Mike Trauner was declared clinically dead twice. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces for almost 19 years with the 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment at CFB Petawawa and was injured on December 5th, 2008, when an IED exploded resulting in the loss of both his legs and catastrophically injuring his arms and hands. We...
This guest enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves as an administration clerk in 1987, she moved her way up to Chief of Nursing Services for the Canadian Armed forces. She has all these acronyms behind her name RN, BSCN, MN CHE, CD, QHN we talk about those, Aeromedical evacuations, the biggest risk shes ever...
This guest joined the military, the Royal Canadian Navy in 1999 serving on different units, in 2008 she began to display symptoms of PTSD and anxiety, which subsequently manifested into depression and withdrawal. This episode we discuss being in the Navy, in nature, long hikes, how the Soldier On Program has changed her life for...
This episode of DROPPING IN we chat with a husband, father, a decorated Chief Petty Officer who enrolled in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1999 as a Naval Communicator, after being injured he now works for Soldier On. We chat about his time in the Navy, how he has been helping ill/injured Soldiers with the...
This series, series VIII, we will be DROPPING IN with Soldier On athletes. What is the Soldier On program? It’s a program of the Canadian Armed Forces which contributes to the recovery of ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members and veterans by providing opportunities and resources through sport, recreational, and creative activities. I can’t...
Trevor is a is a father of 2 who has several World Championship All Star awards. He is a Parapan American Games champion and has competed in 4 Paralympic Games for Team Canada in the sport of wheelchair rugby. He is co-captain of Team Canada National Team. He has recently competed in the 2021 World...
Trevor is a is a father of 2 who has several World Championship All Star awards. He is a Parapan American Games champion and has competed in 4 Paralympic Games for Team Canada in the sport of wheelchair rugby. He is co-captain of Team Canada National Team. He has recently competed in the 2021 World...
Bo Hedges is a 7x National Champion, Para Pan American games medalist, Paralympic champion and gives back to sport in the best ways. Bo is a wheelchair basketball player, listen to his paralympic stories on this episode of DROPPING IN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bo Hedges is a 7x National Champion, Para Pan American games medalist, Paralympic champion and gives back to sport in the best ways. Bo is a wheelchair basketball player, listen to his paralympic stories on this episode of DROPPING IN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kate O’Brien is an athlete through and through she was a bobsleigher, and Olympic cyclist, Pan America champion, world record breaker, she is also a Paralympic medalist you’re going to want to hear her stories and what her next goals are! Kate is a force! DROP IN ON E.67 with Mercedes and Kate. Learn more...
Kate O’Brien is an athlete through and through she was a bobsleigher, and Olympic cyclist, Pan America champion, world record breaker, she is also a Paralympic medalist you’re going to want to hear her stories and what her next goals are! Kate is a force! DROP IN ON E.67 with Mercedes and Kate. Learn more...
Tyler played AAA hockey but when he was 15 years old, while playing hockey he broke his leg. After surgery they found a growth behind his leg. At 16 years old he went through 8 months of chemotherapy and his left leg was amputated due to that growth, it was a diagnosis of Spindle cell...
Tyler played AAA hockey but when he was 15 years old, while playing hockey he broke his leg. After surgery they found a growth behind his leg. At 16 years old he went through 8 months of chemotherapy and his left leg was amputated due to that growth, it was a diagnosis of Spindle cell...
Mac Marcoux is a World Champion, Paralympic Champion he’s a blind freeskier that doesn’t seem to be scared of going fast. Having raced at three Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014, Peyongchan 2018 and Beijing 2022 we get to hear his stories on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mac Marcoux is a World Champion, Paralympic Champion he’s a blind freeskier that doesn’t seem to be scared of going fast. Having raced at three Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014, Peyongchan 2018 and Beijing 2022 we get to hear his stories on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tyler Tuner not only achieved his goal of competing at the Paralympics, in Beijing 2022 he blew away the competition, racing to gold in para snowboard cross and bronze in the para banked slalom. Not long ago, in 2017 he was in a skydiving accident, causing traumatic injury and brain injury, now he is a...
Tyler Tuner not only achieved his goal of competing at the Paralympics, in Beijing 2022 he blew away the competition, racing to gold in para snowboard cross and bronze in the para banked slalom. Not long ago, in 2017 he was in a skydiving accident, causing traumatic injury and brain injury, now he is a...
