VANCOUVER – It didn’t take long for Melissa Lacroix to admit her project might be cause for a little patriotic conflict. An Exercise Physiologist at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, Lacroix has worked closely with the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association for the past four years, especially with Canada’s Wheelchair Rugby team, who are often pitted…
OTTAWA – Paralympic swimming medallist and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, the Honorable Carla Qualtrough, is among a group of five uniquely accomplished individuals named today as the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame’s inductees for 2017, who will be officially inducted at a gala on April 7 in Ottawa. Delta, B.C.’s Qualtrough is…
McMaster University football player Jerimiah Brown came to Elk Lake in 2009, and without ever previously having picked up an oar, transferred his physical abilities from the field to the water. He ended up winning a silver medal in rowing at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Bobsleds have carried athletes from rugby and track and…
Victoria, BC – The search for Canada’s next Olympic star continues on Sunday, February 19, as the final RBC Training Ground local qualifier in British Columbia takes place at the Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA) at the University of Victoria. RBC Training Ground is a program designed to help sport officials uncover…
The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific held the first of two Athlete Advance conferences on Saturday, February 11, at their Victoria campus at Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE). The Athlete Advance is designed to help educate and inspire British Columbia’s future and current Olympic, Paralympic, and World Championship athletes in their quest for podium performances.…
John Leslie is a living example of the proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.” In the case of the elite para-snowboarder from Arnprior, Ont., a wide array of loving and supportive adults have guided and encouraged the positive and outgoing young man through a challenging life journey to bring him to the…
SYDNEY – Canada’s women’s sevens team has won their third HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series cup title after capturing the Sydney Sevens with a 21-17 win over USA. It’s Canada’s second cup title in the least three series events. They previously won the cup title at the Clermont Sevens last May in the final…