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Micah Zandee-Hart

Micah Zandee-Hart wears #28 for the Canadian Women’s National Ice Hockey Team, recently helping the team win a Gold Medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Micah played integrated minor hockey before moving away at fifteen to attend the Okanagan Hockey Academy. An Olympic dream led her to […]

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Mark McMorris

“Known for its flatness, love of the Roughriders and now…the best competition snowboarder in the world? Regina’s Mark McMorris has become the leader of a teenage groundswell sweeping snowboarding after winning gold in big air and slopestyle at Winter X 2012 and repeating as slopestyle champion at Winter X 2013 with the highest score ever […]

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Beverly Priestman

Hailing from small-town Consett, England, Beverly (Bev) Priestman grew up with a soccer ball at her feet. Bev adopted the hardworking reputation of her hometown, bringing that blue collar mentality to every team she has coached in her young career. The humble soccer ball would take her on to the world’s biggest stage, leading the […]

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Andre De Grasse

Andre De Grasse is the most decorated Olympian in Canadian history, having won seven medals throughout his career. At the 2016 Rio Games, Andre became the first Canadian to capture medals in all three sprint events in a single Olympics. Five years later at the Tokyo Games, which were postponed by a year due to […]

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Marissa Papaconstantinou

Being born without a right foot has never got in the way of Marissa Papaconstantinou pursuing what she wanted to achieve in life. Originally a soccer and basketball player, Marissa fell in love with track after being fitted for her first running prosthetic (blade) at the age of 12 at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital […]