Winter Sports

A boost for B.C. as Gemmell cracks sledge hockey roster

James Gemmell can look around the Canadian sledge hockey team dressing room and see guys like Billy Bridges and Brad Bowden, who made their debuts a decade ago as fuzzy-cheeked teenagers, and think that at 28, he got a late start.

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Canada's Jeremy Booker, right, fights off Marius Hattendorf of Germany near the boards during a sledge hockey semifinal at the 2006 Turin Winter Paralympic Games.

Disabled sport not for faint of heart

Loyd Remi Johansen had his eyes down to take a pass at centre ice and didn't see the freight train in the bucket sled coming at him until it was too late.

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Ontario lead Lorraine Lang poses with her husband, Rick, who is coaching the team.

Pseudo rock star coaches Ontario rink

After Rick Lang helped Al Hackner capture his second world men's curling title in 1985, they were returning home to Thunder Bay, Ont., after a promotional visit to Toronto.

The only problem is Whistler's luge course -- the world's fastest -- may be dangerous for less experienced racers.

Fast track to the Olympics

With a few adjustments, the Whistler Sliding Centre is ready to host the 2010 Olympic luge competition.

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Forest captures super combined world crown

Canadian skier Viviane Forest captured the gold medal in the super combined event Monday at the International Paralympic Committee world ski championships in Kangwon Land, Korea.

Jim Armstrong lines up a shot Sunday at the Olympic Curling Centre.

Team Canada gets off to slow start

With six Brier appearances and a total of about four decades of curling behind him, Jim Armstrong has lots of experience to draw on.

Planning outside the Olympic bubble

Overseeing the Olympics hasn't been what you'd exactly call a stress-free gig for John Furlong.

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New Brunswick's young guns -- lead Lianne Sobey, left, and second Jodie deSolla -- are just two of several talented curlers at the Scotties who are in their early 20s.

Youth movement alive and well at these Scotties

They are just a few years removed from the junior curling ranks. They are the young guns, the future stars of the sport and many of them are here at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's ...

Canadian threat isn't unnerving top rivals

The Canadians may have home field advantage in 2010, but neither Germany nor the United States -- the two top medal-winners at the last winter Olympics -- say they're worried about being knocked down ...