Special Olympics

Members of Special Olympics Oceanside celebrate their performance at the Comox Valley Invitational Swim on March 5. (Erin Edwards photo)

Special Olympics Oceanside swimmers make big splash at Comox Valley meet

Athletes happy to be competing again

 

Julie Black, a Special Olympics athlete and Tim Hortons employee, shows off a Choose to Include doughnut, which will be on sale Jan. 28-30 benefiting Special Olympics Canada. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Tim Hortons asks customers to choose doughnut to benefit Special Olympics

‘Choose to Include’ doughnut available this weekend, Jan. 28-30

 

Hazen Meade is Special Olympics Canada’s 2021 Athlete of the Year. Courtesy Hazen Meade/Special Olympics Canada.

Island athlete named Special Olympics Canada’s 2021 Athlete of the Year

Campbell River’s “Blazin’” Hazen Meade receives national honour

 

Gordon Lockhart, who has been supporting the Special Olympics BC Oceanside’s annual charity golf tournament for four years, is poised to make a good drive on the 10th hole at Pheasant Glen Golf Resort on Sept. 11. (Michael Briones photo)

Charity golf tournament at Pheasant Glen benefits Special Olympics BC Oceanside

Organization thankful for successful fundraising event

Gordon Lockhart, who has been supporting the Special Olympics BC Oceanside’s annual charity golf tournament for four years, is poised to make a good drive on the 10th hole at Pheasant Glen Golf Resort on Sept. 11. (Michael Briones photo)
Canada’s Danielle Dorris checks her time after winning a gold medal in the women’s 50m butterfly at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, Sept.3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Paralympic Committee-Scott Grant

Canadian teen Danielle Dorris wins Paralympic gold and sets world record

Danielle Dorris captured a gold medal in the 50-metre butterfly at the Tokyo Paralympics

Canada’s Danielle Dorris checks her time after winning a gold medal in the women’s 50m butterfly at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, Sept.3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Paralympic Committee-Scott Grant
Betty Coleman is passing the torch virtually this year as the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run raises funds for Special Olympians. (Eric J. Welsh/ The Progress)

B.C.’s Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics goes virtual

The annual event partnering RCMP with Special Olympians is dramatically altered by COVID-19

Betty Coleman is passing the torch virtually this year as the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run raises funds for Special Olympians. (Eric J. Welsh/ The Progress)