Canada's Reece Howden wins gold at World Cup ski cross event in Italy

Canada's Reece Howden raced to a gold-medal victory on Saturday at the ski cross World Cup stop in Innichen, Italy.The Cultus Lake, B.C., native was the lone Canadian to make it to the finals and held off silver medallist Alex Fiva, of Switzerland, to be the first to cross the finish line."I was just happy to be able to make some corrections for today and ski cleaner, for the most part, and just send it," Howden said. "Last race before Christmas, there's no reason leaving anything in the tank."T