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3/9/2010
Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium Reveals Broadcast Plans for Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, March 12-21
-- Most robust television coverage ever in Canada, all in High Definition --
-- Multi-platform coverage includes television, online, radio and print --
TORONTO (March 8, 2010) – Coming off the most successful Olympic Winter Games in Canadian history, the country is now...
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3/9/2010
MEDIA RELEASE FROM ONTARIO SLEDGE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SLEDGE TEAM ONTARIO TO TAKE ON USA JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM IN 3 GAME EXHIBITION SERIES
Vancouver, British Columbia will not only be host to the much anticipated Paralympic Winter Games, but also a 3 game exhibition series between two developmental Sledge Hockey programs from March 17 – 20, 2010. Sledge Team Ontario will...
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3/9/2010
ParaSport Ontario Wishes Canadian Paralympic Team Good Luck!
Only a few days left before the Paralympic Winter Games get underway in Vancouver. Lead by Chef de Mission Blair McIntosh and Assistant Chef de Mission Gaetan Tardif, 55 Paralympians will make up the Canadian team including 19 from Ontario. ParaSport Ontario wishes all Canadian team members the very best of luck as they go for gold...
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3/4/2010
On March 5, Toronto will host the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay. To welcome the Flame to the city, Toronto will be holding a free Community Celebration at Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. W., starting at 12 noon. The pre-show, beginning at 11 a.m., will include sporting demonstrations by ParaSport Ontario. The main event will showcase performances by local and international musicians and...
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3/3/2010
The True Sport Foundation officially announced the winners for the 37th Canadian Sport Awards (CSA) at an awards presentation held at the Canadian Sports Centre Ontario in Toronto. Today’s event celebrated excellence in sport and honoured the athletes and leaders who competed and inspired hope throughout the 2009 calendar year.
Leaders from the sport and corporate communities gathered at the presentation...
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2/22/2010
TORONTO, Feb. 20 /CNW/ - Today, Adrian Heaps, Chair of the Toronto Community Task Force for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay (Councillor, Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest), announced Toronto's five Community Torchbearers who will carry the Paralympic Flame when it visits the city for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay on March 5. Toronto is one of three cities outside of British Columbia...
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2/9/2010
Toronto, ON – ParaSport Ontario recently announced the new members of the Ontario ParaSport Games Council. This ten member Council is responsible for making recommendations to the ParaSport Ontario Board of Directors concerning Ontario ParaSport Games related programs.
The Council, Chaired by ParaSport Ontario’s VP of Competitions, Faye Blackwood, will provide advice and expertise on all matters...
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2/1/2010
Nordic skier Brian McKeever will become the first athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in the same year
Vancouver, B.C. (January 29, 2010) – The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) would like to congratulate Paralympian Brian McKeever on being named to the cross-country team for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, which will give him the distinction of being the first...
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1/29/2010
Members of London’s accessible sport and physical activity community are excited to announce the formation of the Accessible Sport Council London and Area. The launch took place on January 29th at the Western Fair Sports Centre during the first evening of the 2010 London Blizzard Invitational Sledge Hockey Tournament.
Darda Sales, a three-time Paralympian (swimming) and one of the Council’s co-chairs,...
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1/25/2010
Toronto, ON -- Each year, ParaSport Ontario presents annual awards to recognize the outstanding achievements of ParaSport athletes and volunteers. This year, ParaSport Ontario officially announced the winners of the 2009 ParaSport Ontario Male and Female Athletes of the Year, Coach of the Year and Ron Foster recipient at the Ontario ParaSport Winter Games in Kingston.
The Honourable David C....
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