TORONTO (January 18, 2017) – Canada’s skating stars take centre stage at Ottawa’s TD Place as the nation’s best compete at the 2017 CANADIAN TIRE NATIONAL SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, airing Jan. 20–21 on CTV and TSN. The championships are the first national sporting event headlining Ottawa’s year-long celebration of Canada’s 150^th anniversary of confederation. Live coverage begins Friday, Jan. 20 at 3 p.m. ET on TSN with the Women's Short Program and Ice Dance Short Program (see below for CTV and TSN’s complete broadcast schedule).

Live streaming of the 2017 CANADIAN TIRE NATIONAL SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS is available to subscribers on the CTV GO app and via TSN.ca/Live and the TSN GO app. French-language coverage of the event is available on RDS2.

Brian Williams once again hosts CTV and TSN’s coverage of the CANADIAN TIRE NATIONAL SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, bringing his extensive experience covering the Olympic Winter Games and Canadian and World Figure Skating Championships. Williams is joined by Rod Black, the voice of figure skating in Canada, in the broadcast booth alongside analyst Tracy Wilson, a seven-time Canadian Ice Dance champion. SPORTSCENTRE’s Sara Orlesky reports from rinkside and backstage.

TSN delivers an in-depth interview with Canadian figure skating stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir as well as a special feature on defending Canadian men’s champion Patrick Chan’s free program, skated to music composed by Canadian pairs skater Eric Radford.

The 2017 CANADIAN TIRE NATIONAL SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS are headlined by Olympic Winter Games gold medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, competing in the Ice Dance against defending Canadian champions Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje. Also taking to the ice are 2016 world champions and defending Canadian champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, looking to capture their sixth consecutive national title; defending Canadian men’s champion and three-time world champion Patrick Chan; defending women’s champion Alaine Chartrand; and two-time Canadian champion Kaetlyn Osmond.

CTV and TSN are the official broadcasters of Skate Canada domestic events.

Broadcast Schedule
CTV’s, TSN’s, and RDS’s 2017 CANADIAN TIRE NATIONAL SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS schedule is as follows*:

Friday, Jan. 20

• Women's Short Program and Ice Dance Short Program – 3 p.m. ET on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4, and TSN5
• Men's Short Program and Pairs Short Program – 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN3, and TSN5

Saturday, Jan. 21

• Women's Free Skate and Ice Dance Free Skate – 1 p.m. ET on CTV**
• Pairs Free Skate and Men's Free Skate – 7:30 p.m. ET on CTV**

* Schedule subject to change
**Please check CTV.ca for local listings