A quadruple amputee, Jaye Milley (aka 'The Iceman') was born with four of his limbs underdeveloped, several bones missing and no hands or feet. After getting involved in sports at an early age, he soon started cycling at age 14 and is now a Canadian National Paralympic Cyclist. With the countdown on until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, we caught up with Jaye to find out how he got involved with the sport, and what he’s doing to prep for the upcoming games: 

As a native of Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canadian Paralympic athlete Cindy Ouellet is a huge inspiration at merely the age of 24. During the recent 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Cindy and her team won the silver medal in Wheelchair Basketball, which qualified them for the London 2012 Paralympics. With the countdown on until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, we caught up with Cindy to find out how she got involved with the sport, and what she's doing to prep for the upcoming games: 

Last year, Lily Leung quit her job and came to one of our Flight Centre stores in Toronto to plan and book a one year trip around the world. During her amazing whirlwind year, she started her own website called Explore for a Year documenting her experiences and sharing her travel tips. After recently returning from the last leg of her trip, we sat down with Lily to catch up on her experience and what lessons she learned along the way:

One year ago, Edmonton boy Duane gave up everything to travel around the world and do some of the things that he's always wanted to do. Since Coca Cola is so easy to find anywhere in the world, he thought it would be a fun idea to drink a Coca Cola in each country that he visited and made it into a video montage. I love this piece and am slightly (ok insanely) jealous of all the amazing things he was able to experience around the world. If this doesn't inspire you to see the world, I don't know what will:

Meet Scott Stratten:  Author, Speaker, and awesome world traveller. His first book, UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging, became a national best-seller before it was released in 2010. He recently published his second book, The Business of Awesome (and Unawesome) which covers key business concepts related to marketing, branding, public relations, social media, human resources and customer service. It’s about the authentic touch, and the ability to connect technology with engagement to the level of Awesome. When he's not on a book tour, his speaking gigs take him to cities all over the world.  We asked him how he pulls it off, and were pleased to discover that our very own Mary Jarvis from our Ancaster store in Ontario has become his 'travel savior'. "She books everything for me. Don't know what I'd do without her. Before knowing her, I booked everything online. I can't tell you how valuable it is having an actual person you trust take care of your travel." - Scott