Vancouver Sun

Skating coach Burka dies

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Canadian Hall of Fame figure skating coach Ellen Burka has died at the age of 95. Burka, one of the world’s most respected coaches, died Monday, according to Skate Canada. A national skating champion in the Netherland­s, she immigrated to Canada in 1950 after surviving the Holocaust. She was named to the Order of Canada in 1978.

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