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Nicol Delago earns Italy's ski team another win as home Olympics near
Nicol Delago claimed her first World Cup victory in a downhill on home snow Saturday in Tarvisio, Italy, with American Lindsey Vonn in third place for her fifth podium in five downhills this season. Source link
Alberta counties, green power companies await new power rules
Construction on approved wind and solar projects in Alberta is on hold as developers await to see how planned changes to the province’s power market would affect their business models. Rural politicians discuss the implications of potentially billions in lost investment. Source link
Canadian snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet earns World Cup silver in parallel giant slalom
Snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet of Montcalm, Que., won a silver medal at a World Cup snowboard parallel giant slalom event on Saturday in Bansko, Bulgaria. Source link
‘I think I’m addicted to adrenaline': Snowboarder Cam Spalding ready for Olympic slopes
The 20-year-old thrill-seeker tells Ariel Helwani about his risk-taking mentality that makes it hard for him to do “normal things,” what it’s like to compete against his close friend Liam Brearley in professional snowboarding, and his second love of wakeboarding which resulted in multiple injuries. Source link
How this Indigenous mask from B.C. inspired the Seattle Seahawks logo
Researchers at the University of Washington believe the inspiration for the NFL’s team logo, which consists of a profile of a raptor, is a transformation mask from the Kwakwakaʼwakw of northern Vancouver Island. Source link
Canada's Éliot Grondin wins World Cup silver at snowboard cross event in China
Snowboard cross racer Éliot Grondin climbed the podium of a World Cup event on Saturday in Dongbeiya, China. Source link
WATCH: NASA rolls out giant rocket ahead of astronauts’ moon mission
NASA is preparing to send astronauts to the moon as early as next month, which will include Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen. But first they need to ensure the rocket and spacecraft are ready to fly. Source link
I lost my driver’s licence for a year. Everything went uphill from there
In 2024, Vivienne Steele had a medical change that resulted in her driver’s licence being suspended. Over the next year, she rode buses, bikes, walked or bummed rides around Whitehorse, and learned more about both her community and herself. Source link
RCMP drone used to rescue pair who fled from shooter into Sask. woods and got lost
Saskatchewan is the only province where RCMP have a drone in every detachment. The technology was vital in a recent night rescue near Prince Albert. Source link
Niagara Falls helps hundreds of Kashechewan water crisis evacuees settle into the Ontario city
Hundreds of Kashechewan First Nation evacuees have arrived in Niagara Falls, one of the Ontario cities taking in people from the Cree community as it endures a water crisis. With 1,700 expected in the Niagara Region city alone, authorities and local Indigenous groups are doing everything they can to help them feel at home. Source […]