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Canada has all but locked up the first-ever team Crystal Globe, while star William Dandjinou leads the men’s standings. CBC | Sports News
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Fueled by grudge, Nuggets’ Jamal Murray sets NBA single-game record for points by Canadian with 55
The only thing hotter than Jamal Murray’s jumper on Wednesday night might have been his temper. The Denver guard was still carrying a grudge against the Portland Trail Blazers over being ejected for some trash talking on Monday. Two days later, Murray let his play do his chirping with a career-best 55 points the Nuggets’ 132-121 victory. CBC | Sports ...
Read More »Grassroots participation in Canadian hockey slowly beginning to rebound from pandemic, scandal
In 2019, more than 500,000 boys were registered for minor hockey in Canada. One year later, the number dropped under 375,000. In the years since, registration has slowly risen once again, and in 2023 it was nearly back to the pre-pandemic level. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Kenyan ice hockey team on the rise has some Canadian connections
The Ice Lions hockey team based in Nairobi has its sights set on playing in the Olympics. The team recently celebrated its first title win in a friendly league, facing off against amateurs from ‘colder nations’ on home ice — a rink that was set up by a group of Canadians in 2005. The team is only the fifth African ...
Read More »Michael Czerny, Canadian cardinal at Vatican, blasts ‘ruthless’ plans to dismantle USAID
The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis’s point-man on development aid insisting that the Trump administration remember Christian principles about caring for others as it begins governing. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian women’s hockey team beats U.S. to clinch 3rd straight Rivalry Series title
The Canadian women’s hockey team defeats the United States 3-1 in the deciding game of the Rivalry Series. Jennifer Gardiner’s goal in the third period was the game-winning goal to clinch the series 3-2. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian short track star William Dandjinou golden again in 1,500m
Canada’s William Dandjinou continues to dominate at the 1,500-metre distance, picking up his fourth short track speed skating gold-medal victory in five races this season on the World Tour circuit. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘There was no murder’: British nurse Lucy Letby wrongly convicted, says Canadian doctor
Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse in the U.K., was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting to murder seven others. But Dr. Shoo Lee, the retired head of the neonatology department at the University of Toronto, believes Letby may have been wrongly convicted. CBC | World News
Read More »How a bar in Kitzbuhel became the epicentre for Canadian alpine skiing celebrations
With Jack Crawford’s win on the Hahnenkamm, the tradition started by the Crazy Canucks in 1980 lives on at the Londoner in Kitzbuhel. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe thriving in freeride after Olympic moguls success
Canadian freeride skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe couldn’t have asked for a better start to the 2025 FIS Freeride World Tour campaign. After missing last year’s competition due to personal reasons, the 2023 women’s ski champion made a strong return. CBC | Sports News
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