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Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are gold medallists for the fifth straight time at Skate Canada International. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian ice dance stars Gilles and Poirier in a groove ahead of Skate Canada International
Piper Gilles says she and Paul Poirier will skate until they run out of gas. Gilles and Poirier open their figure skating season this weekend at their ninth Skate Canada International. They’re also targeting a fifth consecutive title at Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Maria Sharapova, Bryan brothers elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame; Canada’s Nestor falls short
Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion known for plenty of on-court grit and off-court attention, and Bob and Mike Bryan, twins who won a record 16 major titles in men’s doubles together, are first-ballot selections for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. CBC | World News
Read More »5 things to know for Skate Canada International in Halifax
The second Grand Prix stop of the year goes Friday through Sunday at Scotiabank Centre as the pre-Olympic figure skating season kicks into high gear for Canada’s top medal hopes. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada tops host Czech Republic in OT to reach International Para Hockey Cup final
Rob Armstrong scored the game-winning goal 1:14 into overtime to lift Canada to a 1-0 victory over Czech Republic and into the gold-medal game of the International Para Hockey Cup on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s men suffer overtime loss to U.S. early at International Para Hockey Cup
Jack Wallace scored 19 seconds into the overtime session to give the United States a 2-1 win over Canada at the IPH Cup para hockey tournament on Tuesday in Ostrava, Czech Republic. CBC | Sports News
Read More »SpaceX launches rescue mission for NASA astronauts stuck on International Space Station
The capsule rocketed toward orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month because of safety concerns. The switch in rides left it to NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov to retrieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. CBC | World News
Read More »Americans take 5-0 lead over International team at Presidents Cup in Montreal
The United States has jumped out to a 5-0 over the International team at the Presidents Cup. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and partner Russell Henley earned a 3&2 victory over the South Korean pairing of Sungjae Im and Tom Kim in 16 holes in a match that featured lots of gamesmanship. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Angry claims of ‘double standards’ in international law roil the UN
As representatives of the world’s governments met at the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this week, tensions were growing in the world body over what many countries describe as double standards in the application of the UN Charter, which prohibits the seizure of territory by force. CBC | World News
Read More »Security officials kill 9 during protests over Nigeria’s economic crisis, Amnesty International says
At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis, a rights group said Friday, while authorities said a police officer was killed and several others injured. CBC | World News
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