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• U.K. travel writers still highlight Utah Mormons' peculiarity

  - 2009-06-24

  While the Utah travel boosters may like the coverage the state gets when journalists drop in for a holiday, there still a bit of the "weird" factor when travel writers speak about Mormons. At least four U.K.-based publications have featured Utah in travel stories recently. Here's one...

• PTs screen Special Olympics athletes at World Winter Games

  - 2009-06-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] About 64 physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and PT students screened more than 2,000 Special Olympics athletes in FUN fitness, the fitness screening program developed in collaboration with APTA as a part of Special Olympics Healthy Athletes, during the Special Olympics Winter World Games in Boise,...

• Minister Peter MacKay Announces 2009 Canada Day Poster Challenge Finalist for Nova Scotia.

  - 2009-05-22

  CANNING, NOVA SCOTIA, May 22, 2009 Marketwire via COMTEX -- On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, and Member of Parliament Central Nova, today announced the...

• GTRI Partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado

  - 2009-05-06

  Named a Top 100 Supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado; Provided Technology Network for Prestigious VA Winter Sports Clinic ...

• Green tech

  - 2009-05-01

  Nolonger does high tech automatically mean high environmental impact. US giant Polartec[R] which supplies the world with a vast range of fabrics used in winter sports is getting even greener. In 2008 the firm will save 38 million tons of CO2 by using recycled fabrics. More...

• Win a 5-star whistler trip: TOG 24 has teamed up with Whistler Blackcomb and the Fairmont Chateau Whistler luxury hotel to offer a 5,000 [pounds sterling] five-star winter sports holiday of a lifetime for two people

  - 2009-05-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whistler Blackcomb defines the big-mountain resort scene in North America with the highest vertical drop, biggest acreage, longest season, most glaciers, best glades and most renowned terrain park. It offers North America's best skiing and snowboarding on its two mountains, but also has exceptional lodging, dining...

• Spectra Energy Lends Support to Eight High Performance Amateur Athletes Competing in Winter Sports

  - 2009-04-23

  Former Olympian Beckie Scott to Lead "TEAM Spectra" HOUSTON and CALGARY, Alberta, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spectra Energy today announced its support of eight elite Canadian and U.S. amateur athletes competing for their national teams in winter sports. Beckie Scott, Olympic gold medal winner in the...

• Despite good conditions this year, snowfalls in the Scottish Highlands have been decreasing for the past 40 years and will be unable to sustain a winter sports industry within 50 years, according to the Met Office's chief government advisor

  - 2009-04-01

  Despite good conditions this year, snowfalls in the Scottish Highlands have been decreasing for the past 40 years and will be unable to sustain a winter sports industry within 50 years, according to the Met Office's chief government advisor. Met Office climate predictions suggest that by 2080, the average winter...

• Health Net Federal Services and MHN Sponsor the 23rd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic

  - 2009-03-27

  Veterans with Disabilities Find Inspiration on the Slopes of Snowmass Village, Colorado SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Health Net Federal Services,...

• Forty years on and no postponements! THE Griffin Bowling Club are celebrating their 40th anniversary this weekend. Here, Examiner Sports Editor MEL BOOTH looks at what makes them so special

  - 2009-03-27

  Byline: Sports Editor MEL BOOTH FORTY years of winter sport - and they've never had a postponement! That's the Griffin Bowling Club at Thornton Lodge, where this weekend they are celebrating four decades of crown green camaraderie and the cream of competition. They are...