Bo Hedges reflects on fatherhood, Canadian team, and wheelchair basketball future
TORONTO – Bo Hedges, a veteran player on Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team and vying this week for a fifth Paralympic Games appearance, is enjoying his new life as a father of an infant daughter.
“Her arrival has definitely changed things and it’s been an amazing experience,’’ said Hedges in February in an interview at the CPC’s content and media content summit. ‘’It’s so cool and I feel very fortunate.’’
Cindy Ouellet’s endless pursuit of excellence
TORONTO – Whether it’s through wheelchair basketball, Para nordic skiing, education, the family business, or her anti-bullying campaign, Cindy Ouellet continues her journey to make the world a better place for people with a disability.
Canada’s new coach makes debut at last chance Paralympic Games qualifier
OTTAWA – Michele Sung was named head coach of Canada’s women’s wheelchair basketball team last month and her first assignment is the last chance Paralympic Games qualifying tournament.
The eight-country event is set for April 17-20 in Osaka, Japan. The top-four teams earn tickets to the Paris Games set for August 28 to September 8.
“It’s definitely a unique and new challenge for me,” Sung told CTV News. “I’m really excited to get back to coaching at the international level.”
Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team needs top-four to qualify for Paris
OTTAWA – Veterans Patrick Anderson and Bo Hedges headline Canada’s team for the men’s wheelchair basketball last chance Paralympic Games qualifier set for April 12-15 in Antibes, France.
The top-four teams in the eight-country tournament earn tickets to the 2024 Paralympic Games set further north in Paris from August 28 to September 8.
Veterans, new pair highlight Para alpine World Cup season
Kurt Oatway of Calgary and the new pair of Kalle Ericsson and his guide Sierra Smith posted second place overall finishes and Alexis Guimond added a third on the Para alpine World Cup season which concluded late last month.
Canada’s Sonja Gaudet inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame
PERTH, Scotland – Triple Paralympic Winter Games champion Sonja Gaudet of Vernon, B.C. was inducted this weekend into the World Curling Hall of Fame.
Gaudet is one of the world’s most decorated wheelchair curlers. In addition to her three Games titles as lead in 2006, 2010 and 2014 she was also world champion in 2009, 2011 and 2013. She competed at eight world championships overall.
Week recap: Tyler Turner crowned overall Para snowboard World Cup champion
Paralympic Games champion Tyler Turner of Campbell River, B.C. earned four victories in six races this season on the World Cup Para snowboard circuit and received the FIS’s Crystal Globe as the season’s overall champion.
He is the second Canadian this winter to receive the Crystal Globe. Mark Arendz of Hartsville, PEI was crowned the Para biathlon overall World Cup champion last month.
Over $140,000 raised at ParaTough Cup Toronto event presented by Canadian Tire Corporation
The 2023/24 season culminated in a grand finale as twenty teams converged at the historic Mattamy Athletic Centre in downtown Toronto for the ParaTough Cup presented by Canadian Tire Corporation.