The money for medals doesn’t come from taxpayers. It comes out of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Excellence Fund, which funnels corporate sponsorship dollars to our most successful high-performance athletes. CBC | Sports News
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‘Who cares what the past was?’: Canada’s women look for redemption against U.S. in women’s hockey final
Canada, which was worse than the U.S. in every possible way in a 5-0 loss in the preliminary round, has 72 hours to find the belief that Thursday’s women’s hockey final will have a different result — that they can somehow beat an American team that’s younger, faster, meaner, stronger. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2026 Olympic Games: Mikaël Kingsbury snags Canada’s 1st gold of the Olympics in men’s dual moguls
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Read More »Mikaël Kingsbury wins Canada’s 1st gold medal at Milano Cortina 2026
Mikaël Kingsbury won the men’s dual moguls final on Sunday to capture Canada’s first gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympic Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Used sleds, crumbling venues, crushing costs, Canada’s path back to bobsled success is an uphill climb
Team Canada’s athletes insist they have the talent to compete. It’s the equipment and money they lack. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic viewing guide Day 9: Kingsbury can deliver Canada’s first gold
CBC Sports’ daily Olympics newsletter looks ahead to the key events on Sunday, including the Canadian men’s hockey team’s group-stage finale and moguls icon Mikaël Kingsbury’s shot at Canada’s first gold of the Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Will Dandjinou misses short track medal podium for 2nd time at Milano-Cortina Olympics
Speed skater Will Dandjinou of Montreal placed fifth in the men’s Olympic short track 1,500 metres on Saturday, two days after finishing fourth in the 1,000 in Milan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Poulin return Canada’s biggest victory in quarterfinal win over Germany
The captain tied Hayley Wickenheiser for the all-time Olympic goals record in a 5-1 win over Germany, but troubling signs persist for Canada. CBC | Sports News
Read More »From umbrella to uncertainty: Europe and Canada’s nuclear deterrence anxiety
European allies are quietly exploring closer nuclear deterrence ties with France amid growing anxiety about the long-term reliability of U.S. security guarantees. Germany and Poland have acknowledged early-stage talks with Paris, while French President Emmanuel Macron has opened the door to a strategic dialogue — without offering a formal nuclear umbrella. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s Éliot Grondin wins silver medal in Olympic men’s snowboard cross
History repeated itself in the men’s Olympic snowboard cross final at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games. Four years after Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle narrowly beat Canadian Éliot Grondin to the finish line for the gold medal at Beijing 2022, it happened again on Thursday in Italy. CBC | Sports News
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