From the Canadian Press:
- Don Cherry likes figure skating?
“MacLean says his Hockey Night in Canada partner is a big fan of figure skating, insisting that Grapes has often lauded the sport’s stars as some of the toughest athletes around.” Read more.
From the Canadian Press:
From CBC:
From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:
From a media release:
LET THE BATTLE BEGIN! CBC TELEVISON’S BATTLE OF THE BLADES DEBUTS OCT. 4
Canadian figure skating and hockey icons take to the ice in a live competition of artistry and athleticism as CBC Television’s BATTLE OF THE BLADES premieres on Sunday, October 4, at 8 p.m. ET.
Ten charities chosen by the competitors will be the beneficiaries of donations, announced weekly, as pairs are eliminated from the competition on the Monday night result show. At the completion of the seven week series, the winning pair will make a combined donation of $100,000 to their chosen charities. The benefactors include Make-A-Wish Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Alberta Cancer Foundation, MA Foundation, The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Diabetes Hope Foundation, Wounded Warriors, The Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre Society, Bloorview Kids Rehab and World Vision Canada.
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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family: