N.B. boy driving mini-Zamboni on backyard rink grabs NHL’s attention
by A New Brunswick boy has grabbed the attention of the NHL after its official Instagram page shared a video of him cleaning his backyard rink …
Day: January 23, 2021
N.B. boy driving mini-Zamboni on backyard rink grabs NHL’s attention
A New Brunswick boy has grabbed the attention of the NHL after its official Instagram page shared a video of him cleaning his backyard rink …
The Patrik Laine trade: Yet another unhappy Finnish for Winnipeg
Patrik Laine for Pierre-Luc Dubois seems to make sense for the Winnipeg Jets. But there is a bigger picture at play for Winnipeg, where professional …
Leila Kilduff, Sonjia Shelly combine to lead Metropolitan Riveters past Toronto Six
Leila Kilduff scored two first-period goals while Sonjia Shelly stopped 19 shots to lead the Metropolitan Riveters past the Toronto Six 3-0 in National Women’s …
Doctor gone from 2 nursing homes after being charged with obstructing COVID-19 contact tracing
An Ontario doctor who caught the COVID-19 variant is no longer on the medical team at two nursing homes east of Toronto, after it was …
Canada-U.S. scrimmage called off following COVID-19 scare
The Canadian men see their first action in more than a year Saturday when they take on the U.S. in a soccer scrimmage in Bradenton, …
Unfarming: New P.E.I. farm sanctuary offers unwanted animals a home
Humane Canada has been seeing a growth in farm sanctuaries across the country. An operation run by Brandy and Ryan Mooney and their family in …
Kaillie Humphries 2-for-2 in victories in Monobob World Series
Kaillie Humphries, a Canadian now representing the United States, got her second win in as many attempts in a monobob sled this season on Saturday, …
Canada continues medal haul at speed skating World Cup in Heerenveen
After nearly a year’s absence from competition, Canada showed its hunger to compete, capturing gold in women’s team pursuit and bronze in the men’s event …
MPs clash over pandemic response as Parliament resumes Monday
In a panel interview on CBC Radio’s The House, Conservative MP Michael Chong and Liberal MP Arif Virani offered duelling analogies to describe Canada’s pandemic …
Pandemic inspires science students to create homemade lab devices
A Dalhousie University science student has created a homemade spectrometer that lets her lab-from-home during the coronavirus lockdown.
With Keystone XL effectively dead, where does Jason Kenney go from here?
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has spent the last number of days calling for consequences and compensation after U.S. President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline …
Marion Thénault captures bronze for her 1st-ever aerials podium for Canada
Marion Thénault finished third in a World Cup freestyle ski aerials event on Saturday in Moscow, the first career podium finish for the 20-year-old from …
Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup ski cross
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of …
Hockey Night in Canada: Free live streams on desktop & app
CBC Sports will provide a free live stream of Hockey Night in Canada games, including the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. the Ottawa Senators on Saturday …
Athletes and gambling: Is there anything to learn from Evander Kane’s bankruptcy?
The Vancouver-born NHL veteran filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in California claiming almost $27 million in debts, listing losses from casinos and sports betting.
Patient Canadian Reece Howden earns 2nd World Cup ski cross gold medal
Reece Howden is accustomed to leading ski cross competitions, but on Saturday employed a different strategy, purposely sitting back before waiting for a break on …
Spartan Bioscience says Health Canada approves rapid COVID-19 test
Ottawa-based company Spartan Bioscience says Health Canada has approved the sale of its rapid COVID-19 test.
Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup women’s alpine skiing
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of …
Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada on January 23, 2021
On January 23, 2021, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, issued the following statement on COVID-19.
King Felix: Loch clinches 7th World Cup luge season title
Felix Loch is the World Cup men’s overall champion for the seventh time, clinching the title Saturday with his ninth win in 10 races this …
Pierre-Luc Dubois granted wish, traded to Jets for fellow forward Laine
Columbus and Winnipeg hooked up for a blockbuster NHL trade Saturday, with the Blue Jackets dealing Pierre-Luc Dubois and a 2022 third-round draft pick to …
Watch Road to the Olympic Games: ISU speed skating World Cup
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of …
RCMP end search for missing crew on Nova Scotia scallop dragger
More than a month after the crew of the Chief William Saulis disappeared on the Bay of Fundy, the RCMP are calling off their search …
Alberta’s Reece Howden captures gold in men’s ski cross in Sweden
Reece Howden was near perfect on Saturday taking top spot in the men’s ski cross race in raced exceptionally well in Idre Fjall.
Watch Road to the Olympic Games: ISU speed skating World Cup
Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week’s edition of …
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged Canadians to hold off on travelling abroad until mass vaccinations against COVID-19 can be administered, warning that tougher travel restrictions …
Alexei Navalny’s wife detained by police at anti-Kremlin protest in Moscow
Russian police detained Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, at a protest in Moscow on Saturday, she wrote on her Instagram …
Larry King, renowned television and radio host, dies at 87
Talk show host Larry King, who had recently contracted COVID-19, has died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the production company he founded said …
Watch World Cup freestyle skiing aerials from Moscow
Watch World Cup freestyle skiing from Moscow, Russia.
Watch snowboard cross World Cup from Italy
Watch the snowboard cross World Cup event in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski under strict quarantine at Australian Open
Gaby Dabrowski, ranked 10th in the world in women’s doubles tennis, is in strict quarantine at the Australian Open after she was deemed a close …
N.S. video game industry on the hunt for workers as pandemic drives up sales
As industries across the province shed jobs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the video game industry in Nova Scotia is in the middle of …
Sofia Goggia wins 4th straight World Cup downhill race
Olympic champion Sofia Goggia is dominating the World Cup downhill season like no woman since ski great Lindsey Vonn.
Saturday’s downhill race in Kitzbuhel cancelled due to rain, snowfall
Rain and snowfall forced the cancellation of the second men’s World Cup downhill on the Streif course Saturday, a day after Swiss skier Beat Feuz …
Watch speed skating World Cup from Heerenveen
Watch the speed skating World Cup event from Heerenveen, Netherlands.
It’s no yolk — egghead experiment simulates concussion
Bob McDonald’s blog: Researchers discovered it was the sudden stopping of rotational forces that could do the most damage.
The National for January 22, 2021
The National for January 22: Under pressure after Julie Payette’s resignation, Justin Trudeau says he’s looking into the Governor General vetting process.
It’s time to let Keystone XL go, ambassador says
Canada’s ambassador to the United States says there’s no chance of President Joe Biden walking back his decision to kill the Keystone XL pipeline — so …
How political symbolism brought down Keystone XL
Those calling on Ottawa to impose punitive sanctions on the United States for killing the Keystone XL pipeline project still have a question to answer: …