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Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander expected to be 2nd Canadian to win NBA MVP when award announced tonight

Award announced tonight; B.C.’s Steve Nash won the award twice in 2005-2006 It’s time: The NBA will unveil this season’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday night. The winner will be Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’s Nikola Jokic or Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. It’ll be the seventh consecutive time that a player born outside of the U.S. …

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New immigration minister must address low Atlantic Canada retention rates, expert says

Better jobs, support with credentials would help keep newcomers, says economist An economist in New Brunswick says Canada’s new immigration minister needs to consider how to keep immigrants in Atlantic Canada, a region that has historically struggled to convince newcomers they should stay for more than a year or two. Lena Metlege Diab, a member …

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Canada’s Katie Vincent paddles to canoe sprint gold at World Cup event in Hungary

The 29-year-old took home gold in the women’s C-1 200 at last summer’s Paris Games Canada’s Katie Vincent captured gold in the women’s C1 500-metre final at a Canoe Sprint World Cup event on Saturday in Szeged, Hungary. Vincent paddled across the finish line in two minutes 5.43 seconds, beating silver medallist Yanan Ma of …

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Brendon Rodney makes the case for his team being Canada’s 4x100m relay GOAT

Brendon Rodney believes that his men’s 4×100-metre relay team is the best in Canadian history. At this year’s world championships, Rodney and his teammates Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake have a chance to make that claim undeniable. Rodney joined CBC Sports Trackside co-hosts Perdita Felicien and Brown to talk about what makes the current relay team successful, and how they …

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‘Definitely my son’s voice’: Manitoba woman targeted by AI phone scam

Fraudsters using AI to mimic voices of loved ones in ‘very targeted’ scams: investigator A Manitoba woman is speaking up after receiving a phone call she said was an AI scam that used a loved one’s voice. Leann Friesen, a mother of three from the small southern Manitoba community of Miami, got a phone call a …

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Canada wins gold, bronze to end World Relays and clinches another spot at athletics worlds

Mixed 4x100m team victorious while botched exchange costs men chance at 100m win Canada’s mixed team of 100-metre sprinters will not join its men’s and women’s counterparts at the World Athletics Championships in September but was the lone foursome to claim victory on the final day at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China. Sade …

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Canada beats Mexico to qualify for 1st FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup

Cynthia Gaspar-Freire roofs penalty kick in shootout win in Guatemala City Canada booked its ticket to the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup in dramatic fashion by defeating Mexico in a penalty shootout Saturday to reach the final of CONCACAF W Futsal Championship. The two finalists at the eight-team CONCACAF tournament will represent the region …

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Liberal minority back up to 169 after Elections Canada validates close Ontario race

Revised result close enough to be subject to automatic recount Elections Canada’s validation process has revealed a second closely contested riding’s winner has changed after Monday’s preliminary result — this time from the Conservatives to the Liberals. The unofficial results posted on election night showed that Conservative Parm Gill had won the redrawn riding of …

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