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The adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship is truly unique as it brings together athletes from all the individual kayaking disciplines, extreme expedition paddlers, freestylers and Olympic slalom kayakers, to compete against one another on a world class stretch of whitewater.
Jeanne Socrates, the oldest woman to circumnavigate the world solo, non-stop and unassisted, is preparing to sail around the globe again.
The 75-year-old Guinness World Record holder plans to set off from British Colombia in her yacht, Nereida, on 5 October 2017.
It will be her fourth solo circumnavigation attempt.
If Jeanne Socrates finishes then she’ll claim … More
Just as the heat has finally let up and fall weather is in full effect, we get some… interesting news around many local’s favourite summertime pastime – canoeing. Previously canoeist in Ontario found with a blood alcohol level that went over the legal limit would be prosecuted under impaired driving laws.
This meant having their cars impounded, incurring demerit points, paying heavy fines, or even losing their license. All while never … More