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Sacrifice is a popular theme among championship teams. It’s the act of putting someone else’s needs above your own, working together to reach a common goal. That same word, sacrifice, is also popular among parents of athletes.

A Manitoba family hopes to give their four-year-old son a cross-Canada vacation to remember — while he can still see.
Four-year-old Oaklin was diagnosed last year with a rare eye condition that is causing him to go blind.
“It’s hard, for sure,” said David Piec, Oaklin’s father. “It does feel like there’s kind of a black cloud hanging over us.”
The boy began going for genetic testing after his family, who live in Anola, noticed vision problems when he was 18 months old.
He was eventually diagnose...

As a champion bodybuilder, Andrew Langelaar competes against some of the biggest, toughest men in the country. Manitoba’s strongest man says there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to true strength.
A giant of a man — with an imposing 6-6, 336-pound physique — Langelaar has battled with his mental health in the past and stresses the importance of reaching out.
“There’s a lot of people who are dealing with demons that they don’t talk about, or they don’t want to,” Langelaar says. “I don’t t...