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2010 Winter Games

Braydon wins Silver at Canada Winter Games

February 24, 2011

Para-alpine skier, Braydon Luscombe, won silver in the slalom event at the 2011 Canada Winter Games held on February 22 at Ski Wentworth, near Halifax in Nova Scotia this week. Proudly sponsored by Vancouver Airport Authority, Braydon’s favorite discipline is slalom. Following his silver medal performance, Braydon said “we raced GS [giant slalom] and I [...]

Braydon slalom’s to victory

January 10, 2011

Check out Braydon’s style and technique in this video as he negotiates his way through the giant slalom (GS) course at Winter Park in Colarado – go Braydon!  Racing against two of the best one-legged skiers in the world, he placed 4th overall in GS!  Congratulations Braydon! To learn more about Braydon and the Airport Authority’s support of this talented, young [...]

YVR @ the 7th Annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade

December 6, 2010

An estimated 300,000 people turned out yesterday – Sunday December 5 – to enjoy the 7th Annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade. For the fourth year, the Airport Authority sponsored the parade Grand Marshals, Hon. Mary McNeil, John Furlong and the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic volunteers.  The group was joined by Airport Authority staff and YVR’s [...]

Airport Authority accepts Influence Award

May 12, 2010
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Leading up to the games, we planned, prepared, and set our sights on a gold medal performance to ensure that passengers would have an efficient and memorable experience at the airport. The Airport Authority and our partners worked hard to implement these plans, especially on YVR’s biggest day -  March 1, 2010 when 39,000 passengers [...]

Paralympians depart YVR

March 22, 2010
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On the day following the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, YVR said goodbye to Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee and numerous Paralympic athletes, coaches and team members as they travelled home.  Many of the athletes seen at the airport today have become familiar faces after their memorable and inspirational performances during the [...]

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