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Montreal has launched its program of events to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Summer Olympics. City officials say the Games of the 21st Olympiad put the province and the city on the world map. Despite problems that erupted outside the field of competition, many believe the event changed the city for the better....

This year marks 50 years since the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, a defining moment in the city’s history. Now, a new exhibition is taking a deeper look at its legacy. It’s called “Montreal 1976: An Olympic Feat,” and it opens this week at the McCord Stewart Museum. The exhibition’s curator, Christian Vachon, joins Global...

Calgary runner Rory Linkletter has shattered a national running record, becoming the first Canadian to run a half-marathon in less than one hour. Heather Yourex-West speaks with Linkletter about his achievement, and the goals he’s setting ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics.

After testing athletes across 17 Canadian cities, RBC Training Ground has announced their Top 100 finalists. The sole New Brunswicker among them being Canada Summer Games champion cyclist and speedskater Molly Flynn from Fredericton. Johnny James spoke with the 16-year-old dual athlete about once again representing the province on a national stage and how she...

Athletes from Special Olympics Peterborough brought home gold, silver and bronze from the recent 2025 Special Olympics Summer Games. Madeleine McColl has details.

The Manitoba Special Olympics Summer Games serve as a qualifier for athletes hoping to represent the province at the nationals next year.

It’s an infusion of dance, music and culture. Break Dancing – or Breaking – has been gaining in popularity since its debut in the Summer Olympic Games. Our Norma Reid profiles two men who will represent Calgary at the upcoming national championships.

Six-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte appeared on the “Today” show Wednesday morning. Lochte wanted to discuss his efforts to make a comeback at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Violent clashes between student protesters and police marred the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, as demonstrators demanded the government allow North Korea to co-host the Games.

For days, Iranian officials have been vowing to attack Israel, and the country appears to have followed up on that threat Saturday, launching a number of drones and missiles toward Israel. In Australia, at least six people are dead after a stabbing rampage inside a Sydney shopping mall. Plus, an Ontario man who suffered a...

We chat with members local members of Team Canada who just returned from the experience of a lifetime at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi.

The National Street Skateboarding Championships are taking place this week at Le Taz Skatepark in Montreal. It is a free event and an opportunity to see Canada’s top men and women skateboarding athletes compete for gold on home turf before heading off to Paris this summer to compete for Olympic gold. The executive director of...

17-year-old Nicholas Zhang will be in Paris this summer, representing Canada at the Olympic Games. Barry Deley has his story.

From athletes, coaches and support staff, nearly 40 people with ties to Saskatchewan attended the Paris Olympic and Paralympic games this past summer; with a total of five medals awarded to Saskatchewan athletes.

Ice dancer Kaitlyn Weaver joins The Morning Show to talk about Summer Olympics and a wave of revolution in the sports community.

Swimmer Penny Oleksiak joins The Morning Show to talk about her 2020 Tokyo Olympics experience and her plans for summer.

On today’s episode of The Morning Show: Canada’s female Olympic swim team talks about making their grand splash at the Summer Games and winning six medals in Tokyo. Plus, Infectious diseases expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch weighs in on loosening restrictions across the province and whether Canada is in the midst of the fourth wave of...

Canada’s Penny Oleksiak has won her second medal at the Tokyo Olympics, making it the sixth of her career, taking bronze in the women’s 200-metre freestyle swim Wednesday. The medal makes Oleksiak the most decorated Canadian athlete to ever compete at the Summer Games and ties her with speed skater Cindy Klassen and cyclist and...

About a year after they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics officially kicked off on Friday with opening ceremonies, which saw a pared-down event with a vastly smaller number of athletes from participating countries taking to the field but stunning fireworks still lit up the sky to try and...

British Columbia gets firefighter back-up from Mexico, as the province’s emergency crews work tirelessly to battle dozens of wildfires. Plus, the western U.S. is enduring another fire season for the history books, with climate change fuelling the extreme conditions . Meanwhile, new poll numbers ahead of a potential late summer federal election show the Conservative...