Winter Games

• Lethbridge athlete heading to Special Olympics Canada Winter Games

  The Special Olympics Canada Winter Games are coming to Calgary, and a single Lethbridge athlete is getting ready to head to Nationals for the first time. Sarah Jones has more.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2024
  
• 3 ski, snowboard organizations withdraw from BC Winter Games due to lack of snow

  BC Alpine Ski, Freestyle BC and BC Snowboard have decided after consultation with coaches and the BC Games Society to withdraw from the games.

  Sports

  Feb 9, 2024
  
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• ‘A lifetime experience’: Manitoba athletes gear up for Special Olympics winter games

  Special Olympians from Manitoba are gearing up the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games, which start later this month in Calgary.

  Sports

  Feb 6, 2024
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• Snowy competition brings together athletes from around B.C. for Winter Games

  The BC Winter Games have officially begun, bringing excitement and hundreds of young athletes together in Vernon for a full day of competition.

  Sports

  Mar 25, 2023
• Organizers, athletes adapt to warming climate before and during Canada Winter Games

  Shifts between freeze and thaw has complicated life for the Canada Winter Games, as athletes and organizers adapt to what climate scientists say is the new reality of less snow.

  Sports

  Feb 20, 2023
• Sask. curlers qualify for 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games

  This weekend, Regina, Sask., hosted its eighth annual ‘Special Olympics Saskatchewan Bonspiel,’ as 10 teams hit the curling rink.

  Sports

  Jan 22, 2023
• Canada wins 26th Olympic medal as Beijing Games end with closing ceremony

  Justin Kripps piloted his crew to a bronze medal in four-man bobsled on the final day at the Beijing Games - Canada's last medal of the Olympics.

  Sports

  Feb 20, 2022
• Under 100,000 spectators have attended Beijing Olympics, officials say

  The Beijing Games are taking place inside a "closed loop" that separates competitors, team staff, media and others from the general public.

  Sports

  Feb 19, 2022
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• Beijing Olympics: IOC must consider hosts’ human rights record, skier Kenworthy says

  Rights groups have long criticized the IOC's choice of Beijing as 2022 host, and several countries mounted diplomatic boycotts to protest China's human rights record.

  Sports

  Feb 19, 2022
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• Young Edmonton athlete makes Olympic debut after overcoming adversity

  At 22 years old, Dawn Richardson Wilson has reached the pinnacle of her sport: making her Olympic debut in Beijing. 

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2022