The Trail Blazer and Advocate
Anita Cardinal has reached the lowest point of her race. Gamely, she's made it through half of the Grizzly Ultra Marathon's 50-kilometre race, but now she is spent, emotionally and physically.Tears running down her...
STANDING OUT
When Greg Stewart stepped into the shotput circle at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, he was throwing not just for himself, but for anyone who has ever felt different. Standing there alone, with all...
Pivoting Perspective
In 2012, Erica Gavel believed the fate of her basketball career was sealed when doctors told her she had torn the articular cartilage from her femur and tibia. Though bad news from doctors was...
Jump Start
Canadian track athlete Noah Vucsics refuses to let his intellectual impairment hamper his dream of competing in the Paralympics. And now, he’s inspiring other athletes with disabilities to do the same.
Active Recovery
Vanisha Breault's daughter experienced youth addiction. Now, with the Terminator Foundation, she’s inspiring others to conquer addiction and reclaim their lives.
A Masters Class Act
Roslyn Smith isn’t slowing down—halfway through her seventh decade she is breaking world and national running records
From Hockey Heartbreak to IRONMAN Success
Despite a major health setback in his youth and a slew of injuries later, IRONMAN athlete Jason Pohl keeps ascending the podium
The Comeback Ice Princess
Canadian figure skating pair Maxime Deschamps and Deanna Stellato-Dudek won gold at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal in March, acclaiming 40-year-old Stellato-Dudek as the oldest female figure skater to win this title.
Flyway Heroes
Adventure, science and athletic performance sum up Wings of Survival, a 30,000-kilometre human and avian expedition for endurance athlete Leanna Carriere and ecologist Timm Döbert.
Conquering Mountains
A week after competing in his first Olympic games in Beijing, halfpipe snowboarder Liam Gill found himself in spectacularly different terrain: teaching kids to shred in the bush in the Northwest Territories.