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Analysis
Are the Blues for real? Can the Flames, Lightning forget? Key questions for new NHL season
The puck drops Wednesday night and from there the story of another NHL season will be written by the players themselves. Here are some burning questions new CBC hockey writer Vicki Hall has leading up to the opening faceoff.
Vicki Hall
Hockey -NHL ||
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Video
Worst to first: Ranking the 7 Canadian NHL teams
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Roundup
De Grasse, Brown to sprint for gold in 200 metres at track worlds
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Doug Harrison
Olympics -Summer Sports -Track and Field ||
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Canada's Moh Ahmed wins bronze medal in men's 5,000 metres at track worlds
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Doug Harrison
Olympics -Summer Sports -Track and Field ||
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Coming Up
Watch the 2019 track and field world championships
Watch live coverage of the 2019 track and field world championships from Doha, Qatar, including the women's 400-metre heats and the men's 200-metre final featuring Canadians Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown.
Olympics -Summer Sports -Track and Field |
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Mo Farah's former trainer Alberto Salazar gets 4-year doping ban
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Eddie Pells
Olympics -Summer Sports -Track and Field ||
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Preview
Just making the playoffs no longer enough for highly skilled Maple Leafs
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Joshua Clipperton
Hockey -NHL ||
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Rising sons give rebuilding Blue Jays ray of light after lost season
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Ian Harrison
Baseball -MLB ||
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NFL suspends Raiders' Vontaze Burfict for rest of season after latest dirty hit
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Josh Dubow
Football -NFL ||
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Canucks' Brock Boeser cleared to play season opener
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Gemma Karstens-Smith
Hockey -NHL ||
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China Open
Bianca Andreescu victorious in her 1st match since capturing U.S. Open title
Tennis |
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Why experts think Bianca Andreescu could dominate women's tennis
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Myles Dichter
Tennis ||
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'I'll be real good this year': Jets' Patrik Laine ready to shed last season's setbacks
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Darren Bernhardt
News -Canada -Manitoba ||
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Preview
Canucks tinkered with depth, but it's Pettersson and young stars that will need to lead them
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Gemma Karstens-Smith
Hockey -NHL ||
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Preview
Nowhere to go but up for rebuilding Senators
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Lisa Wallace
Hockey -NHL ||
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Preview
Will more changes in front office finally make a difference for McDavid?
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Robin Brownlee
Hockey -NHL ||
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Kaillie Humphries writes to Canada: 'Thank you'
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Donna Spencer
Olympics -Winter Sports -Bobsleigh ||
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Video
Andreescu wins in her 1st match since historical U.S. Open victory
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'What a role model:' Paralyzed Bronco makes Adidas ad, hall of fame nominee list
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Bill Graveland
News -Canada -Saskatoon |
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'I expected a lot more from myself,' pole vaulter Newman says of placing 5th at worlds
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Doug Harrison
Olympics -Summer Sports -Track and Field ||
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Video
Broken pole leads to great moment of sportsmanship at track and field worlds
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Marathon great Gebrselassie says athletes could have died because of heat conditions at Doha worlds
Olympics ||
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Coming Up
Watch FIVB men's volleyball World Cup
Olympics -Summer Sports -Volleyball |