Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Wasaga Beach Short Film Festival Today ..get out and Vote.
You can get a look today at the creativity of some of your friends and neighbours.
Public viewing and voting of the entries in the first annual Wasaga Beach Short Film Festival will be held in the Oakview Room at the Rec Plex at 11 this morning and 3 this afternoon.
Awards will be handed out in the Lion's Den at the Rec Plex tonight at 7.
There will also be a Wasaga Artists showcase, music and an archives display through out the day.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Sarah Burke Dead: Freestyle Skier Succumbs To Injuries From Accident
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has died.
Burke, 29, was seriously injured Jan. 10 in a training accident at the superpipe in Park City, Utah, she never regained consciousness after surgery.
Doctors said that Burke suffered a cardiac arrest during her accident. Doctors also said that Burkesuffered a ruptured vertebral artery which led to intercranial bleeding.
Later tests showed that Burke had "sustained severe irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest,” a statement from the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association said.
"The family expresses their heartfelt gratitude for the international outpouring of support they have received from all the people Sarah touched," Burke's family said in a statement. Her organs will be donated to save the lives of others according to her wishes, the statement added.
Condolences have flooded her Facebook page. On Twitter messages of support have been posted using the #believeinsarah tag.
"Female athletes everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to Sarah’s passionate trailblazing efforts over the last 15 years. As the first competitive female freeskier, she successfully lobbied the Winter X Games to include women in freeskiing events on equal standing. It is because of Sarah’s efforts that female winter athletes are some of the only athletes in the world to receive equal prize purses to that of men," her agent wrote on a memorial page.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2012 is a leap year, meaning you get one extra day, so why not use those 366 days to create something amazing?
2012 is a leap year, meaning you get one extra day, so why not use those 366 days to create something amazing?
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