Gold for Gold: Canada to pay Olympic medal winners

A pilot program being implemented by the COC (Canadian Olympic Committee) to help Canada's Olympic athletes cover costs associated with training is set to be put in place by next summer's games in Beijing. The...

Kayaker fights off hungry wolf on North Coast

"Kayaker fights off hungry wolf on North Coast Larry Pynn, CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 VANCOUVER -- A Port Moody kayaker's recent life-and-death struggle with a hungry wolf on B.C.'s remote North Coast -- the second wolf attack in the province...

Final hours of search for missing kayaker

By Matte  The search for missing trans-Tasman kayaker Andrew McAuley will stop at dusk today as chances of his survival are unlikely.He has been in the water since Friday night and even at best hopes, there is little liklihood that he has survived.Mr McAuley's upturned...

Search continues for trans-Tasman adventurer

By Matte The search for missing trans-Taman adventurer Andrew McAuley enters its third day with hopes of finding him alive almost exhausted.Today two fixed wing aircraft will continue the search 75 km off the Fiordland coost of New Zealand's South Island.Conditions in...

Hopes begin to fade for missing kayaker

Hopes are fading for missing trans-Tasman paddler Andrew McAuley who has been missing for over 24 hours in waters on New Zealand's South Island.McAuley's seven metre kayak was found upturned off the NZ coast late...

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