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Publication Date: March 10, 2026 - 09:27
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Canada's Natalie Wilkie skis to 3rd medal of Milano Cortina, earning sprint classic bronze
March 10, 2026
Canadian Para nordic skiing star Natalie Wilkie has now won a medal of every colour at the Milano-Cortina Paralympics, adding bronze in the women's standing sprint classic on Tuesday in Val di Fiemme.
Leadership conventions sometimes generate unexpected results. For the NDP in 2026, there was very little to be surprised about: Avi Lewis, widely considered the frontrunner since the beginning of the race, clinched the NDP leadership on the first ballot with 56 percent of the vote.
The day before, a Lewis-aligned “change, together” slate of candidates had swept the executive of the NDP, foreshadowing what was to come in the party’s leadership at the highest level. Today, they and their new leader are newly responsible for moving the party forward from a very challenging decade.
Since...
March 29, 2026 - 11:57 | Alex Cool-Fergus | Walrus
March 29, 2026 - 11:56 | Quentin Dufranne | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Avi Lewis, a polarizing figure within the party who twice failed to win a federal seat in past elections and has never held elected office, is the new NDP leader.
Lewis, a skilled communicator, will face a number of challenges in the coming months, including the need to win a seat in the House of Commons and rebuilding a party that was reduced to just seven seats in last year’s federal election, and has since lost one of its members to a defection to the governing Liberals But perhaps his greatest obstacle will be to convince Canadians that the party is again relevant in...
March 29, 2026 - 11:51 | Simon Tuck | National Post



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