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The CCES Completes Team Canada Testing Prior to Beijing 2022 Paralympics

Ottawa – March 3, 2022 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has completed its pre-Games testing program for the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games. This achievement marks the second successful...

Powerlifting Athlete Suspended for the Presence and Use of SARM LGD-4033

Ottawa – February 14, 2022 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Darren Gagnon-Maltais, a powerlifting athlete, received a sanction of four years for an anti-doping...

The CCES Wraps Up Testing Program Prior to Beijing 2022 Olympics

Ottawa – February 4, 2022 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has completed its pre-Games testing program for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. For the second time this year, we managed pre-...

Power of Sport: Delivering When it Counts

Ottawa – February 1, 2022 -- A major research report issued today suggests that community sport has the power to deliver unprecedented benefits across Canadian society. Commissioned by the Canadian...

U SPORTS Soccer Athlete Suspended for the Presence and Use of GW501516

Ottawa – January 13, 2022 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Alexis Stevens, a U SPORTS soccer athlete affiliated with the Université de Montréal, received a...

The CCES and CHL End Relationship

(Ottawa, Ontario – August 30, 2021) -- The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that it is no longer the anti-doping service provider for the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The...

The CCES Completes Testing of Team Canada Prior to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

(Ottawa, Ontario – August 25, 2021) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has successfully completed its pre-Games testing program prior to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. We would...

The CCES Completes Testing of Team Canada Prior to Tokyo 2020 Olympics

(Ottawa, Ontario – July 26, 2021) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has successfully completed its Olympic pre-Games testing program and would like to wish all members of Team Canada...

NADO Leaders Remain Hopeful for Meaningful Reform of WADA Governance

(Ottawa, Ontario – March 25, 2021) – With interest in the activities of the Governance Review Working Group of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a desire to see continued reform, National Anti-...

Canada Strengthens Anti-Doping Program for 2021

(Ottawa, Ontario – January 21, 2021) – Recognized as a world leader in anti-doping, Canada has further strengthened its commitment to clean and ethical sport by implementing the new 2021 Canadian...