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2010-07-27
SportMedBC Teams Up with Football BC to Offer Medical Seminars
SportMedBC Teams Up with Football BC to Offer Medical Seminars
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2010-05-21
Whitecaps Goalkeeper Credits SportMedBCs David Cox for Team Focus
Nolly Credits Team Psychologist for Focused Group.
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2010-05-21
SportMedBCs Sun Run InTraining Success Stories
Prince Rupert Woman has Experienced Amazing Changes through SportMedBC's Sun Run InTraining.
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2010-03-23
Sport medical team among 'Best of Vancouver 2010'
The Vancouver 2010 sport medical team one of the top success stories of the Games.
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2010-03-23
British Columbia's Patricia Chuey to Lead SportMed Nutrition Programming
…highly-acclaimed sport dietitian to support SportMedBC and sportmedbc.com in various partner and public program streams in the field of sport nutrition
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2010-02-12
Vancouver 2010 is inspirational backdrop to launch of Sun Run InTraining Clinics
More than 80 clinics throughout the Lower Mainland this week kicked off 13 weeks of training for the 26th running of the Vancouver Sun Run slated for May 9th, 2010.
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2010-02-12
Dr. Bob McCormack heads Canada's Sport Medical Team
While Dr. Jack Taunton and a team of senior members of the SportMedBC practitioner network are heading up the over-arching Vancouver 2010 sport medicine program, it is fellow BC sport medical leader Dr. Bob McCormack who is charged with caring for Canada’s Olympic team.
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2010-02-12
Dr. Jack Taunton and team open Olympic Village Clinic
Before the Games begin and even before athletes began arriving at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Village, Vancouver 2010 Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jack Taunton and his team made sure their platform of services were up and ready.
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2009-12-18
Nordic walkers aim to make a big impact at 2010 Sun Run
SportMedBC in partnership Urban Poling Inc. has seen a rapid expansion in this year’s Sun Run Nordic Walking InTraining clinics as popularity for this unique fitness trend grows rapidly across British Columbia. Growth from 3 clinics in 2007 to 25 Sun Run InTraining clinics offering Nordic Walking in 2010, reflects how this low intensity, high aerobic workout is appealing to spirited walkers and elite runners.
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2009-12-16
SportMed Practitioners Leading the Way for Vancouver 2010
Among those leading the charge to ensure that athletes competing at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have the best available platform of sport medical and paramedical services at their disposal this February are a trio of familiar names to those in the SportMedBC family.
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2009-12-16
Clements Named Mayors of Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Village
The first couple of sport medicine, Dr. Doug Clement and his wife Diane Clement, will be the first couple of the Vancouver Athletes Village for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
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2009-12-16
26th Vancouver Sun Run Slated for Sunday, May 9th
The Vancouver Sun Run, the second largest timed 10K in the world, will be part of an incredible 2010 for British Columbians when it takes place Sunday, May 9th at 9 a.m. PT.
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2009-11-04
Dynamic new pages for a dynamic time in sport
What better time to launch a series of dynamic new web pages than the 100-day countdown to Vancouver 2010 and the most dynamic period of winter sport excitement in the history of our province? The new home page contains the latest news and views from the fields of sport medicine, sport science and sport training. It in turn leads to new landing pages for each of those areas under the familiar monikers of Best People, Best Practices and Best Programs.
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2009-11-04
A tremendous opportunity to shine!
The arrival of the Vancouver 2010 in 100 days will be a massive milestone in the history of sport in our country and in our province. It already has and will continue to influence sport at so many levels. Among its impacts will be what the event does to throw the spotlight on just how many of the Best People in the fields of sport medicine, sport science and sport training reside and practice right here in British Columbia.
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2009-11-04
Olympic Torch Relay brings the flame to - and across - Canada
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay was launched from the provincial legislature in Victoria last Friday and made its way up and down Vancouver Island at the beginning of a 106-day journey that will span 45,000-kilometres, more than 1,000 communities and over 12,000 torch bearers.
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2009-08-26
BEST PRACTICES 2009 - Annual Meeting & Workshop
On behalf of the Board of Directors and management of SportMedBC, all are invited to join us at our BEST PRACTICES 2009 Annual Meeting & Conference which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 26th at the North Shore Winter Club in North Vancouver, B.C.
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