Tag: team canada
over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Should Paul Henderson be in the Hockey Hall of Fame? 50th anniversary reignites debate ...

It doesn’t seem right to some that the Canadian who scored the epochal goal is yet to be enshrined while the Soviet w...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre had their first showdown. The big surprise is what ...

The first showdown between Pierre Poilievre and Justin Trudeau was a little less than the spectacle expected, but may...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada’s Brad Gushue needed a cleanup — both on ice and in game — to capture curling br...

In the seventh end, Gushue suddenly found himself in search of a mop. But Canada ended up being the better team, desp...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canadian women’s hockey team created a golden moment meant to last long after Beijing O...

There is nothing quite like an Olympic final in women’s hockey between Canada and the U.S., writes Bruce Arthur.

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Justin Kripps’ recipe to beating bobsled great Francesco Friedric in Beijing? Olympic b...

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich has dominated the sport over much of the past decade, but the Canadian bobsledder has a...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Speedskater Charles Hamelin is still on track to make Canadian Olympic history, with a ...

After a tense review, the men’s short-track relay team advanced to the final. It’s the 37-year-old Hamelin’s last sho...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canada’s Brad Gushue returns to Olympics 16 years later — with more than a gold medal o...

Gold is the goal like it was in Turin 2006, but Gushue arrives at Beijing Games hoping his team also makes lasting me...

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about 2 years ago
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A new year brings new challenges for Bev Priestman and Canada’s women

Canada begins its post-Tokyo 2020 run with the Arnold Clark Cup later this month — with an eye toward the 2023 World ...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Why women’s hockey doesn’t belong at the Olympics

Only two countries at the Beijing Games can play women’s hockey at an elite level, and that’s not good enough for the...

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over 2 years ago
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PHOTOS: Canada’s swimming heroes back home after triumphant Tokyo Olympics

The swim team matched the number of medals Canada won in the pool at the 2016 Rio Olympics with six.

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | One site predicts 21 medals for Canada at Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Here’s who could be winn...

Canada may be sending to Tokyo its largest team since the 1984 Los Angeles Games 37 years ago but Team Canada will be...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘Faster and stronger than ever.’ Canada’s Olympic team is the largest since 1984

The sizable representation includes 225 women and 146 men, and nearly one-third of the competitors are on the eight t...

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almost 3 years ago
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The Canadian men’s basketball team still has no core. Until then, there will be disappointment

It is all well and good to point to the abundance of Canadian talent in the game today, and on the verge of emerging ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Vaccines are on the way for Canada’s athletes, who continue to train for Tokyo under ‘stressful’ ...

On Thursday, Canadian athletes and officials got welcome news that Pfizer and BioNTech would donate Covid-19 doses to...

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