Canada's Lamaze jumping at Beijing chance
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After missing the 1996 and 2000 Olympics over failed drug tests, Canadian show jumper Eric Lamaze believes he is finally heading for his Olympic debut in Beijing.
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While celebrating unprecedented success at the Athens Olympics, China has its sights firmly set on the Beijing Games in four years when they hope to present the country&#39;s new face to the world.
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ATHENS - Itâs too soon to panic over Canadaâs sinking Olympic hopes, Canadian officials insisted here today. Talking to reporters a few hours after the Canadian menâs eights rowing team finished a shocking
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TORONTO (CP) - Martin Brodeur checked his ego at the door, deciding a healthy Roberto Luongo would give Team Canada a better chance to reach the World Cup of Hockey championship game.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin welcomed on Thursday the idea of Chinese investments in Canada's natural resource sector, where big metals company Noranda Inc.  is the target of a Chinese takeover bid.
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Bode Miller wants what he hasn't got &#151; a slalom world championship. To get it, Miller might not defend his downhill title at the upcoming world championships so he can avoid the demanding jumps on which he injured his left knee last year.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Less than a year before British Columbia plays host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, provincial voters may be choosing their government using a different, more fair and more popular system.
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44 people entered the Canadian Embassy in Beijing this morning, using ladders to scale the spiked fence around the compound. Canadian Ambassador Joseph Caron says the intruders, who include men, women and
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Canadians of Ukrainian descent asked the Canadian government to fund travel for up to 1,500 observers to Ukraine to monitor a second try at elections, set for December 26.
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Houston Rockets&#39; Tracy Lue (L2) goes for a shot during the second pre-season match with Sacramento Kings in Beijing, capital city of China, Oct. 17, 2004.
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China Minmetals Corp is in exclusive talks to acquire Canadian mining concern Noranda in what would be one of China&#39;s largest acquisitions of a foreign company.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The Winter Olympics in Vancouver may be more than two years away, but organizers are already playing the "chess game" of trying to keep individual sports happy as they vie to get time in the international spotlight.
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The eyes of the world are looking towards Beijing for the Olympic Games that will be held here fewer than 11 months from now. But for real China watchers, an event next month will draw much greater attention and have a much greater impact on the country than 16 days of athletics.
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BEIJING -- Forty-three men, women, and children using ladders clambered over a spiked fence around the Canadian Embassy in China's capital yesterday in what appeared to be the biggest recent bid for asylum by North Koreans. One other man was stopped by police.
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The NBA flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China this week. Chinese-born star Yao Ming was there with the Houston Rockets for games against the Sacramento Kings.
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The 21-year-old Chinese claimed the gold medal of the showcase men&#39;s 110m hurdles before a capacity crowd of 70,000 at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympic Games here on Friday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - With the loonie flying high against the American greenback, Canada will be casting a much wider net - reaching as far as Asia - for new investment and trade opportunities in 2005.