Goodbye Sochi!

As the flame went out at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games , Canada stood third on the medal table. We accumulated 16 medals in total (7 Gold, 2 Silver and 7 Bronze). These games, exemplified by the slogan #WHATSTHERE , truly showed that the impossible can be possible. There were great moments that made these games memorable. Brian McKeever falling in the 1km visually impaired cross-country...Read more
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Alexandra Starker

Alexandra Starker had an ambitious start to her skiing career. At the age of four, during her first skiing lessons, Alexandra already believed herself to be one of the pros and boldly took off into the ‘bone yard’ at the Calgary Canadian Olympic Park. Now being ranked the top female Canadian in para-alpine, Alexandra will be competing in her first Paralympics as she travels to Sochi with Team...Read more
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Rebecca Johnston

Rebecca Johnston attended Cornell University where she played for their hockey team. In her first season she was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and was also a three time finalist for the top female player in NCAA hockey. When she graduated Rebecca was drafted by the Toronto Furies of the CWHL. Internationally Rebecca joined team Canada in 2007; she was part of the 2010 Olympic gold medal...Read more
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Caroline Calvé

Caroline Calvé has been competing on the World Cup circuit for almost nine years, but made her Olympic debut in front of a home crowd in Vancouver. Since then Caroline has had a breakthrough in her career, winning the first ever World Cup for a Canadian female alpine snowboarder. Calvé’s success has continued during the 2012-2013 season where she finished third in the World Cup Parallel standings...Read more
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