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The love story between Shira and Jeff Standfield began on the water.

The two former Paralympians, and elite adaptive rowers, first met while training for the 2006 World Rowing Championships in the U.K. and married in September.

VANCOUVER -- Olympic gold-medal goaltender Roberto Luongo lit a Paralympic cauldron in front of a cheering crowd of hundreds at Robson Square on Thursday evening.

The Vancouver Canucks captain made his through the flag-waving masses carrying a Paralympic torch as the crowd called, "Looooooou, Loooooou, Looooou."

METRO VANCOUVER - About 300 people filled Robson Square, spilling out on to the street, for Paralympic kick-off celebrations Thursday afternoon.

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.

Citizens urged to keep travelling smart as changes to the road network remain for Paralympic Winter Games

Vancouver, BC – The Olympic and Paralympic Transportation Team (OPTT) today thanked the people of Metro Vancouver and the Sea to Sky regions for making the 2010 integrated Olympic transportation plan a success, while urging people to keep traveling smart in view of changes to the transportation network for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Transportation planners – charged with one of the most complex and critical elements of the Games – set the lofty goal of achieving at least a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle use during the Olympic Games, in order to ensure athletes, officials and others could get to their events on time and local residents could move efficiently.

 

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