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    Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

    The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame is unique in that it is tucked away inside a community centre and open to self-guided tours.

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    Canadian Men's Hockey Team at the Olympics

    Canadian Men’s Hockey Teams at the Olympics 1920–60 Note 1: In 1920, hockey was played at the Olympic Summer Games. The first Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924. Note 2: Canada did not have a national hockey team until 1964. From 1920 to 1963, the winner of the Allan Cup usually represented the country at the Olympics and world championships. Year Host Canadian Team Canadian Rank Champion 1920 Antwerp Winnipeg Falcons Gold Canada 1924...

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  • Macleans

    Canadian Men's Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 11, 2002. Partner content is not updated.

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    Canadian National Exhibition

    The Canadian National Exhibition, Canada's largest annual exhibition and the fifth largest in North America, is held in Toronto for 18 days in late August.

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    Canadian Olympic Committee

    The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the organization responsible for Canada’s participation at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Youth Olympic Games. It helps select and financially assist Canadian cities in their efforts to host an Olympic Games or Pan American Games. It also manages programs that promote the values of the Olympics throughout Canada. The organization, which was known as the Canadian Olympic Association (COA) from 1912 to 2002, has a staff of more than 100 people. Its offices are in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

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    Canadian Olympic Hockey Teams

    Hockey is Canada's national winter game and arguably its greatest contribution to world sport, and this prowess undeniably translates to the Olympic arena as well.

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    Canadian Open

    The Canadian Open is an annual event run by the Royal Canadian Golf Association for professionals and amateurs who qualify. It is the fourth-oldest national GOLF championship in the world, having first been played in 1904 at the Royal Montreal Golf Club.

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    Canadian Ski Marathon

    In 1967 several hundred cross-country skiers led by former Canadian National Ski team member, Don MacLeod, celebrated the Centennial year by skiing 100 miles (160 km) from Montréal to Ottawa.

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    Canadian Ski Museum

    The Canadian Ski Museum opened in Ottawa, Ont 10 May 1971 to honour the sport of SKIING (see alsoFREESTYLE SKIING, CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING and SKI JUMPING). It was originally known as the National Ski Museum.

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    Oxford University Ice Hockey Club

    Through the formation of the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club (OUIHC), Canadian students at the University of Oxford helped bring Canadian hockey rules to prominence in Europe, thus influencing the development of British and European ice hockey.

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  • Macleans

    Canadians Have a Shaky Start to 2002 Winter Games

    Canadians have never needed banana peels as a cure for rare displays of over-confidence; ice works well enough. It was ice last week on the speed-skating oval and in Salt Lake City's figure-skating arena that momentarily flattened Canada's self-described "best ever" Winter Olympic team.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 25, 2002

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    Canada's Forgotten Baseball History

    Baseball has much deeper roots in Canada than most people realize. Baseball was once so popular in Canada that there was even talk of making it our national sport. The story goes back far enough. The first game was played in Beachville, Ontario, about 40 km east of London, on 4 June 1838, with a ball of twisted yarn covered in calfskin and a club carved from cedar. In the audience was a battalion of Scottish volunteers on their way to mop up the remnants of the Upper Canada Rebellion. This baseball game took place seven years before the founding of the first American baseball team, New York’s Knickerbocker Base Ball Club.

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    Canoeing

    Canoeist Francis Amyot following his gold medal win at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Canada's only Olympic gold that year. Over 6 feet tall, he required a custom-made canoe to accommodate his large frame and powerful stroke (courtesy Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, www.sportshall.ca). Fisher and Morris won a gold medal in canoeing at the 1984 Olympic Games (courtesy Canadian Sports Images).Larry Cain in action at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (courtesy Athletes Information Bureau).PreviousNextCanoeing Canoeing,...

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  • Macleans

    CFL Given New Life

    IN THE FREEWHEELING, high-scoring CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, games are often decided in the last seconds. The Toronto-Calgary matchup at SkyDome last week wasn't one of those games.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 11, 2004

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  • Macleans

    CFL Takes Over Toronto Argonauts

    FOR A HALF-DOZEN seasons, I've sat with friends a few rows up from a couple of TORONTO ARGONAUT season-ticket-holders who often come to SkyDome carrying briefcases.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 11, 2003

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