Category: Skier Stories NS
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Cape North Skier Set Goal to Ski 1,000km
by Erin Pottie, Cape Breton Post, March 19, 2019 Note We particularly enjoy skier stories. As we approach 2021, we recall a story of determination by a Cape North skier, Freda McEvoy, who challenged herself to ski 1,000km during the 2018-2019 season. McEvoy advises that skiing alleviates her symptoms of arthritis and she just “loves…
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1998 Canadian Birkie Gold for NS Skier
by Cross Country Nova Scotia Staff, December 8, 2020 (updated Jan 30, 2022) As registrations for the 2022 Canadian Birkie Ski Festival continue, we remember a historic victory for our province, by a twenty-two-year-old Nova Scotia skier. Daniel Murray recorded the fastest male time in the “1998 Birkie Full”, which is a 55 km cross-country…
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Racing for Honey “77
by Cross Country Nova Scotia Staff, May 8, 2020 Bryan Scallion’s Idea The origin of Nova Scotia’s longest running loppet and why a pot of honey still rewards skiers at this annual event. A conversation with Dianne Powell about the history of the Honeypot Loppet. Bryan had this idea of organizing a ski race in…
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Canadian Birkie: A Great, Historic, Feel-Good Event
by Cross Country Nova Scotia Staff, April 21, 2020 NS Ski Team Alumni Participates Nova Scotia provincial team alumni, Lilla Roy, shares her experiences from the 2020 Canadian Birkie Ski Festival – held at Elk Island National Park in Alberta, this past February. I did the Birkie 31km (the official Birkie is 55km). Fantastic day.…
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Celebrating his 70th at Provincials
by Cross Country Nova Scotia, Staff, April 17, 2020 Skiing with Jim Skiing into his 70’s, Jim Blanchard is inspiring many around him. He completed two days of racing at the 2020 NS Provincials – just a few days after his 70th birthday. Previously, Jim has skied at the same events as Bryan Scallion, and…
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North Highlanders Ski Team
by Dave Algar, Stride and Glide, Nordic Ski Nova Scotia – Winter 1992 (original article) The North Highlanders Ski Team is an important part of Nova Scotia’s cross-country ski history. Learn more by viewing the article below, as featured in the Winter 1992 edition of the “Stride and Glide” – Nordic Ski Nova Scotia news.
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