Archive for category World

Luongo to start against Germany instead of Brodeur

Team Canada is ready to sink or swim at the Olympics with Roberto Luongo in goal.

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Jocks and awe: Canadians have a ball beating U.S.

The most senior American general in southern Afghanistan was talking tough before the ball dropped at Kandahar Airfield on Sunday.

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Intense Canada-U.S. hockey rivalry ready for centre stage

U.S. hockey team beats Norway

For the Americans, this Olympic hockey tournament is about to go from warmup to sizzling hot—red and white hot.

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Intense Canada-U.S. hockey rivalry ready for centre stage

U.S. hockey team beats Norway

For the Americans, this Olympic hockey tournament is about to go from warmup to sizzling hot—red and white hot.

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Ajax tykes ’shaken up’ after arena roof collapses

Ajax players believed unhurt in arena collapse

A close game may have saved Canadian minor hockey players who narrowly escaped after a partial roof collapse at a suburban Pittsburgh ice rink.

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Brendan Burke: ‘His memory will fan a flame of courage in all of us’

'His memory will fan a flame of courage in all of us'

Brendan Burke dreamed of a kinder, gentler more tolerant world.

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Crash kills Leafs GM Brian Burke’s son

Brian Burke's family

Brendan Burke – the youngest son of Leaf general manager Brian Burke – has been killed in a car accident in Indiana.

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Contribute to quake victims at Raptors, Leafs games

Fans of the Raptors and Leafs have a chance to donate to the Haiti relief effort over the next week. For Sunday's Raptors game and Tuesday's Leafs game at the ACC, cash donations are being collected and will be matched by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Also, $20 from every Leafs, Raptors, Marlies and Toronto FC jersey sold at CentreSports inside the ACC will be donated to UNICEF Canada Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund.

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Missing China human rights lawyer in custody, official admits

A Chinese human rights lawyer missing for almost a year has been judged by legal authorities and “is where he should be,” a Foreign Ministry official said in China’s first public comment on the case.

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What Israel can teach us about security

While North America's airports groan under the weight of another sea-change in security protocols, one word keeps popping out of the mouths of experts: Israelification.

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