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Wildfire season is upon us and that means the potential for low air quality – read the following to find out more about how to deal with air quality this summer
The dream may be over for Canada’s Women’s National Team at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™ but the team has left an indelible mark on sports fans in this country. For two-straight games in Vancouver, crowds numbering in the range of 54-thousand came out not only to cheer, but also, to make themselves…
John Willcox, 16, qualified for Canada’s junior national track cycling team in April when he circled the Burnaby velodrome (with a much steeper bank than the West Shore Velodrome) for a total distance of three kilometres in three minutes and 30.92 seconds. “Willcox is an athlete first and foremost, he’s quite talented at picking up…
Team Canada received their first glimpse of international competition this weekend at World Rowing Cup 2 in northern Italy, and they liked what they saw. The women’s 8 led the charge with a silver medal performance in their event. While staying in contact with their southern neighbours throughout most of the contest, the mighty American…
BARCELONA, Spain – Canada’s Ryan Cochrane set a course record whilst posting 2015’s sixth-best time in men’s 800-metre freestyle on Thursday at the Mare Nostrum Series. At Barcelona, the 26-year-old Cochrane continued his preparation for next month’s Pan Am Games and world championships by winning the 800 freestyle in in seven minutes 52.51 seconds, more…
CALGARY – Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton is looking for high-performance athletes from a variety of multi-sport backgrounds this summer. A Canada-wide search is being launched, with recruitment camps underway through the months of June and July. “Our sports tend to be picked up by athletes in their late teens or early twenties – athletes who have enjoyed…
CANET-EN-ROUSILLON, France – Katerine Savard of Cap-Rouge, Que., Hilary Caldwell of White Rock, B.C., and Ryan Cochrane of Victoria all stepped on the podium on Saturday to open the Mare Nostrum swimming circuit. In the women’s 100-m butterfly, two-time world championship medallist Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark took the gold in 57.31 seconds, edging Savard who…
Team BC swept both divisions at the 2015 Coloplast Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Championships today at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. BC A ended the Ontario Thunder’s four-year winning streak with a 60-58 victory. In Division 2, BC B defeated the Alberta Bighorns 48-46 in another close game. “All of the games today came down…
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Talent Development Coach Ryan Mallette will assume the lead role of HPC – Victoria as Interim Head Coach immediately. Mallette has been coaching the top centre athletes since late January due to the late Randy Bennett’s battle with cancer. In the meantime Swimming Canada will also be undertaking a process of…
The Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (CCPSA) proudly celebrates the boccia career of Paralympian Josh Vander Vies, a BC4 pairs bronze medalist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, as he announces his retirement from the sport, closing an 11-year career as a member of the Canadian team. Vander Vies’ first major international competition was the…