Friday's opening ceremony of the Paralympics will be a family-friendly show that will include a segment about the origins of the international sporting event, says the producer of the event.
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Paralympics opening ceremony to include a cast of 5,000 -
10-03-2010 (09:09)
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City-wide celebrations to kick off Paralympics -
10-03-2010 (09:09)
Fans wanting to thank Roberto Luongo for his performance during the gold-medal Olympic hockey game will get their chance Thursday when the Canucks captain lights a celebration cauldron at Robson Square.
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Paralympics: Where to watch, from the stands to your sofa -
10-03-2010 (01:02)
Televised coverage of the 2010 Paralympics will be a far cry from the thousands of hours international broadcasters devoted to the recently completed Olympic Games.
Whereas hundreds of broadcasters measured their Olympic coverage in hundreds of hours - in some cases filling the airwaves 22 hours a day - just over two dozen companies are left in Vancouver for the Paralympics, and they are counting their hours here by fives, 10s and 50s. And that's the total for the entire 10 days of the Games.
But as far as the Vancouver Organizing Committee and the International Paralympic Committee are concerned, that's not necessarily a bad thing, given it's a vast improvement over past Games.
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Sledge hockey captain Labonte named Canada’s flag-bearer at Paralympics -
09-03-2010 (20:36)
VANCOUVER - Jean Labonte, the captain of Canada's sledge hockey team, was named yesterday to Canada's flag-bearer for the 2010 Paralympic Games.
Labonte, 41, of Gatineau, Que., is a four-time Paralympian and was part of Canada's gold-medal winning team in Turin in 2006.
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Paralympics Gallery – Nordic Skiing: Biathlon -
09-03-2010 (20:18)
NEIL WILSON: Vancouver sends snow-free message to the IOC on Winter Games hosting -
09-03-2010 (19:03)
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Sport and tourism – the twin powers unleashed by latest WOA – UNWTO ST-EP forum -
09-03-2010 (19:03)
Tracy Mattes, Dick Fosbury, Dho Young Shim, General Palenfo, Rick Antonson / Image: WOA
Vancouver Paralympic village opens to athletes -
09-03-2010 (07:09)
VANCOUVER - Morten Vaernes rolled his wheelchair back and forth Monday night to keep warm in the chilly air at the Vancouver athletes' village. This was the third night his Norwegian sledge hockey team had spent in the village, and by far the coldest.
But he said it's one of the best such villages he's ever seen, and its comforts may go some way toward helping his team defeat its archrival Canadian team in sledge hockey later this month.
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Changing attitudes on display as torch arrives in Whistler -
09-03-2010 (06:24)
WHISTLER ' For Kirsten Sharp, the Paralympic torch relay is all about changing attitudes.
The 33-year-old Sharp, a paraplegic who broke her back while skiing at Whistler at age 14, was one of the torchbearers as the flame arrived in Whistler on Monday afternoon.
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Wheelchair curling: Jim Armstrong on what his sport has taught him about life -
09-03-2010 (05:29)
Q. How Did You Get Into wheelchair curling?
A: It was 2½ years ago. A friend of mine with the Canadian Curling Association contacted me. He knew I had some mobility issues so he suggested I give it a whirl.
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