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    2026 Worlds in Prague - info & planning thread

    I signed up for the pre-sale, and will register an account in advance - but I don't know if I want to be up at 1am to buy. I haven't been to a worlds in a long time. Other than the airfare, it will be quite a bit cheaper than going to worlds in NA - and Prague's a great city.
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    Stars on Ice Spring 2025 tour in Canada & U.S.

    This is the first time in many years they haven't had a show in Victoria. I'd been going to Vancouver to take Rosaleen for many years, and though I'm not myself big on shows, I'd probably have gone to the Victoria one if it had happened. (we do have Cirque du Soleil's Crystal in town at the...
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    U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost is Pope Leo XIV (Pope Francis has passed away)

    I was in a chat with my Peruvian daughter about something unrelated as he was speaking in Spanish, and mentioned the shout-out to his diocese of Chiclayo (one of her current projects is in Chiclayo, and she was just there). I've been thinking of him as the first Peruvian pope even more than...
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    Skate Canada 2025-26 "domestic" calendar includes Skate Canada International

    I'd much rather go to an event in Gatineau than Kanata (although I do have a fond memory of my mom climbing - with some assistance - over a chain link fence to get to the bus stop on her 85th birthday at SCI in 2008. We'd thought we'd taken a short cut).
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    Skate Canada 2025-26 "domestic" calendar includes Skate Canada International

    Ummm. . .Gatineau is part of the national capital region. When I worked there, I biked from my apartment in Ottawa to my job in Gatineau in 20 minutes. One flies into Ottawa to go to Gatineau.
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    Skate Canada 2025-26 "domestic" calendar includes Skate Canada International

    The news release says that the Challenge is moving to the West Coast. Calgarians may be as surprised as I was that it's now coastal. I guess I can just take the ferry there.
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    Former Canadian competitive skater says Toronto skating rinks are dumb

    Thanks. That's a very good video. There aren't any outdoor rinks in my part of the country, but the prohibition of SKATING on public ice rinks (in the guise of a concern for safety) is appalling. I wasn't aware that there were such rules anywhere. (can't lift a foot more than 4" off the ice...
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    2025 Skate Canada Int'l in Saskatchewan & 2026 Canadians in Gatineau QC

    The only time I've been to Saskatoon was for Canadians in 2009 (I think), but I remember that transit was pretty easy to the arena. Can't remember where we stayed, though - it wasn't downtown. Won't be going this time - other travel priorities in the fall.
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    Skate Canada Call for Board of Directors Candidates

    I worked for a couple of years in Gatineau before it was Gatineau (in Hull). It was mind-boggling to me, normally living on Vancouver Island where the nearest province is about 1000km and a 2 hour ferry ride away, that I was living in one province and biking to work in another in about 20...
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    2024–25 Canadian Pairs: News and Updates

    Mixed results in the SP for the two junior pairs at the Bavarian Open - Kemp/Elizarov in first with a new PB of 60.01; Ariano Kent/Laliberte-Laurent in 7th with 48.47 and 2 deductions. Hope they both have good FPs for confidence going into Junior Worlds (where I will be able to watch live).
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    2024-25 Pairs General Discussion - Who Wants to Skate Forever (in Junior Pairs)?

    Glad that the 2 Canadian junior pairs will have the chance for an international competition ahead of JW, since they both missed the fall season.
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    U.S. Women [#7]: Make Me a Believer!

    Ummm . . . Christmas?? - in most of the countries that compete in international FS. This is not a big-$$ professional sport - most of the people who put on the competitions (including judges) are volunteers.
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    Slate | The Once Unthinkable Revolution Coming to Figure Skating

    That's an excellent - thoughtful and thought-provoking, as well as very personal about her skating history - piece.
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    Allegations of abuse in Australian figure skating and related issues

    I'm glad the hard work was successful, and best wishes moving forward.
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    2024-25 US Pairs Discussion - Triple-Twisting Through Tornado Alley

    Sorry - that was an unintentional post while I was reading.
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