Mark is one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympians. The list goes on and on, he is a 4x Paralympian in Biathlon and cross country, 2x Paralympic champion, an award winner, multi medalist and 3x World Champion. On this episode we hear about his 4 Paralympic experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark is one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympians. The list goes on and on, he is a 4x Paralympian in Biathlon and cross country, 2x Paralympic champion, an award winner, multi medalist and 3x World Champion. On this episode we hear about his 4 Paralympic experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Erica Gravel was a basketball player, due to injuries she turned to wheelchair basketball. She is a Paralympian, Parapan medalist, Physiologist, soon to be PHD. Listen to her story now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Erica Gravel was a basketball player, due to injuries she turned to wheelchair basketball. She is a Paralympian, Parapan medalist, Physiologist, soon to be PHD. Listen to her story now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ethan Hess, a para nordic skier, made his dream come true competing at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games as a teenager. He didn’t stop there he then raced in the 2019 World Championships and raced at his second Paralympics at the 2022 Beijing Games. On this episode we chat about that and so much more!...
Ethan Hess, a para nordic skier, made his dream come true competing at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games as a teenager. He didn’t stop there he then raced in the 2019 World Championships and raced at his second Paralympics at the 2022 Beijing Games. On this episode we chat about that and so much more!...
DROPPING IN with Team Canada Paralympian Mollie Jepsen. At the Peyongchang Games she took home 4 medals, gold, silver and 2 bronze. 4 years after a diagnosis of crohn’s disease she raced a the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games and brought home gold and silver. We chat about her journey to the podium. Learn more...
DROPPING IN with Team Canada Paralympian Mollie Jepsen. At the Peyongchang Games she took home 4 medals, gold, silver and 2 bronze. 4 years after a diagnosis of crohn’s disease she raced a the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games and brought home gold and silver. We chat about her journey to the podium. Learn more...
Intro to series VII: Paralympic Stories, we chat with Chelsea Walker, executive director of Whistler Adaptive. We learn how to get involved in sport if you or someone you know may have a disability. What sports are offered and so much more. Whistler Adaptive introduces individuals with a disability to sport, recreation and therapeutic sport...
Intro to series VII: Paralympic Stories, we chat with Chelsea Walker, executive director of Whistler Adaptive. We learn how to get involved in sport if you or someone you know may have a disability. What sports are offered and so much more. Whistler Adaptive introduces individuals with a disability to sport, recreation and therapeutic sport...
Devin Heroux is someone you might know from CBC; Sports, Olympics Paralympics and News and or That Curling show. He has traveled the world, chatting with Team Canada athletes. We find out how he is the fastest Tweeter I know, what it’s like to be on the road and so much more! Learn more about...
Devin Heroux is someone you might know from CBC; Sports, Olympics Paralympics and News and or That Curling show. He has traveled the world, chatting with Team Canada athletes. We find out how he is the fastest Tweeter I know, what it’s like to be on the road and so much more! Learn more about...
Annamay Pierse Oldershaw is a mother, daughter, wife, sister, teacher, world record breaker, World Championship medalist and Olympian, she spent a lot of years with Team Canada’s national swimming team and knows what it’s like to be on the road. She share her stories on this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Annamay Pierse Oldershaw is a mother, daughter, wife, sister, teacher, world record breaker, World Championship medalist and Olympian, she spent a lot of years with Team Canada’s national swimming team and knows what it’s like to be on the road. She share her stories on this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3x Olympian and Olympic bronze medalist Lauren Regula shares her stories of being on the road with Team Canada’s softball team. We talk sharks, pugs, living out of a hotel room and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3x Olympian and Olympic bronze medalist Lauren Regula shares her stories of being on the road with Team Canada’s softball team. We talk sharks, pugs, living out of a hotel room and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2x Olympian, 7x World Cup Medalist, World Champion Medalist and Canadian National Champion Chris Robanske traveled the world with the Canadian National Snowboard Cross team on this episode we learn what that was like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2x Olympian, 7x World Cup Medalist, World Champion Medalist and Canadian National Champion Chris Robanske traveled the world with the Canadian National Snowboard Cross team on this episode we learn what that was like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
World Champion, 3x Olympian and Olympic silver medalist Darcy Marquardt Hortness rowed for Team Canada on this episode of DROPPING IN with Mercedes Darcy shares her stories from being on the road with the Canadian National Rowing team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
