Dan Barnes
Toronto Sun
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Speed skater Laurent Dubreuil a step away from his best season
Two weeks hence, Laurent Dubreuil will either be celebrating his best all-around season as a speed skater or wondering what could and perhaps should have been. → Read More
Lueders sisters Maya and Zoe find their own icy paths around the oval
Their father Pierre liked his ice in steep and twisting chutes, but Maya and Zoe Lueders prefer the flat, oval variety. → Read More
Skier Marie-Michèle Gagnon hanging them up after this season
The 33-year-old from Lac-Etchemin, Que. will race Super Giant Slalom for the rest of the season. → Read More
Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt feels at home away from home in Slovenia
Alexandria Loutitt has embraced the challenge forced upon the entire team after the closure of the jumps at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. → Read More
Canadian Mirela Rahneva slides to bronze medal in St. Moritz at skeleton worlds
Rahneva finished fifth at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, but has been on a tear during this season, including a win in Park City, Utah. → Read More
Pickleball craze has Canadians of all ages headed for court
The quirky court sport with the vocabulary to match has been around for six decades, but only truly caught fire during the COVID-19 pandemic → Read More
Luge Canada pilot project with chef Jade Berg feeds the dream and the soul
Berg joined the team as part of a Luge Canada pilot project aimed at boosting athletes’ nutritional intake. → Read More
Calgary ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt soars to the top of a World Cup podium
Still a teenager, Alexandria Loutitt boldly went where only Horst Bulau and Steve Collins have been before for Canada, to the top of a World Cup ski jumping… → Read More
A CFL game in London, Ont., still a long way off
In November, the ball just barely got rolling on a Canadian Football League Touchdown series game for London, Ont. → Read More
Valérie Grenier's World Cup giant slalom victory stirs up emotions for past winner Kathy Kreiner
Kathy Kreiner knows what it’s like to feel on top of the world, and she hopes the feeling lasts for Valérie Grenier. → Read More
Valérie Grenier on top of the World (Cup) after giant slalom victory
It was a long, often frustrating and occasionally painful journey — 2,954 days, 90 starts and four surgeries from World Cup debut to the top of the podium —… → Read More
Victoria interested in hosting a Touchdown Pacific CFL game
The Canadian Football League is entertaining offers to expand its Touchdown series of one-offs across the country. → Read More
Canadian ski jumpers still flying high in Europe
The Canadian women who jumped into the country’s consciousness during the Beijing Olympics last year are still flying high 10 months later. → Read More
BARNES: Sport Events Exchange a one-stop shop to find host venues
There were deals to be had on the floor of the Sport Events Exchange in Edmonton in early November. → Read More
BARNES: Ukrainian artistic swimmer Lyza Yakhno building new life, new career in Canada
With war raging in Ukraine, Yakhno moved to Montreal to be an assistant coach for the Canadian senior national team in artistic swimming. → Read More
Canadian Football League hopes to score Touchdowns across the country
When the Canadian Football League takes its show on the road in 2024, it might try to score a Touchdown outside of Atlantic Canada. → Read More
Slow and steady progression wins the race for bobsled pilot Bianca Ribi
When Ribi finally made it onto the World Cup circuit as a pilot last weekend, she was ready to go. In fact, she was ready to win. → Read More
Head coach Glen Constantin in no hurry to move on from Laval
Glen Constantin has done and won it all in U Sports football, but the long-time head coach of Laval has never taken a run at the professional ranks. → Read More
Vanier Cup foes from Laval and Saskatchewan evenly matched
If the Vanier Cup is a clash between haves and have-nots, then the only imbalance will be along the bottom line. → Read More
Canadian Football League and players getting down to the business of their business
It will mark the figurative beginning of a business partnership that each side has repeatedly called their best hope for sustained success. → Read More