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Star left back Alphonso Davies fronts Canada roster for Copa America qualifying playoff
Alphonso Davies, who needed dental work after taking a boot to the face on the weekend for Bayern Munich, is among the 23 players called up by interim head coach Mauro Biello for Canada’s crucial Copa America qualifying playoff against Trinidad and Tobago. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada advances to face Norway, hoping to win 1st wheelchair curling world title since 2013
Canada’s wheelchair curling team is going for gold at the world championships for the first time in over a decade. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada sanctions Iranians accused of violently repressing women and girls
The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran. CBC | World News
Read More »Why are there so few women coaching at curling’s top level in Canada?
Just three of the 36 teams competing at this year’s Scotties and Brier had female coaches. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Federal government looked into airlifts to bring 12,000 Afghans to Canada after Kabul fell
Nearly a year after it closed its embassy in Afghanistan following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban in 2021, the federal government was trying to plan flights out of the country to bring in an estimated 12,000 Afghans it believed were “current and future” clients of Immigration Canada, CBC News has learned. CBC | World News
Read More »WNBA returning to Canada with pre-season game in Edmonton amid Toronto expansion reports
The WNBA will play a pre-season game in Canada for the second consecutive year with the Los Angeles Sparks facing the Seattle Storm on May 5 in Edmonton. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada renews rivalry with U.S. in stiffest W Gold Cup test yet
After facing opponents ranked 50th or worse at the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, Olympic champion Canada renews its rivalry with the second-ranked U.S. on Wednesday in San Diego in the tournament semifinal. CBC | Sports News
Read More »From Kyiv, with fraud: Why Canada is a main target of investment scammers
There’s a call centre in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv where employees have one job: to steal the life savings of Canadians through a variety of investment scams, according to a whistleblower who used to work in the industry. CBC | World News
Read More »After Navalny’s death, Canada announces more sanctions on Russian officials
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada is placing sanctions on six additional Russian officials, saying they were involved in the treatment of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. CBC | World News
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