Tripping on the Wild Side
A wildlife biologist once told me that you’re more apt to smell a moose long before you see it. That wasn’t the case for...
Erica Wiebe, Canada’s Olympic Sweetheart
An Olympic gold medalist reflects on her past and current Olympic journey with IMPACT Magazine.
On August 18, 2016, Erica Wiebe woke before her alarm...
Canadians to Watch at Tokyo 2020
The Games are on! We’re proud to present our list of medal contenders but we all know that anything can happen at the Olympics....
IMPACT Picks for the Best Outdoor Podcasts
The world of audio storytelling has been getting larger and larger. There’s a huge variety of show formats now from one-on-one interviews and deep...
Lifelong Passion for Whitewater
Ask Jerry Kappel how he is faring, and his response is invariably the same: “Good, always good!” The octogenarian kayaker is not just being...
A Healing Journey
When the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, Erica Van Vlack quit her job as a personal trainer at a gym in Whitehorse,...
The Revolution of a Runner — Malindi Elmore
It’s been 16 years since Malindi Elmore last graced the cover of IMPACT. In 2005 she was one of the top track athletes of...
A Race Industry on the Rebound
It was just over a year ago – March 2020 – that the world of racing started collapsing around us. All of a sudden...
Maddie’s Legacy
When Nicole German joins the crowd of runners at the Toronto Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon, she notices a few others wearing purple T-shirts. On their...
In a Class of His Own
Becoming a world-record holder was on runner Liam Stanley’s to-do list before the Tokyo Paralympic Games, due to take place in July.
Last December, the...





















