KEEPING SPORTS AFLOAT

Federal Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden (middle), who won an Olympic gold medal in the K1 500m race at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, is pictured kayaking with Premier Wab Kinew (right) and Education Minister Tracy Schmidt on the Red River near the Manitoba Canoe and Kayak Centre in Winnipeg. On Thursday, Sport Canada announced an additional $5.4 million in federal funding for the seven branches of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Network. See story on D1