The Heartbeat

This week's edition of The Heartbeat include events in Stoneham (QC), Calgary, Port Hawksbury (NS), Collingwood (ON), Kelowna, Whistler and Vancouver.
Sports being televised or streamed include bobsleigh, skeleton, alpine skiing, tennis, curling, track cycling, freestyle skiing and snowboarding.

Events to meet athletes are being held in Ottawa, Montebello, QC (near Montreal) and Toronto.

If you are participating in or know of an event that could be featured in The Heartbeat, please contact me: suzanne[at]sportcafe[dot]ca or via Twitter @olympichearts.

Snowboard World Championships

January 17-27, 2013
Stoneham Mountain Resort, Quebec
Snowboard Cross
January 24 (10:30-14:30) & 26 (11h-13:10)
Parallel Giant Slalom
January 25 9:00-15:00
Parallel Slalom
January 27 9:00-15:00
Canadians competing include Olympic gold medallists Jasey-Jay Anderson, Maëlle Ricker, and Olympic bronze medallist Dominique Maltais.
Click here for National Team members.
More info

FIS World Cup Moguls

January 26, 2013
Canada Olympic Park
Calgary, AB
Free Event
Competitors include: Olympic gold medallist Alexandre Bilodeau, World Champion Mikael Kingsbury, Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe.
Spectator Info, click here.
More Info

Grand Slam of Curling

January 23-27, 2013
Port Hawkesbury, NS
Competing: Teams skipped by Glenn Howard, Kevin Koe, Kevin Martin, Jeff Stoughton, Brad Gushue and more
More Info

Nor Am cross-country skiing

January 26-27, 2013
Highlands, Nordic
Duntroon, Ontario (near Collingwood)
More info

Nor Am snowboard cross

January 26-27, 2013
Big White Ski Resort
Kelowna, BC
More info

Tennis - Davis Cup World Group

Canada vs Spain World Group 1st Round
February 1-3, 2013
Thunderbird Sports Centre
Vancouver, Canada
Televised on Sportsnet and TVA Sports
Competing: Milos Raonic, Daniel Nestor, Frank Dancevic and Vasek Pospisil
More Info

Water Polo World Qualifying Tournament

January 30-February 3, 2013
Talisman Centre
Calgary, Alberta
Two teams will qualify to represent the Americas at the World Championships in Spain in July.
More Info

Luge World Championships

February 1-2, 2013
Whistler Sliding Centre
Whistler, BC
More info
Races will be streamed live at www.luge.ca

Olympic Sports On Television/Internet

Snowboard Championnats du Monde FIS de Snowboard
Le mercredi 23 janvier, 2013 13h00, 19h00 TVA Sports
Le jeudi 24 janvier, 2013 15h00 TVA Sports
Le vendredi 25 janview, 2013 12h30 TVA Sports
Le samedi 26 janvier, 2013 10h30 TVA Sports
Le Dimanche 27 janvier, 2013 12h30 TVA Sports

Alpine Skiing
Men's Super-G - Kitzbuhel
Streamed online on www.cbcsports.ca
Friday January 25, 2013 5:25am

Men's Downhill - Kitzbuhel
Streamed online on www.cbcsports.ca Saturday January 26, 2013 5:25am
Highlights on CBC television Saturday January 26, 2013 4pm

Men's Slalom - Kitzbuhel
Streamed online on www.cbcsports.ca
Sunday January 27, 2013 First Run 4:10am Second Run 7:25am
Highlights on CBC television Sunday January 27, 2013

Ladies Giant Slalom
Saturday January 26, 2013 2:30pm Sportsnet

Ladies Slalom
Sunday January 27, 2013 9:00pm Sportsnet ONE (later on Sportsnet)

Parallel Slalom Ladies and Men
Thursday January 31st, 2013 4am Sportsnet East
(5am SN West, 7pm SN East, 10pm SN ONE)

Grand Slam of Curling
Thursday January 24, 2013 11:30am, 3:30pm and 7:30pm
Friday January 25, 2013 11:30am, 3:30pm and 7:30pm
Saturday January 26, 2013 3:30pm, 7:00pm
Sunday January 27, 2013 Semi-Final 9:30am Final 1:00pm

Bobsleigh/Skeleton - World Championships 
from St. Moritz
Streamed live on Bobsleigh/Skeleton YouTube Channel. Click here.

Women's Bobsleigh
Friday January 25, 2013 First Run 4:00am Second Run 5:25am (EST)
Saturday January 26, 2013 Third Run 6:45am Fourth Run 8:10pm (EST)
Highlights on Sportsnet One on Saturday 1:00pm (Monday 8:00am)

Men's 2-man Bobsleigh
Saturday January 26, 2013 First Run 2:45am Second Run 4:35am EST
Sunday January 27, 2013 Third Run 3:00am Second Run 5:00am EST
Highlights on Sportsnet ONE on Monday 9:00am EST

Team event
Sunday January 27, 2013 7:30am EST
Highlights on Sportsnet ONE on Monday 10:00am EST

Women's Skeleton
Thursday January 31, 2013 3:00am (EST)
Highlights Friday 7:00pm Sportsnet ONE (and 1pm Saturday)

Men's Skeleton
Friday February 1, 2013 7:00am (EST)
Highlights Saturday 2:00pm Sportsnet ONE
Men's 4-man Bobsleigh
Saturday February 2, 2013 3:00am (EST)

Cycling
UCI Track World Cup: Mens & Womens Elite
Saturday January 26, 2013 3:00pm Sportnet ONE

Men's Soccer - Canada vs Denmark
livestream on www.sportsnet.ca
Saturday January 26, 2013 2:30pm EST
Click here for link.

Tennis - Australian Open
Daily coverage on TSN, TSN2
en français: RDS, RDS2

Winter X Games
Thursday January 24, 2013 3pm on TSN2
Friday January 25, 2013 1:30am, 3pm, 10:30pm on TSN2
Saturday January 26, 2013 5:30am, 2pm, 4pm, 9:30pm on TSN2
Sunday January 27, 2013 2:00pm and 11:00pm on TSN2

Weekly Shows

Objectif Sotchi 
Samedi à 14 h Télévision de Radio-Canada
Animé par Marc Durand
Plus infos

Snowtime
Highlighting latest news from World Cup skiing circuit
Friday 1:30pm; replay Saturday 12:00am; replay Sunday 3:30pm CBC Bold

FIS Snowboard Magazine
Monday 9pm EST Sportsnet ONE
repeated Thursday 7pm EST, Saturday 2pm Sportsnet ONE

FIS Freestyle Magazine
Monday 8:30pm EST Sportsnet ONE
repeated Thursday 7:30pm EST, Saturday 1:30pm, Sunday 12:30pm SN ONE

Ski TV
Saturday 1pm Sportsnet ONE
repeated Sunday 12pm, Monday 9:30pm, Thursday 9pm SN ONE

Meet/Support Canada's Athletes

Running Clinic with Olympic marathoner Dylan Wykes
Saturday January 26, 2013 2pm
TrueForm Fitness
Ottawa, ON
Free of charge and open to the public
More info

Cross-Country Skiing event:
Fast and Female Champ Chat with 2010 Olympian Madeleine Williams
part of Canadian Ski Marathon February 9, 2013 3:30-5:30pm
Chateau Montebello, QC
More info
Registration

Indoor Volleyball March Break Camp
With Olympian Josh Binstock and Maverick Hatch
March 11-15, 2013
Havergal College, Toronto
More info