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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines


Canada’s race problem? It’s even worse than America’s.

Posted: 23 Jan 2015 10:41 AM PST

First Nations to 'resist' complying with financial transparency actFor a country so self-satisfied with its image of progressive tolerance, how is this not a national crisis?


Legendary Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston dies from apparent heart attack

Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:43 PM PST

Legendary Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston has died at age 65. Cranston is shown during the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Moncton in this Feb. 2, 1974 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug BallOne of figure skating's brightest stars and most colourful characters is gone. Toller Cranston, a larger-than-life star on and off the ice who helped revolutionize the sport, died at his home in Mexico from an apparent heart attack, a Skate Canada spokesperson said Saturday. Cranston, a six-time Canadian senior men's champion who won bronze at the 1974 world championships and 1976 Olympics, was known for his dramatic showmanship on the ice. There was a moment of silence in his honour between the men's event and the ice dance Saturday night at the Canadian figure skating championships in Kingston, Ont.


Title of world's oldest hockey stick could still be up for grabs

Posted: 24 Jan 2015 06:01 PM PST

A Niagara Falls, Ont., man thinks he may own a treasured piece of hockey history and he's hoping somebody can help him learn more about the artifact. Earlier this month, the Canadian Museum of Civilization bought another stick from a Sydney, N.S., man for $300,000 which they believe is indeed the world's oldest stick.

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