CTV Sport Star of the Week – the Baird siblings
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Kieran and Jordie Baird are both competing in the Canada Games in Halifax. Video clip near bottom of list.
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Bittersweet Loppet thanks and success
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All of us here at Bittersweet join in offering sincere thanks to many people, following our loppet on Sunday: to our volunteers who gladly and efficiently attended to the many …
Porcupine rescue at Birds Hill Park
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I was skiing with my two cousins at Birds Hill Park in December when we found a porcupine on its back, frozen to one of the ski tracks on the …
Pumpkin Creek — Point B
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There are worse things to be addicted to than cross-country skiing, but such is my curse. Under the circumstances, i.e. living in Manitoba, I can feed my addiction to my …
Volunteers required for Snow Trek 2011
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We are looking for volunteers to help out with the 2nd Annual Snow Trek Winter in Motion; an event to promote winter physical activities, specifically cross country skiing and snow …
The Greatest Rollerskiing Roads in the World
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The full story was posted on FasterSkier.com on November 11th. Here’s the interesting except: Second Place: Pine Ridge Trail, Birds Hill Park, Manitoba, Canada — Steve Scoles The Greatest Rollerskiing …
Ate too much turkey? Get outta town
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OK, so you’ve eaten too much, you’ve drank too much, and you feel plump enough to be buttered, basted and carved. That’s what happens in late December. Happily, the holidays …
Beaudry Provincial Park
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I’m sitting in front of the TV. CBC weather reporter, Marilyn Maki, warns that there’s a blizzard coming tomorrow and southern Manitoba could see up to 20 mm of snow. …
Cross Country Canada’s Club Volunteer of the Month for December 2010
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The following story appeared in the December 2010 edition of Cross Country Canada’s Cross Connections email newsletter: Club Volunteer of the Month: Victor Chappelaz, MB Victor Chappellaz has been a …
Ski club registration
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The unseasonably mild weather of the past week (with more to come apparently) doesn’t inspire too many skiers to think about ski club registration for the 2010-2011 season, but the …
CCSAM athletes’ summer sport successes
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Kaitie Dennis won bronze in the Under 17 division at Judo Nationals. She also went on to compete in the Under 20 division as well. She again won bronze, and …
Want to feel 50 years younger? Lifelong skiing may do the trick.
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People who are active well into their elder years may rival the health of people 40 or 50 years younger than them, according to a new study of senior skiers.