According to CBC Sports on Wednesday, Canadian Paralympic gold medalist Josh Dueck of Kimberley, British Columbia has been named the Chef de Mission for Canada at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. Dueck won the gold medal for Canada Read more
Former Canadian alpine skier Kelly VanderBeek of Kapuskasing, Ontario has tested positive for coronavirus according to CBC Sports on Saturday. VanderBeek currently lives in Canmore, Alberta, with her husband, David Ford of Edmonton, a former Canadian Olympic canoer, and son, Read more
Canadian alpine skiing great Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Vancouver, British Columbia retired at age 36 on Tuesday according to Jim Morris of CBC Sports. Osborne-Paradis won 11 World Cup medals in his career and the bronze medal in the men’s super Read more
The World Cup events in alpine skiing at Lake Louise that were scheduled to take place this fall have been cancelled because of coronavirus according to the Canadian Press on Thursday. There will be a World Cup alpine skiing season Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medallist Therese Brisson of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec has been named the president of Alpine Canada according to Donna Spencer of the Canadian Press. However, one should realize that Brisson was never a skier as an athlete, but was Read more
Roni Remme of Collingwood, Ontario won her first career World Cup alpine skiing medal on Sunday when she won the silver medal in the women’s alpine skiing combined in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. It was the first World Cup medal for a Read more
Team Canada finishes with 28 medals at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. On Saturday evening in Canada (Sunday in Pyeongchang). Canada won four medals on the final day of competition. Three of the four medals were silver and the Read more
Three Canadians won the bronze medal in giant slalom alpine skiing at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang on Wednesday. Mac Marcoux of Havilland Bay, Ontario won the bronze medal in the men’s giant slalom for the visually impaired, Mollie Jepsen Read more
Mollie Jepsen of Vancouver, British Columbia is having a breakout Paralympic Winter Games. On Tuesday, Jepsen won her second medal of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang when she won the women’s alpine skiing super combined in the standing division. Read more
Canada has won its second gold medal of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. Kurt Oatway of Calgary, Alberta won the gold medal in the men’s super giant slalom sitting alpine skiing competition from day two of the Games. Oatway, Read more