[ Sports ] Playing to Win: Canada at the Paralympics
Wheelchair racers speeding to victory, blind swimmers competing for gold, and disabled skiers pushing their bodies to the limit. These are today's Paralympians. They train hard. They play to win. And in recent years, Canadians have been winning big at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics began as a postwar sporting event designed to get injured ex-soldiers moving again. But by the 1980s the Games had evolved into an elite international competition.

[ Lifestyle ] Canadian maple syrup
A look at the nation's best-known product.

Alleged Edmonton shooter killed teen in '74
The alleged gunman in an apparent murder-suicide at an Edmonton car dealership on Friday was convicted of killing a teenager in the 1970's.

[ Sports ] Curling: Sweeping the Nation
Whether they play for fun in small-town clubs or for glory at the winter Olympics, one thing's for certain: Canadians love curling, and they've produced some of the world's best players. Though some have called it "shuffleboard on ice," supporters say it's a game with a grand Canadian tradition of skill, strategy, and sportsmanship.

Canadian Nicoll takes halfpipe bronze
Mercedes Nicoll of Whistler, B.C., ended a podium drought of nearly five years Sunday, winnning the bronze medal in halfpipe at a World Cup snowboard stop in Italy.

Bourgonje, Forest, Dueck pick up Paralympic medals
Colette Bourgonje captured Canada's first Paralympic medal on Sunday, then Viviane Forest and Josh Dueck added to the country's medal haul shortly after.