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The 38-year-old from Rouyn-Noranda, Que., will lead the Canadian team into Santiago's Pan Am Games from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5.

Rivard, 25, of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won an impressive five medals, including a pair of gold and one silver in para swimming.

LONDON - Summer Mortimer and Benoit Huot wrapped up their individual races in the pool Thursday after winning almost a third of Canada's medals and over half the country's gold so far at the Paralympic Games.

LONDON - Oscar Pistorius completed his groundbreaking dual-games trip to London by finally winning an individual gold, defending his Paralympic 400 metres title in the last competition in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday.

French authorities struggled Thursday to explain why no one found a 4-year-old child for eight hours at a blood-strewn crime scene as she huddled in a car under the skirt of a corpse - apparently her dead mother or grandmother.

LONDON - London's spectacular summer of sports was given a rousing send-off Sunday.

The man who will carry the Maple Leaf at the opening ceremonies of the Pan American Paralympic Games says keeping a narrow focus will be important for Canadian athletes hoping to win medals.

TORONTO - Canadian chef de mission Mark Tewksbury had a moment of a lifetime when he won gold in the backstroke at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Summer Games moved into a crucial phase Monday when the three candidate cities submitted their bid plans to the International Olympic Committee.

OTTAWA - It will be a busy spring for Own the Podium's new director of summer sport.

OTTAWA - Officials of the union representing locked out Rio Tinto Alcan workers in Quebec were in London on Monday to denounce the mining giant's participation in the upcoming Olympic Games.

The decision to soften sanctions issued by global anti-doping authorities came Thursday by the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The fatigue is beginning to show after a long week of swimming but that didn't stop the flow of gold medals for Canada's swimmers at the 2015 Parapan American Games Wednesday.

Canadian Paralympic swimmer Benoit Huot had five of his seven stolen medals replaced during a special ceremony in Montreal.

Across the globe, revelers looking for a respite from the gloom will converge on the beaches of Brazil, the shores of Sydney harbour and the potentially snowy streets of Las Vegas (yes, really) to welcome 2015.

Stephanie Dixon remembers returning home from the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, and being unable to celebrate her successes with anyone.

Twenty-four teams took to the ice to compete in wheelchair curling and raise awareness about spinal cord injuries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday the names of new senators the Liberal government will recommend for the Senate.

Para-swimmer Samantha Ryan is realizing a dream as the Saskatoon teen has been named to Team Canada for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.