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Feb 26 2021
Playing for a Cure
The World’s Longest Hockey Game has set a new world record.
The puck dropped February 4 at an outdoor rink near Edmonton. The two teams played nonstop for 252 hours in -40 to -55°C cold.
It was so cold that skate blades broke. Hockey sticks and more than 50 pucks...
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Feb 12 2021
Shooting Star
It’s been an unusual year for the Toronto Raptors. Thanks to the pandemic, the NBA season started two months late. It’s ten games shorter than usual, too.
The Toronto franchise has had its highs and lows so far. The first blow was learning the team couldn’t play in...
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Sep 11 2020
Hockey Bubbles Up for the Cup
It’s playoff time in the NHL. Only four teams are left, duking it out in the conference finals. Each team wants to make it to the finals and take home the Stanley Cup.
The fans are cheering. The stands are full…
Or are they?
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May 08 2020
Homegrown Soccer Superstar
A Canadian teen is taking the soccer world by storm. He made his MLS debut when he was just 15. In 2017, he became the youngest player to score for the men’s national team. At 19, he’s a rising star at one of the world’s top soccer clubs.
Do you know who he is?
That’s...
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Mar 06 2020
Chance of a Lifetime
A practice goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs made his NHL debut February 22. But he didn’t suit up for the Leafs. He helped the Carolina Hurricanes beat them!
NHL teams bring two goalies to a game. The backup is dressed and ready to play if the starter leaves the game...
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Nov 22 2019
A Slam Dunk Future
Not everyone can dunk a basketball. You need talent, strength, and timing to develop this crowd-pleasing shot. A little height helps, too.
Toby Fournier has it all.
Toby doesn’t play for Team Canada or the WNBA – yet. She’s only 14. But this rising star already dunks...
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Sep 20 2019
A Grand Slam Success
Bianca Andreescu is living the dream. She’s the first Canadian singles player to win a Grand Slam title in tennis. She did it by beating one of the best players of all time.
No one expected the 19-year-old Ontario teen to win one of the four major tennis titles. A year...
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May 24 2019
Raptors Take Their Best Shot
Canada’s only NBA team is shooting for the top. For the second year in a row, the Toronto Raptors came out of the regular season in second place. The team’s 58-24 record is just one win short of last year’s best-ever finish.
Now the Raps are just a seven-game series...
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Mar 08 2019
Competing in ‘Canada’s Olympics’
Young athletes from across Canada headed to Red Deer, Alberta in February. Why? To compete in the Canada Winter Games. It’s Canada’s biggest multisport games.
Like the Olympics, the Canada Games is held every two years. It alternates between winter and summer sports.
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Sep 07 2018
An Unbeatable Talent
The Vancouver Whitecaps will lose a top player at the end of the season. Alphonso Davies is just 17, but he’s been playing pro soccer since he was 15.
Why is he leaving? He’s been signed by one of the world’s best clubs. Bayern Munich snapped up the speedy midfielder...
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Jun 08 2018
World Cup 2018
Soccer fans unite! The Men’s FIFA World Cup is about to start. Are you ready for the Beautiful Game?
The World Cup brings together 32 top national men’s teams for a month-long tournament. It’s one of the biggest sporting events in the world. More than three billion...
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Mar 09 2018
By Ice and By Snow
Team Canada is sending 55 athletes to the Paralympics. It’s our biggest team ever. Between March 9 and 18, they’ll compete in PyeongChang, South Korea together with over 500 other athletes from 48 nations.
There are six Paralympic sports. Hockey and curling. Snowboard...