NEWS
June 30, 2009
Scarborough-Guildwood Organizations to Receive Funding For Recreational Upgrade
Six projects in Scarborough – Guildwood will benefit from $5,383,866 in joint federal and provincial funding to improve community recreational infrastructure, announced today under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program in Ontario (RInC Ontario) and the Ontario Recreation Program (Ontario REC).
June 29, 2009
Ontario Supports High-Performance Training
High-performance athletes in the Golden Horseshoe will have the opportunity to train at McMaster University’s high-performance sport facilities.
June 12, 2009
Festival of Excellence
Health Promotion Minister Margarett Best with the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt and young fans following Bolt's 100m win at the Festival of Excellence at Varsity Stadium in Toronto June 11.
June 1, 2009
Sport Participation Takes Centre Stage
The Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario announced an agreement today to fund sports programs for Ontarians, with a particular emphasis on enhancing opportunities for young people, Aboriginal Canadians and people at risk.
April 30, 2009
Ontario Helps Athletes Pursue Sport Excellence
Ontario is investing in its high-performance athletes and coaches through its Quest for Gold program.
April 27, 2009
2009 Driven To Quit Challenge
Margarett Best, Minister of Health Promotion, celebrates with Rylee Richards of Thunder Bay, winner of the 2009 Driven To Quit Challenge. Rylee won a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu hybrid after she quit smoking for the month of March.
April 26, 2009
McGuinty Government Investing In West Don Lands On Toronto’s Waterfront
Ontario announced the location for the proposed 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games athletes' village today as Toronto's West Don Lands.
April 3, 2009
Brush-a-Mania
Margarett Best, Minister of Health Promotion, Dr. Larry Levin, President of the Ontario Dental Association, and David Caplan, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care look on as a student from St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School inspects the Toronto Raptors’ teeth at an event to promote Dental Health Month.
March 27, 2009
Honouring Ontario’s Athletes
Ontario’s top amateur athletes were honoured at the 2008 Ontario Sport Awards last night in Toronto.
• Backgrounder: Recipients of the 2008 Ontario Sport Awards
