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The Paralympic learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann. Less than two years after taking up the sport of para rowing and six years after he survived a bus crash that killed members of his Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, Wassermann raced the men’s singles B final Sunday in Paris. The 24-year-old…
Federal officials are en route to northwestern Alberta to investigate a plane crash that killed a pilot and took out power around Fort Vermilion, RCMP say. The crash, reported to Fort Vermilion RCMP at 8 p.m. MT Saturday, happened in a field near Township Road 1090 and Range Road 152, tens of kilometres northwest of Fort Vermilion, a…
Canadian swimmer Aurélie Rivard captured her 12th career Paralympic medal with silver in the women’s S10 100-metre freestyle event on Sunday in Paris. The 28-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., clocked a time of one minute 00.82 seconds at Paris La Défense Arena, finishing just 0.3 seconds behind gold medallist Emeline Pierre of France. Rivard, who holds the world record, was the…
A 19-year-old man died Saturday morning after crashing an off-road vehicle just outside of Grand Falls, N.B. The man from Saint-André died at the scene on Route 255, RCMP say in a news release. Saint-Léonard RCMP and Ambulance New Brunswick responded to call at 6.44 a.m. “The crash is believed to have occurred when the side-by-side went off a cliff and landed…
The widow of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau paid tribute to him in a pair of social media posts on Saturday, calling him her “forever” and praising him as the “best dad” to their young children. Meredith Gaudreau also shared family photos of her late husband celebrating his 31st birthday earlier this month with…
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a pedestrian was killed in a collision in Brampton on Saturday. Peel Regional Police and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received reports of a crash involving a pedestrian on Highway 410 near Steeles Avenue at 6:52 a.m. A female pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, Peel police said. No…
A new monument dedicated to a fallen captain with the Royal Canadian Air Force was unveiled in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday. The memorial at the Fulton Field Park adjacent to the city’s airport honours Halifax-born Capt. Jennifer Casey who died in a plane crash in Kamloops four years ago during a Snowbirds tour. Jean-Pierre Thimot,…
Canadian Para swimmer Katarina Roxon advanced to the women’s 100-metre breaststroke SB8 final on Friday at the Paris Paralympics, becoming the first woman to compete in the sport at five Games. The Kippens, N.L., native finished third in the first of two qualifying heats, touching the wall in one minute 26.70 seconds for the sixth-fastest time among the eight…
