Fadi Salback began playing soccer at a young age. His dream was to go to Europe and play in a professional league. Now he plays for Ukraine’s Podillya Khmelnytskyi FC.
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Canadian Sports History Not Naïve of Exclusion
Sports has the ability to unite Canada, show the recently released findings of an Association for Canadian Studies survey. “A majority of Canadians agree that sports break down linguistic and cultural barriers to unite people,” the report…
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Football Legend’s Story Teaches Timely Lessons
Racial profiling by police is not a new phenomenon. The ability to now document aggression by law enforcement against African Americans and other racialized people and broadcast the footage around the world makes this long-standing…
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Syrian Refugees to Get a Taste of Canadian Culture
Syrian refugees will have the chance to immerse themselves in Canadian culture for free, thanks to a new initiative announced on Friday. The Canada Council for the Arts and Sun Life Financial have teamed up to give financial…
View More Syrian Refugees to Get a Taste of Canadian CultureSato Cup Showcases Growth of Karate in B.C.
Karate practitioners from Saskatchewan and Quebec came to B.C. recently to compete at the Sato Cup Invitational Karate Tournament on Nov. 14. Some competitors traveled from outside the country to test their skills. They came from places…
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The Indian ice hockey team will conduct their first tour of North America when they visit the Canadian hockey outfit Brampton Beast. Brampton Beast, an affiliate of top National Hockey League (NHL) club Montreal Canadiens,…
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Celebrating Historical Impact of Asahi Ball Team
It was a celebration of Japanese Canadian history and community at the 10th annual Asahi tribute baseball game, which took place at Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver, British Columbia last weekend. The Asahi was a Japanese…
View More Celebrating Historical Impact of Asahi Ball TeamSoccer Tournament Celebrates Calgary’s Diversity
Unlike other places in the west coast of Canada, such as Vancouver and Victoria, Calgary’s sports annual event calendar is typically split by these two classifications – indoor and outdoor. This year, the Calgary United…
View More Soccer Tournament Celebrates Calgary’s DiversityCricket in Canada: Over 200 Years Old
Cricket is often viewed as an exotic or foreign sport in Canada, but the truth of the matter is that the game has been played in this country for the better part of a century,…
View More Cricket in Canada: Over 200 Years Old‘Mocking my propah accent feels like racism’
In March of this year, I will have lived in Canada for 10 years. I moved here from England in 2003 with my husband and two kids, aged 14 and 5. At the time, I…
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