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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Federal Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden (left), who won a Olympic gold medal in the K-1 500m race at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, is pictured kayaking with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew (middle) and Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt (right) on the Red River near the Manitoba Canoe and Kayak Centre in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026.