World Champion, 3x Olympian and Olympic silver medalist Darcy Marquardt Hortness rowed for Team Canada on this episode of DROPPING IN with Mercedes Darcy shares her stories from being on the road with the Canadian National Rowing team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Olympian Calynn Irwin, grew up in a ski family. I’ve had the pleasure of being on the snowboard World Cup tour with her for many years and do we have stories to share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Olympian Calynn Irwin, grew up in a ski family. I’ve had the pleasure of being on the snowboard World Cup tour with her for many years and do we have stories to share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2x Olympian Zac Plavsic gives us a look into life on the road with as an Olympic windsurfer and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2x Olympian Zac Plavsic gives us a look into life on the road with as an Olympic windsurfer and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2x Olympian Zac Plavsic gives us a look into life on the road with as an Olympic windsurfer and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What’s it like to be on the road with this husband, father, friend, NFL & CFL player, 3x Olympian 2x World Champ medalist, sports analyst, Jesse Lumsden has got some good stories from his travels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What’s it like to be on the road with this husband, father, friend, NFL & CFL player, 3x Olympian 2x World Champ medalist, sports analyst, Jesse Lumsden has got some good stories from his travels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What’s it like to be on the road with this husband, father, friend, NFL & CFL player, 3x Olympian 2x World Champ medalist, sports analyst, Jesse Lumsden has got some good stories from his travels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What’s it like to be on the road with this husband, father, friend, NFL & CFL player, 3x Olympian 2x World Champ medalist, sports analyst, Jesse Lumsden has got some good stories from his travels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Olympian, Amazing Race Canada contestant and powerhouse, Sarah Wells shares her stories about 15 years on the road with the Athletics Canada team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Olympian, Amazing Race Canada contestant and powerhouse, Sarah Wells shares her stories about 15 years on the road with the Athletics Canada team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Olympian, Amazing Race Canada contestant and powerhouse, Sarah Wells shares her stories about 15 years on the road with the Athletics Canada team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wondering what game elite speed skaters play on the road, this episode of DROPPING IN 2x Olympian Anastasia Bucsis shares just that, her stories about traveling on the road with the Canadian National team and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wondering what game elite speed skaters play on the road, this episode of DROPPING IN 2x Olympian Anastasia Bucsis shares just that, her stories about traveling on the road with the Canadian National team and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wondering what game elite speed skaters play on the road, this episode of DROPPING IN 2x Olympian Anastasia Bucsis shares just that, her stories about traveling on the road with the Canadian National team and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wondering what game elite speed skaters play on the road, this episode of DROPPING IN 2x Olympian Anastasia Bucsis shares just that, her stories about traveling on the road with the Canadian National team and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Intro to Series VI of DROPPING IN with Mercedes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Intro to Series VI of DROPPING IN with Mercedes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Intro to Series VI of DROPPING IN with Mercedes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is someone that knows a thing or two about the Olympics. Olympic swimmer, Martha McCabe will be my co-host for series IV. In this episode we catch up with Martha chatting Olympics, the jean jacket for Team Canada and much more!
This is someone that knows a thing or two about the Olympics. Olympic swimmer, Martha McCabe will be my co-host for series IV. In this episode we catch up with Martha chatting Olympics, the jean jacket for Team Canada and much more!
What’s next for DROPPING IN series IV? One clue it might have something to do with what you’ll be watching this summer…
Series 2 what’s in your pack recap with Mercedes Nicoll. What’s in Mercedes Pack? Find out on this episode.
Marie-Philip Poulin, Team Canada Women’s Hockey team Captain at the 2018 Winter Olympics is an award winner, World Champion, 3x Olympic medalist, and one of the nicest people I know. Listen now to find out what’s in Marie Philip Poulin’s pack!
In 2013 Aimee became the first woman to land a backflip in competition. She is freshly retired from competitive snowboarding. She’s a broadcaster and a qualified yogi. Let’s find out what’s in Aimee Fuller’s pack!
Kaitlyn Weaver is a 2x Canadian Olympian and 3x World Medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, and a three-time Canadian national champion in Ice Dance. Let’s find out what’s in her skating pack!
Justin is a husband, father, friend, splitboard guide, engineer, Olympian, woodworker carries an important pack in the backcountry lets see what Justin Lamoureux has in his pack.
Addie Bell travels the world in the way we all want to. She will plan your dream vacation, on a private yacht, European getaway or a family ski trip to the mountains. She owns and fund her own company, Jet set and travel. She is a trained travel professional. She is a luxury travel planner....
Russell Chai has been all over the world, traveling and filming with professional snowboarders. He’s currently traveling around and filming with professional snowboarder Mark McMorris, let’s find out what’s in Russell’s pack!
