Paralympic medalist - Murray Bedel’s bronze medals are on display at Mission Ridge. The local area resident area man competed in the 1984 Paralympics in Australia where he won a bronze medal as a member of the Canadian Disabled Alpine Team. Bedel had lost his arms in a hay baler accident in 1974. (Alan Hustak/Grasslands News)

The opening of the 2026 Milano/Cortina winter Olympics this week kindled fond memories for Paralympic skier Murray Bedel who took home the bronze at the 1984 games in Innsbruck, Austria. Bedel had been married for a year and farmed near Lebret with his father in 1974 when he lost his both arms in a hay […]

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