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Flag bearers from Canada, Mikael Kingsbury and Marielle Thompson, lead the team during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 6, 2026. (Cameron Spencer/Pool Photo via AP)

How Indigenous athletes challenge simple ideas of national unity at the Olympics

As the 2026 Winter Olympics approach, Indigenous athletes reveal why using the Olympics to perform Canadian sovereignty is never simple.
Olympic rings are displayed in the snow at the Stelvio Ski Centre, venue for the alpine ski and ski mountaineering disciplines at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Bormio, Italy, in January 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

As the climate changes, what does the future hold for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games?

For the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, climate change poses a risk and could impact where the Games can be held in the future.
U.S. skier Rosie Brennan leads a group during the women’s team sprint classic cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics. AP Photo/Aaron Favila

What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine‑made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere

US Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science to the rising risk of crashes.
Elite athletes don’t just move faster — they see smarter. Andrey Rublev of Russia keeps a close eye on the ball as he hits a backhand to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain during their match at the National Bank Open in Toronto on Aug. 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

The mental edge that separates elite athletes from the rest

Some of the most decisive moments in sport hinge on how athletes perceive, process and act on information in a matter of milliseconds.
Team New Zealand at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, 2023. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Empowerment and joy: NZ’s Special Olympics Summer Games remind us what sport is about

This week’s NZ National Summer Games are part of a global Special Olympics movement that rivals other sports mega-events in scale. Media coverage needs to catch up.
The Alberta Fairness and Safety in Sport Act (Bill 29) bans transgender girls aged 12 years and older from participating in female-only competitive sports divisions. (Unsplash)

Fairness for whom? The impact of Alberta’s trans‑exclusionary sports law

Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, though it claims to be rooted in equity and safety, is a discriminatory law that excludes transgender girls and women from sports.
Baseball fans watch World Series Game 6 between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers during a watch party at the University of Toronto on Oct. 31, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn

Baseball in Canada is thriving — but not on campus

Baseball’s exclusion from the varsity system in Ontario and its absence from university athletics bodies in the rest of the country doesn’t square with fan interest and cross-Canada baseball participation.

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