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Following a heartbreaking fourth-place finish at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Canadian Para cyclist Mel Pemble has bounced back with her best-ever showing at worlds as she sets her sights set on L.A. 2028. CBC | World News
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Canada’s curlers become 1st team announced for 2026 Paralympic Winter Games
The first Canadian team for the Paralympics Winter Games in Milan Cortina is all set as five wheelchair curlers were nominated on Monday, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Curling Canada announced. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Paralympic gold medallist Paige Greco dies at 28 after ‘sudden medical episode’
Paralympic history-maker Paige Greco has died at the age of 28. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Former Para skier Marcoux named honorary captain of Canada’s Paralympic team for Milan-Cortina Games
Former Para alpine skier Mac Marcoux has been named the honorary captain of Canada’s Paralympic team for the Milan-Cortina Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced Wednesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Hockey Canada unveils jerseys for Olympic and Paralympic Games in Italy
Hockey Canada unveiled the Olympic hockey jerseys on Thursday for the men’s, women’s and Para teams that will compete at the Milan-Cortina Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Raphaëlle Tousignant won’t let breast cancer diagnosis halt 2026 Paralympic pursuit
Para hockey player Raphaëlle Tousignant, the first woman to play for Canada in a major international competition, says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Escape to the Country buyer details ‘mind-blowing’ Paralympic success after diagnosis
BBC’s Jules Hudson was on hand to help one couple find their dream home in Cumbria on Monday’s episode of Escape to the Country. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »International Paralympic Committee lifts partial suspensions of Russia, Belarus
The International Paralympic Committee has lifted the partial suspensions of Russia and Belarus. The IPC general assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday first voted against a full suspension for Russia by 111 to 55, with 11 abstentions, and then voted against a partial suspension by 91-77 (with eight abstentions). CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s Westlake comes out of Para hockey retirement, seeks 6th Paralympic Games
A man who knows what it takes to win a Paralympic hockey gold in Italy has come out of retirement hoping to help Canada do it again. Five-time Paralympian Greg Westlake of Oakville, Ont., spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach of the Canadian Para hockey team. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. Olympic, Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. CBC | World News
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