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ISU Speed Skating Results - Live The athletes entered for the first World Cup this weekend are now on the site. Athletes from

CANADA Never Give it Up (Oh Canada) - The Privateers After the annexation threats by the US government earlier this year along with all of the economic tensions that have come this year, several Canadian artists took to writing music about the current situation. This is a song called "Never Give it Up (Oh Canada") by a small band called the Privateers from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The song is, in their words, a reminder to stick together through whatever challenges come our way. Lyrics:

Canada is in!

Commonwealth Games Team: Men: Oliver Dawson Josh Liendo Benjamin Loewen Antoine Sauve Ben Winterborn Lorne Wigginton Women: Sophie Angus Julie Brousseau Ella Jansen Madison Kryger Delia Lloyd Kylie Masse Don't know whether it was Swimming Canada or the Commonwealth Games Federation that decided the 12 athlete quota but it's way too few.

Ooh, that sounds like a lot of fun! Yeah, wrapping it up on Friday would definitely be the best case scenario but Yamamoto scares me. Hopefully they learned something after 9 innings of practice.

I wouldn't be too worried about the Germans. They'll unveil their new hi-tech sleds at the Olympics that will allow the athletes to crash into the walls 10 times, flip over, and still win the gold medal.

Nonsense. There is nothing more important than Game 7 of the World Series. /s

Canada names long track speed skating team for World Cups in Salt Lake City and Calgary - Speed Skating Canada Both Dubreuil and Fish are on the team despite not competing at the Canadian Championships. Skaters ranked in the top 8 of a distance will be pre-selected for the Olympics. The remaining spots will be decided at the Long Track Canada Cup Skate-Off happening January 3-6.

The Toronto Blue Jays are one win away from a World Series title! Game 6 is on Halloween night.

CBC Sports announces programming, broadcast team for Milan-Cortina Olympics | CBC Sports

Great bounce back effort from the Jays today! Series all tied up at 2.

Dodgers take a 2-1 lead after winning game 3 in extra innings. Somebody please feel free to shoot me. I've been dead emotionally for 3 hours now.

Results from the Canadian Championships this weekend: Men's 500m #1: 1. Cedrick Brunet (QC) - 34.42 2. Anders Johnson (AB) - 34.46 3. Christopher Fiola (QC) - 34.74 Men's 500m #2: 1. Cedrick Brunet (QC) - 34.35 2. Yankun Zhao (AB) - 34.56 3. Christopher Fiola (QC) - 34.86 Men's 1000m #1: 1. Connor Howe (AB) - 1:07.45 2. Yankun Zhao (AB) - 1:07.57 3. Anders Johnson (AB) - 1:07.82 Men's 1000m #2: 1. Antoine Roger (QC) - 1:08.73 2. Ryan Gibson (ON) - 1:09.49 3. Kieran Hanson (BC) - 1:10.11 Men's 1500m: 1. Connor Howe (AB) - 1:43.94 2. David la Rue (QC) - 1:44.62 3. Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu (QC) - 1:44.88 Men's 5000m: 1. Ted-Jan Bloemen (AB) - 6:11.73 2. Daniel Hall (AB) - 6:19.61 3. Jake Weidemann (ON) - 6:27.36 Men's 10000m: 1. Ted-Jan Bloemen (AB) - 12:57.69 2. Daniel Hall (AB) - 13:30.66 3. Aime Perreault (QC) - 13:49.51 Men's Mass Start: 1. Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu (QC) - 60 points 2. Jake Widemann (ON) - 40 points 3. David la Rue (QC) - 20 points Women's 500m #1: 1. Beatrice Lamarche (QC) - 37.91 2. Carolina Hiller-Donnelly (BC) - 38.09 3. Jenna Larter (PE) - 38.24 Women's 500m #2: 1. Caroline Hiller-Donnelly (BC) - 37.70 2. Brooklyn McDougall (AB) - 38.20 3. Rose Laliberte-Roy (QC) - 38.63 Women's 1000m #1: 1. Beatrice Lamarche (QC) - 1:14.33 2. Alexa Scott (MB) - 1:15.26 3. Brooklyn McDougall (AB) - 1:16.19 Women's 1000m #2: 1. Beatrice Lamarche (QC) - 1:14.77 2. Alexa Scott (MB) - 1:16.00 3. Rose Laliberty-Roy (QC) - 1:16.78 Women's 1500m: 1. Ivanie Blondin (ON) - 1:53.86 2. Beatrice Lamarche (QC) - 1:55.53 3. Valerie Maltais (QC) - 1:55.57 Women's 3000m: 1. Valerie Maltais (QC) - 4:01.69 2. Ivanie Blondin (ON) - 4:03.13 3. Isabelle Weidemann (ON) - 4:04.18 Women's 5000m: 1. Isabelle Weidemann (ON) - 6:58.67 2. Ivanie Blondin (ON) - 7:03.51 3. Valerie Maltais (QC) - 7:04.28 Women's Mass Start: 1. Valerie Maltais (QC) - 60 points 2. Rose-Anne Grenier (QC) - 40 points 3. Darby Beeson (AB) - 20 points Full Results Here

