The Paralympic Games opened Wednesday with 4,350 athletes demonstrating first-hand their creed: "The heart knows no limits; everybody has a heart." ...

As the ceremony concluded, the Paralympic torch was carried into the area by former Olympic wheelchair tennis gold medallist Michael Jeremiasz, who was surrounded on stage by dozens of torchbearers.

It's the first Paralympic medal for both athletes. The four-medal haul on Day 7 brought Canada's tally to 17 medals — four gold, six silver and seven bronze — with four days of competition left.

Dr. Rob Shaw, wheelchair tennis player for the Canadian Paralympic Team and a UBC Okanagan alumnus, and Dr. Andrea Bundon, associate professor in UBC’s school of kinesiology at UBC Vancouver and a ...

In Paris, she will become the first Canadian female swimmer to compete in five Paralympics. She debuted as a 15-year-old in Beijing in 2008 and would go on to win gold at Rio 2016 in the SB8 100 ...

Paralympics Five Canadians to watch at the Paralympics Canada’s competitors in wheelchair basketball, swimming, equestrian and other sports will be among 4,400 athletes competing in Paris this ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Paralympic Games opened Wednesday with 4,350 athletes demonstrating first-hand their creed: “The heart knows no limits; everybody has a heart.” Wheelchair daredevil Aaron ...