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Scott Leitch March 3, 2015
The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games medals on Tuesday morning. The medals, made with materials supplied by Barrick Gold, are the first to have braille on both the Parapan Am and Pan Am versions. The copper is from Chile, the silver from the Dominican Republic and the gold from Northern Ontario.
Scott Leitch December 1, 2014
Even thinking you’re doped can make you faster. Recent research on how the placebo effect improves race time found that […]
Scott Leitch July 9, 2014
On Wednesday, July 9, top cyclists took to the streets of Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood for the 2014 Gastown Grand Prix. […]
Scott Leitch July 8, 2014
The men’s 2014 UBC Grand Prix gave spectators a master class in controlling a race. The lesson was provided by UnitedHealthcare, which swept the podium. On the women’s side, national champion Leah Kirchmann continued to find her way to the top-three.
Scott Leitch May 20, 2014
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Sunday that it is adding xenon gas to its list of banned substances. Xenon, […]
Scott Leitch May 5, 2014
The controversial drug of choice at the recent Sochi Olympics, xenon gas, is expected to be the target of an […]
Scott Leitch April 3, 2014
After public pushback at a meeting in early March that a renovation plan for Second Avenue in Sudbury, Ont., didn’t […]
Scott Leitch April 2, 2014
Opus Bikes, a Montreal-based bicycle company, is releasing a five-part video series celebrating the diversity of interests and lifestyles within […]
Scott Leitch March 20, 2014
A cycling advocacy group in Nanaimo, B.C., has renewed their calls to install a new outdoor velodrome in the city. […]
Scott Leitch March 20, 2014
A team of researchers at the University of Texas in Arlington think they’ve developed a new method of doping test that […]
Scott Leitch March 17, 2014
A man who was convicted of beating up an Ancaster, Ont., triathlete in September of 2012 was handed a restitution […]
Scott Leitch March 17, 2014
Cyclist and businessman Louis Garneau is presenting his new set of 12 works he has painted at an upcoming showing […]