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Maude Charron smashes Canadian weightlifting mark to earn World Cup bronze
Canada’s Maude Charron is feeling strong with the Olympics approaching quickly. The Rimouski, Que., native smashed her Canadian record on Wednesday, lifting a total of 236 kilograms to win bronze in the women’s 59kg category at a World Cup event in Phuket, Thailand. CBC | Sports News
Read More »He ran luxury hotels in Dubai. Now he’s in a Canadian fast food war room
Fast food brands are known for their consistency, but amid growing competition and changing demographics, brands are using new flavours and limited-time offers to mix up their menus and reel in new customers. We visit the A&W test kitchen where the company hopes to invent the next McRib or Pumpkin Spice Latte. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission
Approximately 70 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members were deployed to Jamaica on Friday to train military personnel from several Caribbean countries who are bound for Haiti as part of a multinational security force led by Kenya and backed by the United Nations. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi wins gold at Antalya Grand Slam competition
Canada’s Christa Deguchi defeated Brazil’s Jessica Lima on Friday to win gold in the under-57 kilogram category at the Antalya Grand Slam judo competition in Turkey. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo wins men’s 100-yard butterfly NCAA title
Canada’s Josh Liendo cruised to his second national title at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships on Friday night in Indianapolis. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic hopeful Leslie Sexton leads Canadian team into cross-country athletics worlds
Vancouver resident Leslie Sexton, who is challenging herself over different distances and surfaces before the April 28 Hamburg Marathon, will take to the grass and sand-covered pedestrian paths in the women’s 10-kilometre race Saturday at the World Athletics Cross-Country Championships. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Para cyclist Alex Hayward wins 1st world medal with silver in scratch race
Canadian Para cyclist Alexandre Hayward took home his first career world-championship medal on Sunday with silver in the men’s C3 scratch race, the country’s fourth podium finish of the week in Rio de Janeiro. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian figure skating legend Joannie Rochette on life after competition
Vancouver 2010 Olympic bronze medallist Joannie Rochette talks about what it’s like to be a fan in the stands. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Nalvany’s death leaves Canadian imprisoned in Russia concerned for prospect of freedom
The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a remote penal colony last month has left Canadian citizen Paul Whelan, currently serving 16 years on spy charges in a Russian prison camp, wondering if the Kremlin will ever let him walk free. CBC | World News
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