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    Q&A with Christine Sinclair on trash talk, equality in sports, retirement plans and more

    The Canadian soccer legend’s revelatory memoir, Playing the Long Game, hits bookshelves this week

    How Olympic sprinter Sam Effah spends his money

    Now one of two chefs de mission for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Effah shares how he splits his money between work and play

    ‘I’m reasonably sure I need less Céline and more Stompin’ Tom’

    Letters to the editor, January 27, 2022: Readers weigh in on Céline Dion, a beetle-obsessed scientist, and the future of the Liberal party

    Rising star Laurie Blouin gets airborne during the U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle qualifications in 2020 (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

    Snowboarder Laurie Blouin’s secret weapon: The music of Shania Twain

    In Beijing, Blouin will draw on two decades of hard work and hard knocks. That and the lyrics of a certain country song.

    Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly (left) and Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge look on as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada will join a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games in China following caucus, Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Canada won’t send diplomats to the Beijing Olympics

    Politics Insider for Dec 9, 2021: Olympic choices; Canada’s diplomatic future; and Jagmeet Singh’s difficult position

    Canada’s cabinet still has no official marching orders

    Politics Insider for Dec 8, 2021: Justin Trudeau’s running late; a former commander is charged with sexual assault; and a new bill could change drug sentencing

    Speedskating trials last October in Beijing, a controversial choice as host city for the 2022 Winter Games (Lintao Zhang/International Skating Union/Getty Images)

    Why is Canada playing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics?

    The 2022 Winter Games are set to open in Beijing, but many Canadians believe our athletes should not be going

    If a swimmer excels at the underwater kicks after a wall turn, ‘that can really become a weapon,’ says Mac Neil’s former coach (François-Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images)

    Maggie Mac Neil will arrive at Tokyo 2020 with a bang. Three, in fact.

    Her push off the pool wall in Tokyo could be the power move that propels the young Canadian to medal glory

    Sean McColl in his homemade training cave. (Photograph by Alana Paterson) (Photograph by Alana Paterson)

    Canada’s best athletes have found creative ways to train in quarantine

    And now they’re limbering up for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. They explain to Aaron Hutchins how they’ve stayed in top form over the past year.

    How Calgary outgrew the Olympic dream

    Jason Markusoff: The 2026 Winter Games were seen as a quick fix for Calgary’s economic challenges. With a clear ‘no’ vote, residents showed they have more lasting solutions in mind

    Calgary’s make-it-up-as-they-go-along Olympic bid lives on

    Jason Markusoff: Arithmetic triple lutzes have kept the 2026 bid alive and a reluctant city now waits until the Nov. 13 plebiscite day to have its say

    Calgary’s ‘May As Well’ Olympic bid—modest ambition that still costs billions

    Jason Markusoff: The value proposition being sold here is not an Olympics that builds new things. So what exactly does Calgary expect to get?

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