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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter offers a few choices for the always hotly debated Northern Star (formerly Lou Marsh) Award. CBC | Sports News
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From Pan Ams to Paris, 2 Canadian Olympians face separate challenges in similar ways
Canadian Olympians Sean McColl and Tammara Thibeault present a fascinating contrast. One competes in a sport on the rise, though his spot at the Paris Olympics is far from assured. The other is fighting for her sport’s future, but she knows that she’s guaranteed one last dance at least. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Christine Sinclair’s Canadian career is over, but her impact will be felt for generations
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Read More »Sport minister to launch ‘independent mechanism’ to review abuse in Canadian sports
Minister of Sport Carla Qualtrough said Tuesday she’ll be announcing a “formal, independent mechanism” early next week to review systemic abuse and human rights violations in Canadian sports. CBC | Sports News
Read More »It was a golden (and silver and bronze) weekend for Canadian athletes
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter catches you up on the wide variety of medals won by Canadian Olympic athletes over the weekend. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian speed skaters collect women’s team sprint bronze in World Cup action
Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin helped Canada to team sprint bronze, posting a time of one minute 28.34 seconds to hold off a trio of Polish women in Stavanger, Norway. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Iranian activist says Iran won’t let his parents leave the country
Canadian Iranian human rights activist Hamed Esmaeilion — who lost his wife and child in the destruction of Flight PS752 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — says his parents have now been banned from leaving Iran, despite their permanent resident status in Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Dubai climate talks focus on health as Canadian doctors warn patients already seeing impacts
The evacuation of several hospitals this summer in the Northwest Territories is the latest example of how climate change can impact medical services, says Dr. Courtney Howard, an emergency room physician in Yellowknife. Howard is one of a group of Canadian doctors in Dubai this week at COP28. CBC | World News
Read More »Global Affairs confirms 8th Canadian death since start of Israel-Hamas war
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Read More »Canadian swimmer Ilya Kharun wins gold, sets meet record in 200m butterfly at U.S. Open
Canada’s Ilya Kharun swam to gold in the men’s 200-metre butterfly while setting a meet record at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
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