Touted as the projected No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft for some time, Alexis Lafreniere had a ridiculous 70 points in 32 games this season with the Rimouski Oceanic — Sidney Crosby’s old junior team — before joining up with Canada ahead of the world junior hockey championship. CBC | Sports News
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Canada’s Zach Fucale makes stupendous save at Spengler
Zach Fucale somehow gets his arm on a puck he has no business touching never mind stopping for a fantastic save at the Spengler Cup. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Paralympians soared to new heights in the 2010s
Canada easily earned its best decade of Winter Paralympics results ever, and capped it off by blowing away the previous single Games record with 28 medals in Pyeongchang. Its 10 gold medals in Vancouver still stands as the national mark. Oh, and there were 60 Summer Paralympics medals mixed in, too. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marielle Thompson’s ski cross silver highlights Canada’s 2nd day at Innichen World Cup
Marielle Thompson was the sole Canadian to grace the ski cross podium on the second day of competition in Innichen, Italy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Bowman soars to gold, Karker secures silver at ski halfpipe World Cup
Canada’s Noah Bowman surged to gold at the freestyle skiing halfpipe World Cup, while fellow Canadian Rachael Karker secured silver at the Secret Garden in China on Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Doping violation costs Canada’s show jumping team a spot in Tokyo Olympics
Canada’s show jumping team has been dropped from next summer’s Tokyo Olympics because of an anti-doping violation at the Pan American Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Why Boris Johnson’s win may be to Canada’s trade advantage: Don Pittis
With a revised North American trade deal largely settled, Canada’s experienced trade negotiators can turn their full attention to supporting the U.K. through its post-Brexit chaos. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s Max Parrot wins big air gold over Swede Sven Thorgren
Max Parrot, in his comeback season from cancer, earned a narrow victory at a snowboard big air event in Beijing on Saturday, while Canadian teammate Laurie Blouin added a bronze medal. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marielle Thompson’s gold highlights 4-medal day for Canada’s ski cross team
Canada’s ski cross team continued to rack up medals on the World Cup circuit in with four Canadians capturing medals on Saturday, including gold for Marielle Thompson. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Late addition of Barrett Hayton highlights Canada’s near-final world juniors roster
Defencemen Braden Schneider, Peter Diliberatore and Thomas Harley were three of nine players released from Canada’s world junior selection camp Thursday night as the team trimmed its roster to 24 two weeks before the start of the tournament. CBC | Sports News
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