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Canada’s NHL stars celebrated an emotional 3-2 overtime victory over arch rival United States in Thursday’s Four Nation Face-Off final while Americans took motivation for next year’s Winter Olympics.Connor McDavid scored the title-winning goal 8:18 into overtime to give the Canadians a victory after their homeland endured remarks by US President Donald Trump.”It means a …

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Major League Soccer’s 30th season gets underway this weekend with Lionel Messi in action and the league’s newest club San Diego FC making their debut.With the World Cup being hosted in the USA, Canada and Mexico in 2026, MLS is hoping they can capture some of the buzz around the sport in a season which …

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President Donald Trump took a slap shot at Canada on Thursday, again suggesting a US takeover of the northern neighbor as a “fifty first state” and urging the US hockey team to prevail in a closely watched grudge match.Tensions have soared in the run-up to a tournament final in the US city of Boston following …

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US airline Delta will offer $30,000 to each passenger on a plane that crashed as it landed at Toronto airport this week, the carrier told AFP on Wednesday. “This gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights” of passengers, a company spokesman said. On Monday, a Delta Air Lines plane that departed from the US …

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Americans and Canadians are punching and booing each other in the wake of President Donald Trump’s taunts about making Canada a US state — at least on the ice hockey rink.Canadians have a long history of taking their national team hockey seriously. But with Trump goading their country and questioning its sovereignty, the temperature ahead …

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday announced Canada’s first high-speed rail line, connecting major hubs from Toronto to Quebec City, calling it “the largest infrastructure project in Canadian history.”The corridor is home to 18 million people or 44 percent of Canada’s population.The plan is for the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) line to carry electric trains capable of reaching …

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Dramatic new footage released on Tuesday showed a passenger plane hitting the runway hard and flipping upside down at Toronto’s main airport, as investigations began into the cause of the crash.A fireball and thick plumes of black smoke engulfed the Delta Air Lines plane as it skidded to a halt on its roof on Monday …

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Canada and the United States, whose inaugural fight-filled showdown set off emotional and political fireworks, meet for a rematch in Thursday’s NHL Four Nations Face-Off tournament final.Canadian supporters booed the US national anthem before Saturday’s 3-1 American round-robin victory at Montreal, setting the stage for an explosive start that saw three fights erupt in the …

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Donald Trump’s threats of import tariffs have sent shockwaves through Canada, forcing businesses to question their dependence on the United States — a reassessment that is creating headaches for many sectors.”It was an absolute shock,” Matthew Holmes, vice president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, told AFP. “There’s an incredible anxiety that comes from the …

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The passenger plane that crashed in Toronto appeared to hit the runway hard before bursting into flames and flipping upside down, new video showed Tuesday. A fire ball and thick plumes of black smoke engulfed the Delta Air Lines plane as it skidded to a halt on its roof, but none of the 80 people on …

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