For para-swimmer Camille Bérubé, uncertainty is the challenge of the moment.
The two-time Paralympian, who races in the S7 class based on her impairment and in all five different strokes, is partially paralyzed in both legs. And while she’s overcome setbacks in her career before, the unknown circumstances of the 2021 games can still be hard.
The final paratriathlon event in the world before sporting events were temporarily shelved due to COVID-19 was the ITU World Paratriathlon Series race in Australia, where Ottawa’s Jon Dunkerley was hoping to begin a hot streak to score himself another Paralympic bid.
Par Martin Laruelle Read this story in English here. La famille LeVasseur va écrire un nouveau livre. Prévu dans les prochains mois, il touchera sur les femmes canadiennes. C’est un récent travail en famille qu’ils nous proposent et permet d’en apprendre plus sur le féminisme à Ottawa et dans le reste du pays. Ce n’est…
Young athletes and authors Sophie and Valérie LeVasseur marked International Women’s Day on March 8 in unique fashion, completing an interview with the 90th remarkable Canadian woman (out of the 100 they’ve forecast) – for their latest book project, inspired in large part by their own journeys in sport.
Carp’s Joanna Brown won a bronze medal in her second World Triathlon Series (WTS) race of the season. The former Bytown Storm athlete also finished with top five times in both the bike and run portion of the race held in Bermuda in April.
The Ottawa Sportspage’s monthly summary of sports news in the nation’s capital.
By Dan Plouffe Ottawa athletes and sports figures were in the spotlight from the start and sprinkled throughout the evening as the 41st Canadian Sport Awards gala returned to life on Sept. 20 at Brookstreet Hotel. Ottawa’s Dave DeAveiro, assistant coach for Canada’s silver medal-winning Commonwealth Games men’s basketball team, accepted the first prize of…
By Brendan Shykora The chance to play sports has arrived for kids who need it most. With funding from the OSEG Foundation, Ausome Ottawa is offering a new opportunity for children with autism to have a summer sports camp experience. On July 19, the OSEG Foundation formally presented their $52,000 contribution to Ausome Ottawa, a…
In 2003, John Leslie was a 10-year-old small-town boy from Arnprior, Ont. who loved hockey.
After cancer treatment left him without part of his left leg and a prosthetic in its place, he wanted to come full circle and become a prosthetist, specializing in the very thing that changed his life. He studied hard throughout high school to accomplish his goal and took up snowboarding on the side.
Fast-forward almost 15 years and the Arnprior kid is now a two-time Paralympic snowboarder, “living every day in disbelief,” as he puts it.
Ben Delaney’s focus has long been on para ice hockey (the new official name for the sport at the Paralympics, though it’s often referred to as sledge hockey) and a commitment to Team Canada, which he’s played as part of every year since the 2014 Games. The 21-year-old says after this season he’ll be turning his attention to climbing the highest mountain in every continent, a mountaineering challenge also known as the Seven Summits.
When Todd Nicholson became a paraplegic following a car accident on his way home from prom, he never thought he would be able to play ice hockey again. But, after being introduced to Paralympic sports during his stay at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Centre, everything changed for the Ottawa-based athlete.
By Charlie Pinkerton In March 2010 Tyrone Henry admired Paralympic sledge hockey from home. It was unbeknownst to him or anyone at that time, that in just over a year and a half’s time he would first strap into a sled to pursue a goal he set in the wake of a tragedy. Henry was…
By Charlie Pinkerton A month after the 2018 Olympic Winter Games begin in Pyeongchang, Canada’s Paralympians will take on the best in the world in the 2018 Winter Paralympics. And like the Olympics, some of Ottawa’s top athletes will try to bring gold home for Canada. Tyrone Henry is optimistic that he’ll be heading to…
By Dan Plouffe The Ottawa Sport Council will bring together the local sports community for its Fall Sport Summit the evening of Nov. 29 at Ben Franklin Place, set to cover a topic that’s become a crucial tool for community sports organizations’ advancement: creating successful grant applications. “Most sport organizations seem to be able to…
By Martin Boyce Around 100 para-athletes charged up the Ravens Nest for the Aug. 4-7 Canadian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association National Championships at Carleton University. Coinciding with Canada 150, Ottawa welcomed 6 teams from across Canada for the event that turned the heads of many passers-by. “I think it’s going to bring a lot of…
After setting a new personal-best time of 13.34 seconds in July at the Canadian Track-and-Field Championships on her home track, Larissa Brown ran faster yet at the Aug. 3-6 World Junior Para Athletics Championships in Switzerland. Alongside 2012 Paralympic guide runner Andrew Heffernan of Ottawa, the Ottawa Lions athlete ran 13.32 to win a silver…
By Dan Plouffe After setting a pair of personal-bests and winning a pair of Paralympic medals at the same Games for the first time as a 35-year-old at London 2012, Jason Dunkerley said he was like a fine wine that gets better with age. Five years later – and after contemplating retirement from international competition…
By Anne Duggan On top of the local athletes representing Canada abroad this summer, a number will compete on home soil come the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto. The Sept. 23-30 event is the third international games for servicemen and women who have suffered life-changing injuries, both visible and invisible, while serving their countries. Alongside…
By Dan Plouffe It was 25 years ago, on Oct. 23, 1986, that Rick Hansen wheeled his way into the nation’s capital almost 20,000 miles into his remarkable journey around the globe with the Man in Motion World Tour. The three-time Paralympic gold medalist had already traveled by wheelchair to many of the world’s most…
