Jan 29, 2010

Runners keep it Riel during Year of the Metis

Nineteen staff members of Metis Nation British Columbia will be “Keeping it Riel” when they don their torchbearer outfits and run with the Olympic flame today in Quesnel.
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Jan 28, 2010

First Nations cyclist carries Olympic torch to set an example

Sport has always been a major part of Elijah Buffalo's life, so when he got the chance to run with the Olympic torch, he leaped at it.
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Aboriginal sport expert guiding Olympic centre

The International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) went to a former varsity athlete, three-time Western graduate and Aboriginal sport expert when selecting a new director.
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Jan 27, 2010

Raven's Song returns for Olympic journey; Canoe was carved from a 600-year-old cedar tree for the Commonwealth Games

His dream was to carve a cedar canoe to join the tribal journey to Victoria's Commonwealth Games, but Bill Helin never expected his treasured Raven's Song would again be honoured at the 2010 Olympic Games.
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Jan 22, 2010

New studio puts an Aboriginal spin on fitness

Drawing on experience from her upbringing on Alberta’s Goldfish Lake reserve, Beverley Sunday is challenging indigenous stereotypes and addressing a health epidemic with the opening of Ottawa’s first aboriginal fitness studio.
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Right to Play takes hockey north

A sports organization known for its mission to build self-esteem in children from impoverished and war-torn nations is coming to a northern Ontario aboriginal community struggling with a teen suicide crisis.
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Jan 20, 2010

Day 81 a unique setting for torch relay

The arrival of the Olympic torch at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Monday burned away the centuries between the ancient athletes of southern Alberta --the Buffalo Runners-- and today's Olympians.
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Jan 19, 2010

TIM HORTONS HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA will broadcast an NHL game in the language of Inuktitut

For the first time ever, TIM HORTONS HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA (January 30, 2010) will broadcast an NHL game in the language of Inuktitut.
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Jan 14, 2010

Sasakamoose worth celebrating in NHL lore; League's first native player deserves attention

While so many of these "special nights" Western Hockey League teams use tend to be self-serving and geared toward lifting attendance, the Kamloops Blazers used one to do something pretty special Wednesday night.
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Opportunity of a lifetime for torchbearers

Employees spilled out of nearby office buildings here to watch Trona Wheaton carry the torch Tuesday morning in Prince Albert.
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Jan 13, 2010

Yukon First Nations Youth Contingent for Vancouver 2010 Olympics

8 First Nations Youth (19-29) from around the Yukon got chosen to be a part of the Yukon Contingent for Vancouver 2010.
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Jan 11, 2010

Torch bearer hopes to be an Olympian

A competitive snowboarder with the First Nations Snowboard Team (FNST), Treanna Delorme, will carry the Olympic torch for one kilometre in Lillooet on Feb. 6.
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