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Get to know the teams competing at this year's Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2025 Scotties Canadian women's curling championship begins on Friday in Thunder Bay, Ont., and runs through Feb. 23. Get to know who will be vying to become this year's national champions.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Curling |

Multi-province bid pitched as a way for Canada to host Commonwealth Games
Canadian bids for a Commonwealth Games have died by provincial government disinterest, so multiple provinces sharing reduced costs is the pitch by Olympic and Commonwealth Games artistic swimmer Claire Carver-Dias.
Olympics -Summer Sports |

Jack Crawford, Cam Alexander aim to carry Kitzbuhel momentum into alpine worlds
Jack Crawford and Cam Alexander bring a combination of confidence and hunger to the world alpine ski championship after recent medal performances in Kitzbuhel. Action begins Tuesday at the Austrian resort in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Alpine Skiing |

Flames acquire Frost, Farabee in trade with Flyers
Calgary general manager Craig Conroy confirmed that left-wingers Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier and a pair of draft picks were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for centre Morgan Frost and left-winger Joel Farabee.
Hockey -NHL |
Canada's women claim World Cup speed skating sprint gold, Stolz completes hat trick
Canada's sprinters ensured the host team didn't leave Calgary's speed skating World Cup without a medal, while American star Jordan Stolz completed his hat trick at the Olympic Oval on Sunday.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Speed Skating |
Stolz victorious again, Ghiotto sets world record at speed skating World Cup in Calgary
American speed skating star Jordan Stolz stayed undefeated this World Cup season with a victory in the men's 1,000 metres in Calgary.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Speed Skating |
Denny Morrison gives Olympic silver medal to speed skating teammate Gilmore Junio
Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison has given his Olympic silver medal to Gilmore Junio. Junio vacated his spot in the men's 1,000 metres in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, so Morrison could race it.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Speed Skating |

Curling and teen life collide in Canadian documentary 'Curl Power'
The combination of teenagers and curling might seem an odd pairing for a documentary, but "Curl Power" weaves rocks and rings into a coming-of-age story.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Curling |

'I want to prove I'm back': Olympic freestyle ski champ Cassie Sharpe combines motherhood and halfpipe
2018 Olympic gold medallist and 2022 silver medallist in women's halfpipe Cassie Sharpe thought she might retire when daughter Louella was born in 2023. The yearning Sharpe felt watching her friends and rivals drop into the pipe in Aspen, Colo., confirmed the freestyle fire still burned within her.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Freestyle Skiing |

On thin ice: Canadian speed skaters fear loss of ice at Calgary's Olympic Oval
The fastest ice in the world is on borrowed time. Calgary's Olympic Oval is a legacy of the 1988 Winter Games in the city and the oldest of three covered speed skating ovals in Canada. The building that turns 38 years old this year has been a centre of international, university and community sport well past its expected life cycle.
Olympics -Winter Sports -Speed Skating |