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 and threw up in the toilet. It was the second...
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. Who are your top picks? We know for sure that...
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 conversations, to audio storytelling with original reporting. The outdoor world...
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 polite. At 81, Kappel’s joie de vivre knows no bounds....
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, Yukon. She was newly pregnant, and as someone who, in...
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 her generation with PBs in the 800, 1500 and 3000...
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 the word ‘virtual’ became a part of our vocabulary, and...
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 backs, she sees “Shine Bright,” a carbon copy of the...
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 23-year-old from Victoria, B.C., did just that, running the 5000...
Winter Mountain Adventures
Winter may be here but don’t let yourself cocoon inside, it is better to seek daylight and exercise. And before you say don’t even go there – enough blaming the weather and it being...