Pre-tournament action for the 2025 World Junior Championship is underway, with Canada holding on for the 7-1 victory over Switzerland at TD Place in Ottawa on Thursday evening. Canada scored four goals in the first period, with Brayden Yager, Andrew Gibson, Caden Price and Easton Cowan all scoring early. No goals were scored in the...
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Canada dumps Switzerland 7-1 in pre-tournament game ahead of world juniors – Medicine Hat News
By The Canadian Press on December 19, 2024. Canada’s Tanner Howe (23) battles with Switzerland’s Nils Rhyn (14) as goaltender Elijah Neuenschwander (30) looks on during second-period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-tournament action in Ottawa on Thursday, December 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA – Easton Cowan scored a hat trick to lead...
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World’s steepest cable car begins operations in Switzerland
On Saturday, December 14, 2024, the world’s steepest cable car officially began operations. This milestone marks the opening of a new direct connection between Stechelberg and Mürren, inaugurated the day prior during a VIP ceremony. It marks the completion of the first major construction phase of the SCHILTHORNBAHN 20XX project: the opening of the new...
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Canada set for first pre-World Juniors test vs. Switzerland on TSN | TSN
With their roster set and a bonding trip to Petawawa, Ont., complete, Team Canada is set for their first test ahead of the World Juniors as pre-tournament action begins Thursday. Canada will face Switzerland in the first of their three pre-tournament games as head coach Dave Cameron looks to set his lines and perhaps establish...
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Switzerland breaks neutrality, votes to ban Hezbollah after outlawing Hamas, cutting UNRWA funding
By All Israel News, Thursday, December 19, 2024 Sheikh Naim Qassem, a prominent Hezbollah figure, delivers an impassioned speech during the funeral of Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 22, 2024. | Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images via AFP In a departure from their longstanding position of political neutrality, Switzerland voted to ban...
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The world’s steepest cable car just opened in this European country
Have you heard of set-jetting? No, that’s not a typo: it’s a travel trend where people journey to destinations that have been featured in movies or TV shows, and it’s set to be bigger than ever in 2025. And if you’re a James Bond fan in particular, listen up – the world’s steepest cable car...
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World’s Steepest Cableway In Switzerland Opens To The Public
With a gradient of 159.4 per cent, this cableway holds the record as the steepest in the world. It provides a rapid four-minute connection between the valley floor and the car-free mountain village of Mürren, traversing a height of 775 metres over a distance of 1,194 metres. The two cable cars, designed by Carvatech in...
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Indian Origin Student Wears Lehenga To Graduation Ceremony In Switzerland, Internet Reacts
New Delhi: An Indian origin student Lakshmi Kumari has gathered eyeballs on social media for wearing a lehenga at her convocation ceremony in Switzerland. A student of law studies in German from University of Basel, Ms Kumari flaunted the Indian attire at her graduation ceremony. She ordered the lehenga designed by Anisha Shetty from a...
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Lindsey Vonn Returns to World Cup Ski Racing in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Legendary ski racer Lindsey Vonn will return to World Cup Ski Racing in St. Moritz, Switzerland, this weekend. After stepping away from racing in 2019 after a string of persistent injuries, Vonn underwent a partial knee replacement in April. That surgery, it seems, has left her feeling good to go. Only a month after return to racing, Vonn has qualified for the World...
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Thompson, Howden are golden as Canada dominates ski cross World Cup in Switzerland
AROSA — Marielle Thompson led a Canadian sweep of the women’s podium Tuesday while Reece Howden raced to gold in the men’s event as Canada’s freestyle skiers dominated the second stop of the World Cup ski cross season. Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., raced to her 33rd career World Cup ski cross gold ahead of India...
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World’s steepest cable car reaches record 2,543 feet in 4 minutes
Switzerland has officially unveiled the world’s steepest cable car, a remarkable engineering feat nestled within the stunning Bernese Alps. With an astounding gradient of 159.4%, the new cableway connects Stechelberg village on the valley floor to the mountain village of Mürren. The newly unveiled marvel is part of the ambitious Schilthornbahn 20XX project, aimed at...
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World News | Switzerland’s Suspension of India’s MFN Status Will Not Impact Bilateral Relations: Swiss Embassy | LatestLY
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Switzerland’s suspension of India’s Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status will not impact the bilateral relations between the two countries, according to the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi. In response to a question from ANI regarding the potential effects of this decision on Swiss investments in India, the embassy clarified,...