Archive 1997-2016
The last Special Olympics Summer Games were not held in Athens 2004, alongside the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, because the Special Olympics are never held in the same venue or at the same time as its better-known counterparts. This is discrimination and needs to be changed.
For most hockey players, the chance to represent their country at the Olympic Games is the opportunity of a lifetime. But for Yoko Kondo, who played for Japan at the Nagano Games, the chance to play hockey for a Canadian team is an even greater opportunity.
A local organization that sells fairly traded sports balls is going international, proving that companies with tough ethical standards can survive in the cut-throat world of sports manufacturing.
Aching joints, stiffness, swelling, and trouble walking are just a few of the symptoms that can be associated with arthritis. Madeline Legault remembers the pain she suffered from arthritis, that’s why she is happy to hear about The Forester’s Big Swim for Arthritis – a nationwide event that kicked off in Ottawa on Jan. 25.