Olympic Games, Canada and Team USA
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Of the 19 staff members polled, nine think Canada will bring home the gold medal. Six staffers think the United States can win its first gold medal in men's hockey since the 1980 "Miracle On Ice," while four believe Sweden can repeat its gold-medal performance from 2008 in Turin, Italy.
USA remains the heavy favorite for gold at the 2026 Olympics in women's hockey, but a handful of Canada's veterans have trended up recently, which could give Canadians hope.
Canadian-born pop singer Tate McRae appeared in an NBC ad for the Milan Cortina Olympics, in which she expressed support for Team USA. McRae was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 2003 and attended high school in the country.
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Rivals US and Canada could put North American dominance on display at the Olympics in Milan
One more goal. That's how close the U.S. was to beating Canada in the final at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics before losing in overtime. One more goal. That's how close the U.S. was from tying Canada in the semifinals at the 2014 Sochi Olympics before losing 1-0.
Statistics Canada data show fewer Canadians traveling and returning from the US, amid ongoing border fears, tariffs, and the "Buy Canadian" movement.
Canada is reevaluating its planned purchase of U.S. F-35 fighter jets over the escalating trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa in what has become a flash point in bilateral relations between the two allies.
U.S. tensions bubbling from sport into geopolitics, Team Canada held their opening press conference of the Milano Cortina Olympics on Thursday facing a pointed question: will their athletes compete with 'elbows up' against the Americans?
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Canada-US relationship 'will not go back to what it was': Canada's ambassador to the US
She's had a front seat to history, and as Kirsten Hillman prepares to leave her post, Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. shares the differences she's seen between President Trump's first and second terms.