REGINA – Gil Dash is a familiar face in Canadian wheelchair curling circles both as a player and builder.

Now he’s carving his reputation at the international level as the second on Canada’s national team. Dash made his worlds debut in 2023 and helped Canada to a silver medal. The Canadians lost in the final to China, which took gold for a second straight worlds.

DUBAI – Austin Smeenk of Oakville, Ont. leads a six-member Canadian team at the star studded Dubai Grand Prix in Para athletics which will get underway on Tuesday. The meet was delayed a day due to bad weather on Monday.

Smeenk, a 26-year-old veteran wheelchair racer born with spastic paraplegia, produced a fantastic 2023 season to clearly establish himself as a top medal contender for the 2024 Paralmypic Games in Paris. 

Paralympian Lisa DeJong, known for her incredible journey in snowboarding, has ventured into the world of children's literature with her heartwarming book, "Lucy's Fancy Leg."

QUEBEC CITY – A warrior on the wheelchair rugby court, Fabien Lavoie unexpectedly gets emotional when discussion turns to his childhood. There are some tough memories, capped by an accident that would then require him to use a wheelchair.

Lavoie, who announced his retirement after 20+ years as one of Canada’s top players on the national team in December, was born in Moonbeam, Ont., a small Franco-Ontarian community along Highway 11 between North Bay and Kapuskasing.

Canadian Para triathlete and Paralympian Kamylle Frenette says young people with a disability will now be able to look at Paralympic athletes as equals to their Olympian counterparts.

That’s thanks in part to the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Paralympic Performance Recognition program announced last Wednesday. Since then, Canadian Paralympians have been prevalent in the media from coast to coast commenting on the historic announcement.