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Calgary's Brian McKeever will make history at the Winter Olympics next month in Vancouver.
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Blind skier Brian McKeever to compete in Olympics and Paralympics
Brian McKeever's date with the Olympic history books is scheduled to become official Friday at the Canmore Nordic Centre.
Lauren Woolstencroft wins fifth IPC World Cup event
Another day, another IPC World Cup win for Lauren Woolstencroft.
Gold medal haul for Paralympic skiers
Canadian teams won a pair of IPC World Cup gold medals Saturday in men’s and women’s slalom races for the visually impaired.
Paralympic movement mourns trail blazer Jackson
Robert W. Jackson, a talented surgeon who became a trail blazer in the Paralympic movement, has died at age 78.
More Paralympics Stories
A very different type of skiing
In trying to elucidate the difference between the Olympics and Paralympics, a reporter at Turin in 2006 latched onto this line from a media liaison in the finish area of the para-alpine downhill - “just a minute, I've got to find Matt's leg” - as something you would not hear at the able-bodied Games.
Just as popular as the Brier
Given Canada's record of success in able-bodied curling, the wheelchair variety of the game is certain to be one of the most followed events on the 2010 Paralympic calendar.
Double duty sports
If you can ski, you can shoot. Not quite as famous a proverb as “if the cap fits, wear it” or “if you can't be good, be careful”, but in the world of para-nordic sport - where it's a constant struggle to recruit athletes - it's pretty much a truism.
Paralympic skier on comeback trail
Karolina Wisniewska was a star-struck 12-year-old when she watched Alberto Tomba, the champion alpine ski racer from Italy, win two gold medals at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Canadian sit-skier's life is 'one big comeback'
A fractured spinal cord left her a paraplegic. A broken sled in Turin cost her a shot at a first medal in her third Paralympics. And broken ribs forced her out of January’s world para-nordic championships.
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Photos: Pride, passion, music and fireworks at Paralympic closing ceremony celebrations
The Games are over and the athletes and officials said goodbye with a celebration in Whistler.
Photos: Athletes and volunteers parade before Paralympic closing ceremonies
The Games are over and the athletes say goodbye with a celebration in Whistler.
Day 9 at the Paralympics
Canada's golden girl Lauren Woolstencroft won her fifth gold, Viviane Forest won her fifth medal and Team Canada's wheelchair curlers beat Korea 8-7 to win gold.
