Special Olympics Canada News
Sobeys, Safeway, Thrifty Foods, IGA, Urban Fresh and Foodland stores across Canada (excluding Quebec) raised a record $930,000 for Special Olympics athletes across the country. From June 20 to July 3, Sobeys Inc. launched its second annual in-store...
Canadian Powerlifter Jackie Barrett is making history as the first-ever Special Olympics athlete inducted in the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. Originally from Nova Scotia, Barrett moved to Newfoundland in 2008, where he became known as the...
The quest to develop a better understanding of how sports and physical activity benefit people with intellectual and developmental disabilities got a major boost with the appointment of a four-time Paralympian to a new research position at Western...
Special Olympics International (SOI) has made the decision to remove the sport of floor hockey from the Special Olympics World Winter Games, Sweden 2021. According to SOI, the sport has been removed due to capacity issues within the host country. In...
Marathon of Sport is officially underway with events scheduled in cities across Canada. The event, organized by motionball – a not for profit organization empowering young Canadians in support of Special Olympics Canada Foundation - is a fun-filled...
Ontario’s Monique Shah was inducted into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour Thursday night as the Special Olympics Athlete of the Year.