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Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare | Colin Horgan

ICYMI: Trump can try to co-opt hockey. But Thursday showed that wherever where you’re from, when you step onto the ice, something about you will always be Canadian

* Canada beat US 3-2 on McDavid’s winner in overtime
* Canadian anthem singer alters lyric in Trump protest
* In pictures: Canada top US amid geopolitical tensions

In a clip from ESPN sports talkshow Get Up that went viral last week, former National Hockey League player PK Subban weighed in on the differences between the culture in the NHL and NBA. Usually, comparing the two is a game of numbers: revenue, viewers, salaries, that kind of thing. But over the past 10 days, passion has emerged as a differentiator. “You can step on to an NBA floor and go through the motions,” Subban said on ESPN. “You can’t do that in hockey – you can’t. Like, the culture of our sport, you have to play it with passion. You have to be willing to fight. You have to be willing to leave it on the ice. That’s what fans are investing in.”

That investment has paid off most recently with the 4 Nations Face-off tournament, which wrapped up on Thursday night in Boston. The thrilling final between Canada and the US was a rematch of last Saturday’s marquee round-robin clash, a contest marked by three fights in the opening nine seconds. The rest of the game was pretty good, too, ending with a US win. On Thursday, the tables turned. It was Canada that scored first – again – and last. Canada won the game narrowly 3-2, after the US left Connor McDavid, the best player on the planet, open in the slot in sudden-death overtime. He made no mistake. Continue reading…
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US congresswoman ‘rooting’ for Canada and Mexico against Trump’s threats

Democrat Jasmine Crockett calls it ‘really wild’ that it is foreign leaders who are speaking truth to power

The congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has revealed she is “rooting” for Canada and Mexico over Donald Trump in their attempts to stand up to him, saying it is “really wild” to find herself in that position given he is the president of the US.

“They are really the ones that are speaking truth to power right now,” the Democratic representative from Texas said on Friday on the popular Breakfast Club podcast, alluding to the political feuds Trump has engaged in with the US’s two North American neighbors during the first month of his second presidency. “They can see what it is and they were like, ‘We are not messing with this crazy regime.’” Continue reading…
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Half of Canadians, Americans think their countries are in recession: poll

The results of the Leger survey suggest that Canadian and Americans hold many similar views on the state of the economy and their personal financial status.
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International student enrolment down at Sask. universities

International student enrolment at the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan is down, but by how much?
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‘A shock’: Nova Scotia Power customers question why their bills doubled, tripled

Higher power bill in the winter aren’t uncommon, but some Nova Scotia Power customers opened their bills this month to find a shocking increase.
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