CANMORE, Alberta (AP) — Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever is a step closer to becoming the first winter athlete to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics. McKeever won an able-bodied 50-kilometer NorAm race on Tuesday, a Continue ..

CALGARY — Brian McKeever hopes Canadians look at the Paralympics through new eyes this morning upon reading of his latest brush with history in the Rocky Mountains. With only 10 per cent vision, the legally blind Calgary native roared across a Continue ..

Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever is a step closer to becoming the first winter athlete to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics. McKeever won an able-bodied 50-kilometer NorAm race Tuesday, a result he needed to be eligible Continue ..

For the first time in more than decade, Daniel Westley won’t be participating in a winter Paralympics. Despite not being an athlete, he’s already left his impression on the 2010 Paralympics and Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler. Without him, the Continue ..

As Paralympic standards rise and as more categories of athletes are admitted, how clear is the movement and the public about what the Paralympics is all about? BBC Disability Affairs correspondent Peter White discusses the matter with ParalympicsGB Continue ..

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