MONTREAL The long road to the top in ice dancing is taken in long, agonizing inches. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, bronze medalists last year for the second time, stepped up the podium to a silver medal this time, at home, in front of a wildly cheering crowd. They finished their intriguing “Wuthering Heights” routine […]
Zachary Lagha
Fabbri and Ayer Break the Ice
Just before he had to leave the ice after warmup, Paul Ayer ran his fingers over the words “CALGARY” at centre ice at the Winsport arena. He had come home to Calgary. And now it was his time. Born in Calgary, Ayer moved to Montreal six years ago to skate with Alicia Fabbri. He had […]
Lajoie and Lagha: Coming up Roses
Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha could have been devastated by missing out on competing at the world championships last season. They were Canada’s No. 3 team and Canada had only two spots for dancers at the event. Was it difficult to face that music and watch others do what you wanted so much to do? […]
A hair-raising experience
Think you’ve had a bad hair day? That somebody took the last Timbit? That you missed the last bus to Barbados in a snowstorm? That the television cable went out in the middle of the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships? So you think YOU have had a bad hair day? Just ask Piper Gilles. She […]