Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain beat first-run leader Mikaela Shiffrin to win gold in the women’s slalom at the world championships Saturday. St-Germain was third after the opening run, 0.61 seconds behind Shiffrin, before overtaking the American star with the sixth-fastest second run to finish in a combined one minute 43.15 seconds. Shiffrin was 0.57 seconds behind […]
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The Canadian women’s soccer team is going purple, a colour associated with gender equality, for its opening game against the U.S. at the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday in Orlando, Fla. A team representative confirmed that the players, currently embroiled in a labour dispute with Canada Soccer, will arrive at Exploria Stadium in purple T-shirts which […]
This story idea came from audience members, like you, who got in touch with us. Email us your questions. We are listening: ask@cbc.ca. Four objects have been shot down over Canada and the U.S. over the past two weeks. So, why all the sudden airborne sightings? And what exactly is going on? Former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby […]
The Canadian women’s soccer team has slammed Canada Soccer, saying it is “outraged and deeply concerned with the news of significant cuts” to national team programs in 2023 as it prepares for the World Cup. “With the biggest tournament in women’s football history less than six months away, our preparation for the World Cup and […]
Canadian Google employees affected by recently announced job cuts were being told Monday whether they have been laid off. Google Canada spokesperson Lauren Skelly confirmed in an email that notifications were being sent to staff impacted by the cuts announced last month. Skelly wouldn’t say how many Canadians are due to be laid off and […]
Several Canadians could leave the Grammy Awards with an armful of trophies on Sunday, but most of them aren’t household names. While Bryan Adams, Drake and Michael Bublé are all contenders this year, many of the other homegrown nominees on the leader board are professionals behind the scenes who added pop and fizz to some […]
MELBOURNE, Australia: One point away from her first Grand Slam title, Aryna Sabalenka faulted. And then she faulted again. She grimaced. She yelled and turned her back to the court. She wiggled her shoulders and exhaled.Clearly, this business of winning the Australian Open was not bound to happen without a bit of a struggle Saturday […]
Genetic genealogy recently enabled Alaska State Troopers to identify a human skull discovered 25 years ago. Troopers’ Interior Alaska commander, Capt. Eric Spitzer, said the skull was reported found by a pair of hunters along the Porcupine River near the Canadian border in September 1997. It was subsequently retrieved and delivered to the state medical […]
Dr. Leisha Hawker reserves a full work day each week just to do paperwork. She sees no patients and works through form after form, so she can get home in time to put her daughter to bed. She’s not alone in this routine. The Halifax family doctor, who is also the president of Doctors Nova Scotia, said it’s estimated […]
By Canadian Press Jan 29, 2023 | 3:01 PM ASPEN, Colo. — Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris defended his Winter X Games gold medal in slopestyle Sunday with a walk-off final run. The 29-year-old from Regina, who was the oldest competitor in the 10-man final, became the most decorated athlete in Winter X Games history with […]