Do any figure skating competitions
> etc. take place during these seasons do we just have to wait
> imppartiently for the cooler months to come along ?

There are summer competitions. I think most of the Canadian sections have
websites which list of their competitions. For example, the Central Ontario
Section's website is www.skatecanada-centralontario.com. Their next big
competition is Thornhill in August. I can't remember the url for Western
Ontario, but they have a couple of competitions in July. I very much doubt
that any of these would invole Emanuel, as he wouldn't likely travel from BC
to compete, but I can tell you from last year that the Thornhill competition
was a lot of fun to watch, with Takeshi Honda, Jeff Buttle, Chris Mabee,
Jennifer Robinson, etc