Robin Van Gyn is no stranger to the backcountry. She won the 2017 and 18 Transworld snowboarding women’s video part of the year. She has a passion for the outdoor life, this professional snowboarder, surfer, skateboarder, home builder, makes snowboarding look easy, let’s find out what’s in Robin Van Gyn’s pack.
Julie-Ann Chapman makes snowmobiling look easy, taking drops on her snowmobile that you probably wouldn’t event take on your skis or snowboard! She respects the backcountry and has the knowledge of snow science. She owns her own company, She Shreds Mountain Adventures, it offers snowmobile clinics, guided adventures and avalanche courses for women and men....
This accomplished photographer’s breathtaking visual imagery has gained worldwide recognition. She carries a heavy pack! We DROP in to find out what’s in professional photographer and X Games gold medalist Erin Hogue’s pack.
He is one of today’s most recognizable names in the world of skiing. Chris Benchetler not only has a passion for powder, drawing creative lines in the snow, but he literally draws creative lines on canvas and walls. Chris happens to have designed his own backpack, today we find out what Chris Benchetler puts in...
DROPPING IN series III is intended to help you prepare for the winter season. Thinking about going outdoors this winter? What’s in your pack? Listen to the experts, what do they have in their packs? I’ve hit up some extreme athletes, photographers and more to help you figure out what to put in your pack!
Bonus Whistler Kids episode! In this bonus episode DROPPING IN host, Mercedes Nicoll, answers listeners questions and shares stories about growing up in Whistler.
Episode 20 I interview my two high school teachers that helped me and so many others graduate from Whistler Secondary school Mr. Mitch Sulkers and Mrs. Brenda Norrie. We try to get to the bottom of what it is that makes Whistler Kids successful. He is an outdoors enthusiast, retired high school teacher. You’ll find...
At 19 years old Irie Smith is leading the way for a better future for her generation and the next. We chat about her collect all her garbage for a year in a 500ml glass mason jar how she traveled over 700 km in 36 days on the Camino trail and growing up in Whistler.
Our time in America
Marielle Thompson is a Whistler Kid and happens to be one of the world’s biggest ski cross stars. She is a 2x Olympian and Olympic Gold medalist and recently the 2019 Ski Cross World Champion. On episode 17 we chat about growing up in Whistler and so much more.
Joey Gibbons is the President and CEO of Gibbons Whistler. This Whistler Kid was member of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club program. He raced on the BC Ski Team for 2 years and the Canadian Alpine Ski Team for 2 years, retiring from ski racing in 1997. We chat about how Joey worked his way...
On episode 15 we DROP IN with Whistler Kid Stan Rey to find out how he became a professional skier, how many backflips he did last year and so much more.
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No all locals end up being Olympians or athletes. Jenna Romanin has been in the film and TV industry for over 10 years on E. 13 we chat about how a being a Whistler Kid, going to the big screen and so much more.
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What would you say to someone that didn’t believe you grew up in where you did? Whistler is a pretty special town! DROPPING IN this series I’ll be chatting with a diverse group of Whistler Kids who grew up in our small Canadian Mountain town, from actors to Olympians, Business leaders to DJ’s a lot...
Karen MacNeill Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-macneill-5235583b/
This week we DROP IN with on of a one of Canada’s fastest sprinters, Jerome Blake, this elite athlete, sprinter, friend, son, model, actor, RBC Olympian has some stories to tell us.
http://chadbentley.com/
Episodes of Get Cooked , Sarah Cook chats to a different member of the rowing community.
http://matt-hill.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAKKjqz42JU http://runforoneplanet.org/
Meditation for people who can’t sit still Budweiser stage at home LINEUP: Saturday, May 30th @ 8 p.m. – The Black Crowes with The Trews. Saturday, June 6th @ 8 p.m. – Blue Rodeo and Alan Doyle. Additional lineups to be announced in the coming weeks.
Mikes Book: Never Part of the Plan: A story of courage, resilience and gratitude
Olympic gold medalist Maëlle Ricker won the first gold medal on Canadian home soil by a female. This humble Canadian, joins us in episode 3 reminding us to look at the positive side of injuries. We talk Olympics and how she hit a 100foot jump with multiple broken ribs and a broken arm.
Fire on the mountain video link
Find Mercedes Tedx Talk here: http://www.mercedesnicoll.com/index.php/2016/08/16/journey-back-mountain-mercedes-nicoll-tedxyouthgranville/
