The Canadian team attempting to reclaim a world Para hockey championship on home ice was announced Thursday by Hockey Canada. Canada is the host team of the 2024 world championship May 4-12 in Calgary. CBC | Sports News
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Canada’s Newkirk, Massabie take down Para swimming world records
Canadians shattered a pair of world records at the Para swimming World Series event on Tuesday in Indianapolis. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Para cyclist Alex Hayward wins 1st world medal with silver in scratch race
Canadian Para cyclist Alexandre Hayward took home his first career world-championship medal on Sunday with silver in the men’s C3 scratch race, the country’s fourth podium finish of the week in Rio de Janeiro. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Para biathlete Mark Arendz wins overall World Cup title after undefeated season
Canadian Para biathlete Mark Arendz completed a perfect season while capturing the men’s overall World Cup title on Wednesday in Prince George, B.C. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Brittany Hudak, Mark Arendz claim team sprint bronze, Canada’s 7th medal at Para biathlon worlds
Brittany Hudak and Mark Arendz claimed Canada’s seventh medal of the Para Biathlon World Championships with team sprint bronze on the final day of competition in Prince George, B.C. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Para biathlete Mark Arendz races to 3rd straight gold at world championships
Canada’s Mark Arendz struck gold for the third time in three events at the Para Biathlon World Championships in Prince George, B.C. The Hartsville, P.E.I., native won the men’s standing sprint pursuit final on Saturday to remain undefeated in Para biathlon races this season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Mark Arendz golden again at Para biathlon worlds in Prince George, B.C.
Two-time Paralympic biathlon champion Mark Arendz added to Canada’s medal haul at the inaugural Para Biathlon World Championships with his second gold medal in as many days. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Para alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announces retirement
Para alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announced his retirement Wednesday, but he isn’t done with sport. The 26-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., won six Paralympic medals, including three gold, and five world titles in the visually impaired classification of alpine skiing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mark Arendz leads Canada’s Para biathlon medal haul with 3rd World Cup win of week
Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., won his third consecutive Para biathlon race of the week on Sunday, capturing the men’s 10 km individual event at a World Cup in Martell, Italy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Finally’: Canadian Para athletes to be financially rewarded for medals won at Paralympics
In what’s being called a game-changing moment in the sporting landscape of the country, Canadian Paralympians are now going to be financially rewarded for medals they win at the Paralympic Games beginning this summer at Paris 2024 and each edition of the Games thereafter. CBC | Sports News
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