{"id":30718,"date":"2022-08-15T21:30:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=30718"},"modified":"2022-08-15T21:30:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:30:38","slug":"photos-videos-final-week-2-athletes-soar-off-to-2022-canada-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=30718","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS\/VIDEOS: Final week 2 athletes soar off to 2022 Canada Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAIN PHOTO: Excited Team N.S. athletes board bound for Niagara. (Healey photo)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENFIELD:<\/strong> The excitement was in the air at the terminal building at Gateway Facilities near Halifax Stanfield Airport on an overcast and rainy Sunday afternoon Aug. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside, there were keepsake photos and mingling amongst athletes many who appeared to know each other, and final goodbyes to parents who were either staying home or beginning the trek in their own vehicle or a later commercial flight to Niagara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the facility, staff at Gateway checked in each of the athletes for sports such as canoe\/kayak; men&#8217;s and girls volleyball; golf; men&#8217;s softball (among those sports we were aware of). Other athletes for week 2 had left earlier in the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;72&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;8&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Laker News was invited out to cover the sendoff for the athletes and snapped these photos of memories the athletes will have of the Canada Games experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also have videos which we took as we were out on the tarmac. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_8598-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30720\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_8630-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30725\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Team NS week 2 athletes afternoon- off to Canada Games\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQShFC8SPQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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(Healey photo) ENFIELD: The excitement was in the air at the terminal building at Gateway Facilities near Halifax Stanfield Airport on an overcast and rainy Sunday afternoon Aug. 14. 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