Blue Jays take game 1 of the World Series 11-4

The time qualifiers are only for the World Cups. Other competitions don't count.

Anyone know why Dubreuil isn't competing?

World Record for Josh Liendo in the short course 100m butterfly! 47.68

Just out of curiosity, anybody here a Toronto Blue Jays fan and following this playoff run? I've been waiting my whole life to see them in a World Series and finally got it yesterday!

Toronto Blue Jays going to the World Series for the first time in 32 years!!!!!!!!!

2026 Olympic Quotas After Stage 2/4 Men Women Mixed Quotas Nation 500m 1000m 1500m Relay 500m 1000m 1500m Relay Relay Men Women Total Australia 1 1 1 0 1 Austria 1 1 1 0 1 Belgium 1 1 1 x 2 1 1 x 4 2 6 Canada 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 China 3 3 3 x 3 2 3 x x 5 5 10 Croatia 1 1 2 0 2 2 Czechia 1 0 1 1 France 1 2 2 1 2 3 x 2 3 5 Great Britain 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 Hong Kong 1 1 1 1 2 Hungary 2 2 1 2 2 x 2 2 4 Italy 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Japan 2 2 3 x 2 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Kazakhstan 2 1 2 1 2 x 2 2 4 Korea 1 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 4 5 9 Latvia 2 2 1 2 0 2 Netherlands 3 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Neutral Athletes 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Poland 3 1 1 2 3 2 x x 3 4 7 Slovakia 1 1 0 1 1 Turkiye 2 1 2 0 2 Ukraine 1 1 1 1 1 2 United States 2 3 3 x 3 3 3 x x 5 5 10 Uzbekistan 1 1 0 1 Total 32 32 36 8 32 32 36 8 12 58 56 114 The women are right on the maximum quota limit of 56 but the men are still two over at 58. Unfortunately, we've lost Germany, Taiwan, and Thailand from the first Stage but Uzbekistan is now in position to get a quota. Here's a summary of all the quota changes below: Men's 500m: Great Britain, France, and Uzbekistan all moved their first quotas into qualifying position. The 2nd Korean quota, 2nd Belgium quota and first Hong Kong quota all fell out of qualifing position. Men's 1000m: A big week for the US skaters saw their 2nd and 3rd quotas move up into qualifying position. This came at the expense of Hungary losing their 3rd quota and Turkiye losing their only quota. Men's 1500m: Once again, a big week for the US saw their 3rd quota move up into qualifying position. Turkiye and Ukraine also moved into position to qualify one quota. Latvia lost their 2nd quota and Germany and Taiwan lost their only quotas. Men's 5000m Relay: USA moved into qualifying position, Kazakhstan got bumped out. Women's 500m: France is now in position to qualify an athlete. Korea's 3rd quota also moved up into qualifying position. Meanwhile the 2nd Hungarian quota and the only Czech quota are now on the outside looking in. Women's 1000m: Only one change. The Neutral athlete moved up into qualifying position. Not a good week for Czechia as they lose a quota in yet another discipline. Women's 1500m: Lot of changes here. Canada's 3rd quota, China's 3rd quota, and Hong Kong moved into qualifying positions. Meanwhile, Thailand, the first Ukrainian quota and the 3rd Polish quota fell out of qualifying position. Women's 3000m Relay: USA and Japan moved into the top 8, Hungary and France fell out of the top 8. Full SOQC's below: *I'm not going to bother with the flags this time because it takes tooooooo much time Men's 500m Men's 1000m Men's 1500m Men's 5000m Relay Women's 500m Women's 1000m Women's 1500m Women's 3000m Relay Mixed 200m Relay *Will only be used if there are extra quotas available

Blue Jays and Mariners going to game 7!

Somehow, they managed to top this year's World Championship performance

Make that 7 gold medals for Canada!