How Canada did at 2 big world championships
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Canada’s Jeffrey Read wins silver in World Cup super-G race in Norway
Canada’s Jeffrey Read landed on a World Cup men’s alpine skiing podium for the first time in his career, winning a silver medal on Sunday in Kvitfjell, Norway. Read, of Canmore, Alta., …
PWHL New York claims 2nd straight OT win, handing Boston 3rd consecutive loss
Alex Carpenter scored on a shot that caromed off the Boston goalkeeper’s stick handle and into the top left corner to give visiting New York a 2-1 Professional Women’s Hockey …
Minus longtime lead, Einarson opens bid for 5-peat at Scotties with win over St-Georges
Kerri Einarson opened her bid for a record fifth straight Canadian women’s curling championship with a victory, but minus lead Briane Harris whose absence went unexplained. Neither the skip nor …
Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general with alleged dark past, on track to win Indonesian election
Dismissed from the military amid speculation of rights abuses, exiled in Jordan and once banned from the U.S., Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto is now poised to be the country’s next leader on his third …
2 years to Italy: An early look at Canada’s potential Olympic women’s hockey roster
It may feel like the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team won gold in Beijing only yesterday. But only two years remain before Canada goes for gold again, this time in …
Former PM Imran Khan’s allies win biggest share of seats in Pakistan’s final election tally
Allies of imprisoned Pakistani ex-prime minister Imran Khan won more seats in national elections than the political parties who ousted him from power nearly two years ago, according to a final …
Canada’s Nick Taylor takes 1-shot lead into Sunday at waterlogged Phoenix Open
The party at TPC Scottsdale was a rager Saturday, with so many booze-soaked shenanigans that the Phoenix Open had to close the gates mid-afternoon and limit alcohol sales because the …
Canadian diver Rylan Wiens earns 2nd Olympic spot this week at aquatics worlds
Following a brief illness, Rylan Wiens was beaming on the pool deck after clinching his second spot for the Paris Olympics this summer. The 22-year-old diver from Pike Lake, Sask., scored 75.20 in …
Imran Khan’s party defied the odds in Pakistan election with strong showing
As the cheers from his supporters engulfed him, Nawaz Sharif stepped up to the podium a day after Pakistan went to the polls in an election that many have called …