates near-record performance to take lead at Four Continents
• January 21st, 2009 Cold-fighting remedy added to healthy list of Olympic 2010 sponsors
• January 9th, 2009 Skaters win big in Bridgewater
• December 18th, 2008 Amherst Ramblers hold public skate tonight
• December 3rd, 2008 Search underway on mud flats between N.B. and Maine for missing man
• November 14th, 2008 Soehner, Hawkes bring home silver
• November 12th, 2008 Amherst Skating Club poised to perform
• September 11th, 2008 Buttle hangs up the blades
• September 4th, 2008 Figure skaters celebrate acomplishments
• April 11th, 2008 Banged up
• April 9th, 2008 Annie Crocker ready for new challenges
• April 1st, 2008 Pugsley and Tigers skate in Big Apple
• March 13th, 2008 Projecting a clean image
• March 7th, 2008 No rest for skating champ Annie Crocker

• March 7th, 2008 March break skating sessions at the stadium
• March 4th, 2008 Skating club hosting fifth Skatefest Wednesday
• Febuary 22nd, 2008 Good things come in threes
• Febuary 6th, 2008 A Chilli Willi Winter Carnival
• December 13th, 2007 Town offering free holiday skating sessions
• November 28th, 2007 Polley-owned horse gets first lifetime win in Truro on Sunday
• October 17th, 2007 NHL players to try heated skate blades
• August 1st, 2007 Skaters in Springhill take to the ice as of Aug. 20
• June 22nd, 2007 Porter named skater of the year
• May 2nd, 2007 Parrsboro skating club wraps up successful season