BY MARTIN CLEARY, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN OCTOBER 26, 2011 3:06 PM OTTAWA — Canada won the opening race of the Pan Am Games canoe-kayak competition in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Wednesday and the gold medal that went with it. Kristin Gauthier of Ottawa’s Rideau Canoe Club, Kathleen Fraser of Oakville, Ont., Alexa Irvin of Kentville, N.S., and Una Lounder of Dartmouth, N.S., narrowly edged Mexico for the first-place result. |