Parapan Am Games on CBC: How to watch
The Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games begin Friday. Here's how to watch on the various CBC platforms.
Events available live on TV, digital platforms
The Parapan Am Games are taking place in Toronto from Aug. 7-15, and CBC is your home for daily coverage of events.
Coverage begins with the opening ceremony on Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CBC-TV, cbc.ca/parapanam and on the CBC Sports App.
In total, CBC and its partners will offer more than 250 hours of coverage across television and digital platforms.
Scott Russell will host CBC-TV's daily coverage throughout the Games with co-host Chantal Petitclerc, one of the most decorated para athletes of all time.
Here are the details of the coverage that will be available across the various CBC platforms:
- Weekday coverage is highlighted by Parapan Am Afternoon, from 3 to 5 p.m. ET, and Parapan Am Prime at 8 p.m.
- Parapan Am Latenight will air at 11:30 p.m. ET and will be a wrap-style show that will bring viewers the latest in sport and athlete updates from around the Games.
- CBC's Brenda Irving and Canadian national sledge hockey team captain, Greg Westlake, will join the broadcasts as reporters.
- Weekend coverage will include two programming blocks on Saturday, Aug. 8 at 4 p.m. ET and 8 p.m., and another show on Sunday, Aug. 9 at 5 p.m.
- Two more hours of coverage will be shown on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 11 a.m. ET, plus the closing ceremony at 10 p.m. ET.
- Extensive streaming coverage of the Games will be available at cbc.ca/parapanam and via the CBC Sports App.
- Live streamed sports will include wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, swimming and athletics.