Tag: Canada
over 2 years ago
thestar.com

Janine Beckie’s nose for the net is an example for her Canadian teammates

They might want to follow Beckie’s lead in their search for goals. “As a team we don’t shoot enough,” Beckie says.

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over 2 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Murder suspect arrested at Heathrow Airport as he flew in from Canada

Jarrad Spence Robinson, also known as O'Field, is accused of murdering 23-year-old Seun McMillan, known as Shey, in S...

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over 2 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

UK moves step closer to joining £8trillion trans-Pacific trading club

Ministers hailed news the UK has entered the the final phase of accession into the snappily-named Comprehensive and P...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Cassie Sharpe, Rachel Karker give Canada two more medals in the halfpipe

Sharpe, the defending Olympic gold medallist, finished second to Chinese star Eileen Gu.

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over 2 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Scientists create laser system that could get to Mars in just 45 days

Engineers from McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, say they have developed a 'laser-thermal propulsion' system, w...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | A ‘heartbreaking’ end to Canada’s hopes for a medal in men’s hockey

Olympic men’s hockey without NHLers is often a dour affair. Canada gathered this squad, worked really hard and they w...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Canada travel restrictions to ease for vaccinated Brits including PCR tests

The latest Canada travel rules update includes changes to requirements for Covid tests in February including the scra...

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over 2 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | ‘A born leader, a born idol and a born friend.’ Why Marie-Philip Poulin is the gold sta...

Captain Clutch has a golden-goal hat-trick on her resume and has been nothing but a big-game performer. Her clutch-ne...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Marielle Thompson ruptured her ACL just 11 months ago. Canadian is now looking for seco...

Opinion | Marielle Thompson ruptured her ACL just 11 months ago. Canadian is now looking for second Olympic gold in s...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Unlike the past, this Canadian women’s hockey team is having fun on road to Olympic gol...

This Team Canada constantly hoots and whoops and woo-hoos, not just to celebrate goals or to punctuate wins that incl...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | The truth about Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team? It has question marks

Canada closes group stage with a win over China, setting up a qualification-round rematch. Still, it’s hard to figure...

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over 2 years ago
politico.eu

Brussels braces for ‘freedom convoy’ protesting coronavirus restrictions

Police have banned some vehicles from entering the city until Tuesday in an attempt to stop protests against COVID re...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canadian head coaches in women’s hockey face daunting task: beat U.S., or just beat it

Troy Ryan has shown more success than previous coaches as he encourages his players to enjoy the game, and not dread ...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Twizzle bobble has Canadians Gilles, Poirier outside Olympic podium bubble in ice dance

National champions, back in matching tangerine onesies for the rhythm dance, sit sixth for what has been considered C...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Can Trump-style populism take hold in Canada? Here’s what the trucker convoy tells us

Events here over the past couple of weeks certainly look like Steve Bannon’s turmoil fantasies come to life, Susan De...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada seeking net upgrade after men’s hockey loss to U.S. at Beijing Olympics

Canadian goalie Eddie Pasquale takes the blame for not stopping those two shots that took the wind out of the sails o...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada has racked up the Beijing medals at the midway point — and given predictive AI t...

When the sun rises in Beijing on Day 8, the Canada collection: One gold, four silver, seven bronze. And there’s more ...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | How do you improve an already dominant Canadian women’s hockey team? You get creative

Canada plays ruthless and relentless defensive hockey, and that hasn’t changed in Beijing. But getting over that fear...

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over 2 years ago
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Young Hong Kong dissidents were told Canada welcomed them. Why can’t they get visas?

They were convicted of what critics call trumped-up charges — for wearing masks and carrying laser pointers. Their su...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada’s Olympic redemption tour opens with a bang against Germany

The passes were crisp, their shifts short, their hits sharp. It’s just one revenge game vs. Germany but it was promis...

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over 2 years ago
politico.eu

European ‘freedom convoy’ eyes major Valentine’s Day protest in Brussels against COVID-19 measures

Demonstrators from across the 27-country bloc aim to ‘paralyze’ the EU capital in protest against coronavirus restric...

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over 2 years ago
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These Syrian refugees won their court fight. But they’re still waiting for Canada to let them in

Three years ago, 22 families won a court appeal and Ottawa was ordered to reconsider their applications — but a decis...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada’s Meryeta O’Dine overcomes long list of setbacks to capture bronze in snowboard ...

From multiple injuries to her brother’s death, O’Dine’s journey to the Beijing Olympics podium has been harrowing and...

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over 2 years ago
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Canadians feel like they’re in a recession despite strength of economy, poll says

Two-thirds of Canadians are “in a psychological recession” after two gruelling pandemic years, a new poll has found.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada’s group stage win over U.S. didn’t go as planned — but they’ll take it

A win is a win, and nobody on Canada was freaking out about the shot disparity against the Americans, writes Dave Fes...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada playing Russia in masks seemed like an ad hoc decision to keep things moving at ...

Questions remain after Canada beat Russia 6-1 in women’s hockey with both teams wearing masks.

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over 2 years ago
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These Afghans say they’re fighting ‘a battle on two fronts’ — to survive Taliban rule and Canada’...

Amid signs of progress, the effort to save those who helped Canada’s forces drags on

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over 2 years ago
politico.eu

Ottawa truckers’ convoy galvanizes far right worldwide

Leading Republicans, right-wing influencers and white supremacist groups have jumped at the chance to promote the sta...

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over 2 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Costly mistake leaves Canada off the podium in frantic final of inaugural short-track s...

The Canadian squad appeared to have a bronze medal in the bank, but would be penalized upon video review – disqualifi...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Isabelle Weidemann finds another gear to win bronze, Canada’s first Beijing Olympics medal

Speedskater was seventh halfway through the 3,000-metre race and surged while others cracked.

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over 2 years ago
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Canada tries to build diplomatic bridges as war of words over Ukraine heats up

In the face of a growing crisis over Russia’s military buildup in eastern Europe, Canada is trying to aid Ukraine’s m...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Women keep pushing for parity in ski jumping. It’s been a tough hill to climb

The IOC has called Beijing “the most gender-balanced edition of the Winter Olympic Games to date.” That might be true...

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over 2 years ago
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Canadian men will qualify for Qatar with one more win, but they want more than that

A climb in FIFA’s rankings could lead to a better World Cup draw.

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over 2 years ago
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‘They have ruined our lives’: They paid big money up front to immigrate to Quebec — but face wait...

They were selected for permanent residence after they parked large sums of money in the province, but these investors...

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over 2 years ago
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Keeper Milan Borjan has been a steadying presence for Canada, and a sensational one when needed

“This is what we deserve,” Borjan says of Canada’s qualifying success.

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over 2 years ago
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Analysis | World Cup return feels inevitable for Canadian men’s team after win over Americans — e...

Canada probably only needs a couple more points to officially clinch a berth at Qatar 2022. But until those points ar...

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over 2 years ago
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Canadian men have learned to bend, but not break, on their World Cup path

The Canadian team “can balance it out, it can grind, it can defend, it can hit teams on the counter attack and on oth...

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over 2 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Nobel prize won by physicist saved by UK from Nazis sells for £340,000

Walter Kohn achieved a major breakthrough in 'density functional theory' which saw him awarded the Nobel Prize in Che...

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over 2 years ago
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Canadian men win without Davies and Eustáquio, stay atop CONCACAF qualifying group

Canada controls pace early, and Borjan comes up with big saves latte.

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