Sarah Burke, Sandra Schmirler, Barbara Ann Scott to be honoured with stamps

PHOTO: (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File

Sarah Burke, of Canada, reacts after failing to place in the top-three finishers in the slopestyle skiing women's final at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain outside Aspen, Colo.

by Canadian Press: 

OTTAWA — With the Sochi Olympics just a few days away, Canada Post is launching commemorative stamps honouring freestyle skier Sarah Burke, curler Sandra Schmirler and figure skater Barbara Ann Scott.

The trio are being recognized as “pioneers of winter sports.”...Read article here...

Canadian Press :

THE CANADIAN PRESS Barbara Ann Scott goes through a practice session at the Palace Ice rink Jan. 30 in St. Moritz shortly before the opening of the 1948 Olympic Winter Games. Scott, the only Canadian to win the Olympic women's figure skating gold medal, died Sunday at the age of 84. Read here...

Sandra Schmirler Foundation