2026 Winter Olympic Games

Daily Recap: Canada’s results at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

Olympics: Thursday Feb. 5 The Canadian women’s hockey team will face off against Finland in their first game of the Winter Olympics as the preliminary rounds continue. CURLING Mixed Doubles:…

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Canadians to watch at Winter Olympics: Top medal contenders

Canada’s Own the Podium era started with 24 medals at the last time the Winter Olympics were in Italy in 2006. Twenty years after Turin, the Winter Games return to Italy at Milano Cortina with Canada…

February 2, 2026 12:15 pm EST EST

Canadian Olympians set to take flight for Milan Cortina Games

A group of Canadian Olympians are departing for Northern Italy following a festive send-off for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Thursday night at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. Members of…

January 29, 2026 8:20 pm EST EST

Canadians to watch at Winter Olympics: Top medal contenders

Canada’s Own the Podium era started with 24 medals at the last time the Winter Olympics were in Italy in 2006. Twenty years after Turin, the Winter Games return to Italy at Milano Cortina with Canada…

February 2, 2026 12:15 pm EST EST

Canadian Olympians set to take flight for Milan Cortina Games

A group of Canadian Olympians are departing for Northern Italy following a festive send-off for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Thursday night at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. Members of…

January 29, 2026 8:20 pm EST EST

Highlights from the 2026 Winter Olympics

Olympic events begin ahead of opening ceremony
Just a couple of more days until the flame is officially lit but some Canadians were getting an early jump on the Olympic action in Italy. Brandon Choghri with what's happening on the ice, before the games technically even begin.

Finland vs. Canada Olympic women’s hockey game postponed because of norovirus

The Canadian women’s hockey team will have to wait to play its first game at the Winter Olympics. Canada’s game against Finland scheduled for Thursday has been postponed because of norovirus cases affecting…

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Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris crashes during big air training

Canada opened competition at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday with a win in mixed doubles curling, while concern grew after snowboarder Mark McMorris crashed during big air…

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Olympic controversies you should know for Milano Cortina 2026

Like spaghetti and meatballs, you can’t have the Olympics without some controversy dolloped on top. There’s the insidious: think Tonya Harding, or the state-sponsored Russian doping scandal. There’s…

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Daily Recap: Canada’s results at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

Olympics: Thursday Feb. 5 The Canadian women’s hockey team will face off against Finland in their first game of the Winter Olympics as the preliminary rounds continue. CURLING Mixed Doubles:…

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70 years later, the ice remembers: How Italian-Canadian hockey found its way back to Cortina

In just a few days, the Olympic flame will be lit in Cortina d’Ampezzo — seventy years after the small mountain town first hosted the Winter Games in 1956. For many, Milano–Cortina 2026 is about…

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Toronto council votes to allow 6 a.m. alcohol service during Winter Olympics

Toronto city council has voted in favour of allowing bars, cafés and restaurants to begin serving alcohol at 6 a.m. during the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics — a temporary measure aimed at helping…

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Vonn ‘confident’ she will race at Olympics despite ‘completely ruptured’ ACL in left knee

Lindsey Vonn is “confident” she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics beginning this week despite the left knee injury she sustained in a crash four days ago. Vonn said on Tuesday she…

February 3, 2026 10:15 am EST EST

Canadians to watch at Winter Olympics: Top medal contenders

Canada’s Own the Podium era started with 24 medals at the last time the Winter Olympics were in Italy in 2006. Twenty years after Turin, the Winter Games return to Italy at Milano Cortina with Canada…

February 2, 2026 12:15 pm EST EST

Canadian Olympians set to take flight for Milan Cortina Games

A group of Canadian Olympians are departing for Northern Italy following a festive send-off for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Thursday night at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. Members of…

January 29, 2026 8:20 pm EST EST

Kingsbury, Thompson named Canada’s flag-bearers for 2026 Olympic Games

A pair of gold medallists will lead Canada into Milano Cortina 2026. Moguls skier Mikael Kingsbury and ski-cross star Marielle Thompson were named Canada’s flag-bearers for the opening ceremony in Italy,…

January 28, 2026 5:28 pm EST EST

U.S. sending ICE unit to Olympics for security, prompting concern, confusion in Italy

MILAN (AP) — News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage…

January 28, 2026 5:32 pm EST EST

Olympic medallist swimmer Ilya Kharun switches from Canada to United States

Olympic medallist swimmer Ilya Kharun is switching national allegiances. The 20-year-old, who has represented Canada since 2022, announced Monday that he will represent the United States going forward. Born…

January 28, 2026 5:28 pm EST EST

As the planet warms, how can the Winter Olympics and Paralympics adapt?

TORONTO — Climate change is rapidly shrinking the number of reliable hosts for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, say Canadian researchers studying how to adapt the Games as a new paper floats the…

January 28, 2026 5:32 pm EST EST

Scarborough Weightlifter has his eyes on the Olympics

15-year old Yahea Alsebaai recently took multiple medals at the Youth Pan-American Championships, including best-overall lifter for his age group. He has eyes on the Olympics, as early as 2028, trained…

January 28, 2026 5:28 pm EST EST

Greenland biathlete pursues Olympic dream while anxious about ‘terrifying’ threats to her homeland

Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. But the 25-year-old biathlete from Greenland is facing an extra level…

January 28, 2026 5:28 pm EST EST

Penny Oleksiak denies drug use, says she plans to continue competing

Penny Oleksiak still has Los Angeles 2028 on her mind. The Canadian swimmer, who was suspended two years after missing three drug tests, denied in an interview with CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux published…

January 28, 2026 5:32 pm EST EST

Hockey Canada unveils jerseys for 2026 Olympic Winter Games

Hockey Canada has unveiled its jerseys for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano and Cortina, Italy. Members of Canada’s women’s, men’s and para hockey teams will have two uniform options — a white…

January 28, 2026 5:28 pm EST EST