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Back-to-back wins prove Canadians love Shark Club

(Grande Prairie, AB) - Shark Club is proud to announce that it has been named the Best Sports Bar in Canada for the second year in a row.  Shark Club came out on top in an online poll, held by Rogers Sportsnet, which allowed viewers from across the country to vote for their favourite watering holes.  Shark Club was selected from competing sports bars from coast to coast, and garnered a record number of votes to be named Canada’s Best. 

In claiming the title, Shark Club beat out four other finalists, with its winning entry from Grande Prairie, Alberta.  Shark Club is the only sports bar to win the contest twice, and is particularly pleased with having won consecutively.  The 2008 challenge marked the fourth year of the Canada’s Best Sports Bar competition.
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B.C.’s top disabled athletes will join aspiring local skiers for a day of ski-racing and sledge hockey.

Vancouver, B.C. - January 8, 2008 - Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports (VASS) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Grouse Mountain to showcase B.C.’s local and provincial disabled skiers in a first-of-its-kind event in Vancouver.

The VASS Grouse Mountain Corporate Cup, on February 28^th, will match corporate teams with a high performance skier with a disability for a day of ski racing. For VASS’ ski racers and corporate participants, the event will provide the opportunity to ski alongside some of B.C.’s top disabled skiers, past and aspiring paralympians. Former members of the Canadian able-bodied Alpine Ski Team will also be on hand to provide ski-racing tips and cheer on their compatriots. .
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Air Transat gives the foundation $892,000

Vancouver, B.C. - December 11, 2007 - This afternoon, hundreds of children had the pleasure of meeting Santa Claus at an altitude of 6,000 metres during a special flight organized by Air Transat and the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. Three exclusive flights, departing from Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, gave the children the experience of a lifetime.

The children and their families boarded three Air Transat Airbus to head for the North Pole in search of Santa. During the 90-minute flight, Santa made a surprise appearance, much to the delight of the children onboard.
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