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Canadians sweep overall titles at Pan Am water skiing championships
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Sep 24, 2006
ACUASKI MORELOS, Mexico- Whitney McClintock of Cambridge, Ont., won the gold medal in women’s tricks en route to the overall title while Jaret Llewellyn of Innisfail, Alta., took the men’s overall crown on Sunday at the Pan American water skiing championships.
The 16-year-old McClintock continued to amaze against senior level competition earning victories in two of three event...More
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 | | | Mobility Cup | The Mobility Cup is Canada's annual international regatta for sailors with a disability will sail into Halifax in 2007.
It is a "regatta of possibility" in which personal and social barriers are challenged in an atmos...More |
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 | | | Birmingham Family Tennis Chair Award | The Birmingham Family has generously created the Birmingham Family Tennis Chair Award. For the next five years beginning in 2006, one athlete per year will be selected to receive a tennis chair.
The purpose of the awa...More |
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 | | | Equality on the Water - Kayaking | By Cliff Bridges
from Total Access, Summer 2000
Looking for a new rec opportunity? Kayaking is one sport that can be adapted for almost all levels of ability.
Bonnie Friesen wants people with SCI to know that kayak...More |
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 | | | Raised Gardens | By John T. Hulley
Creative recycling allows two antique tubs to be turned into unique, wheelchair-friendly gardens.
Access to acreage or just a few pots on a windowsill—I don’t think it matters much. A gardener is defi...More |
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| 2007 Canadian Wheelchair Marathon Championship | This year marks the second year of the Canadian
Wheelchair Marathon Championship. The ING Ottawa Marathon is serving again this year as both the Athletics Canada's Canadian Wheelchair Marathon
Championship, and the Cana...More |
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| Life from a different perspective | From the Evening Advertiser, first published 10th Aug 2005
Lesley meets some disabled high flyers as they take to the skies.
Graeme Linskey is going through his pre-flight checks.
Sitting comfortably in the Shadow...More |
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 | | | Off the Beaten Track | By Barry Lindemann, Spinal Columns, CPA Alberta
A CPA Alberta member can once again roam his family’s farm, thanks to a neighbour's ingenuity.
If you were anything like me growing up, you enjoyed the fun of jumping on ...More |
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 | | | Mountain Man | From Total Access, Spring 2004
Canada waits for the snow to melt, BC’s Tyler Tingle will be enjoying the white stuff well into June.
“Winters are a pain for a wheelchair user in the British Columbia interior,” says Tyl...More |
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