Posts Tagged ‘Quebec’

Sun shines on annual race weekend

The weather was beautiful, worries of a volunteer shortage were quickly quashed and the competitors turned out in droves for Cochrane’s 11th annual Footstock race weekend.
Nearly 1,900 participants signed up to race in one of the events, which included a five-kilometre run/walk, 10-km run/walk, duathlon, half-marathon and kids triathlon, held over two days of June [...]

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Cochrane coaches lament proposed bodychecking ban

A University of Calgary study released earlier this month found bodychecking more than triples the risk of concussion and other injuries in peewee hockey, players aged 11 and 12.
Because of this, Hockey Canada will likely be sent a series of recommendations by the study’s authors to ban physical contact in peewee. Author of the study, [...]

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Former coach impressed by Heil’s Olympic performance

Of the roughly 200 Canadian athletes competing in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics perhaps none were under more pressure than Jennifer Heil.
The defending Olympic champion in women’s moguls, Heil was widely pegged by the media as most likely to win Canada’s first-ever gold medal on home soil.

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