Canadian para canoeist Brianna Hennessy raced to her first Paralympic medal with a reminder of her mother on her paddle.
Brianna Hennessy of Canada reacts after winning silver in the VL2 Women 200m during the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships in Dartmouth, N.S. on Friday, August 5, 2022.
"In our family, a cardinal represents what our love means. My mum was my Wonder Woman, and this is a cardinal rising up. This is our family pet that passed away two months after my mum, of cancer, because I think their love was together.Hennessy and triple-medal swimmer Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, B.C., were later named Canada's flag-bearers for Sunday's closing ceremonies.
"This is the pinnacle of it all for me and everything I've been fighting for. It made it all worth it." She eventually turned to paddling at the Ottawa River Canoe Club, which led her to the Paralympic podium in Paris. The Liberal caucus is set to meet in Nanaimo, B.C., next week for a retreat ahead of the fall parliamentary sitting. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists he will lead his party into the next election despite polls citing his unpopularity among Canadians. Here's a look at what would happen if he decided to call it quits.The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop.
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