FREDERICTON – The Canadian Paralympic Committee mourns the passing of three-time Paralympian Hal Merrill who died last week. He was 60. A three-time Paralympic Games bronze medallist in Para athletics from Charter’s Settlement, N.B., Merrill was also known as a great ambassador for the Paralympic Movement and for Canadians with a disability, especially in his home province. He was inducted …
Ottawa – After seven years with the Senior Women’s Wheelchair Basketball National Team and three Paralympic appearances, Rosalie Lalonde has officially announced her retirement from Team Canada. Lalonde most recently helped Canada earn a fourth-place finish at the Paris Paralympics last summer—the team’s best result in two decades. “Paris was probably my most intense, challenging, but also exciting and rewarding …
