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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
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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
Read More »Head coach Jon Cooper mum on Canada’s starting goalie for Olympic men’s hockey opener Thursday
Jon Cooper, head coach of Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team, declined to name his starting goaltender for the country’s opener against Czechia on Thursday at 10:40 a.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
Read More »American Elizabeth Lemley wins moguls gold, Canada’s Maïa Schwinghammer 5th
Elizabeth Lemley of the U.S. won the gold medal in Olympic women’s moguls on Wednesday at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games after a shock ending to the final round. CBC | Sports News
Read More »With a roster speckled red and white, Italy’s victory in women’s hockey is Canada’s too
As the final anxious seconds ticked away in Italy’s 3-2 win over Japan on Monday, Daniele Sauvageau, the team’s Canadian general manager, looked at 35-year-old Laura Fortino, a gold-medal winner with Canada in 2014 who now wears Italian blue, both with tears in their eyes. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Megan Oldham wins Olympic bronze in freeski slopestyle
Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham captured a bronze medal in the women’s freeski slopestyle final at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games on Monday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Legendary goalie Brodeur among ex-Olympians who don’t see Canada’s netminders as a weakness
Jordan Binnington likely to get first crack at the Canadian net after his winning performance at last year’s 4 Nations Face-Off. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Everything is made to turn left’: Science of the skates behind Canada’s powerhouse short track team
Canadian short track skater Maxime Laoun owns 12 sets of blades. He brought five to Milan. They are allegedly identical in every respect, hand-hewn but machine measured. Laoun can still feel the invisible differences between them. Two are his co-favourites. “Numbers 8 and 9.” CBC | Sports News
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