Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

Run Run Revolution

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Hosted by CBC and their Live Right Now campaign, Run Run Revolution is an inspiring tale of a group of 12 and 13 year olds who were chosen to be part of their schools running team. This group of kids was selected for their diversity and commonality of leading sedentary lifestyles, which makes them representative of many of their Canadian peers. The running team was challenged to a 5km race and team sprint to be raced at the Boston Marathon. Through a cold, snowy and dark winter these kids worked as a team to inspire each other to be the best that they can be.

If you are ready to take the next step and begin your own Run Run Revolution you can access both a physical training guide as well as nutritional information that was used on the show.  Do it solo, create a neighborhood group or start your own school team…the possibilities are endless!

For more information, to view the video or to access the training program just visit the Run Run Revolution website.

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Thank you Canada Revenue Agency!

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Stressing over tax time?  Well here’s one tidbit that may give you a smile.  Parents can claim up to $500 of their child’s physical activity expenses in their tax returns!  See here for the details.

We love that our government is on-board in encouraging families to enroll their kids in healthy extra-curriculars!  It is also something to keep in mind when signing your kids up for activities in 2011.

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This just in: Canadians don’t exercise enough

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Newly confirmed; Canadians don’t exercise enough.  Okay so maybe we all knew that already, but now we have up-to-date information, specific to us Canadians, showing the proof! Statistics Canada has released a recent report on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and everyone is talking about it. CBC and the Globe and Mail have both reported on this in the past week.  And the picture ain’t pretty.
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