Davies’ agent opts for diplomatic tone in wake of Canadian men’s captain’s knee injury

The war of words over Alphonso Davies’ knee injury cooled somewhat Thursday with a conciliatory communique from the Canada captain’s agent. In the wake of Bayern Munich’s announcement Wednesday that Davies had torn his anterior cruciate ligament in Canada’s 2-1 weekend win over the U.S. in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in Inglewood, Calif.,…

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B.C. scrapping consumer carbon tax altogether on April 1, government says

The B.C. government has announced it will completely scrap the provincial consumer-facing carbon tax on April 1 and is urging gas stations to prepare for the change. The government previously announced that it would introduce legislation on March 31 to halt a scheduled tax increase, following a promise from Prime Minister Mark Carney to do the same…

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‘It still stings’: Canada Basketball using Olympic letdown as fuel for Los Angeles, says CEO

In the weeks following Canada’s loss to France at the Paris Olympics men’s basketball tournament, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gathered teammates in a gym at Humber College near Toronto. Players included Olympians, those who missed the cut and a few Oklahoma City Thunder players, too. A couple months later, Canada’s women’s team — fresh off an 0-3…

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