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Players on Canada’s senior women’s hockey teams are demanding a “thorough and transparent investigation” into recent allegations of sexual assault involving Hockey Canada teams, and say the organization has a lot to do to address “toxic behaviour” in the sport. The players from Canada’s most recent Olympic and world championship …
Read More »Ex-Afghan interpreter praised by top soldier is still in the dark about his immigration status
Saturday will mark a year since Ottawa created a special program to prioritize immigration applications from Afghans who worked with the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian government, along with their family members. One former interpreter — whose work earned him a letter of appreciation from Canada’s current chief of the defence staff, Gen. Wayne Eyre …
Read More »Meet the teen hockey phenom who went from a backyard Yukon rink to the top WHL draft pick
Last hockey season was a good one for Gavin McKenna in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League’s U18 division. He was their top scorer with 65 points in 35 games. McKenna’s outstanding performance led to him becoming the first overall draft pick by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the upcoming Western Hockey League …
Read More »Boris Johnson to face grilling today after resignation of 2 top ministers
A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to stay in power Wednesday after his government was rocked by the resignation of two top ministers, who said they could no longer serve under his scandal-plagued leadership. The most immediate challenge for the leader, who only narrowly survived a no-confidence vote …
Read More »Jan. 6 committee subpoenas top Trump White House lawyer Pat Cipollone
The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who is said to have stridently warned against former president Donald Trump’s efforts to try to overturn his election loss. It’s the first public step the committee has taken since …
Read More »Sports leaders top list of new Order of Canada appointees
Canadian sports icons including Stacey Allaster, Donovan Bailey and Angela James are among the 85 new appointees to the Order of Canada this year. This year’s list of appointees also includes Canada’s first Indigenous female MP, the first MP for Nunavut, and a number of contributors to the arts, including Emmy nominated actress Sandra Oh. …
Read More »Ukraine and staying united top of mind as G7 leaders gather in Germany
The leaders of the world’s top democratic economies arrived in Germany on Sunday, beginning a week of meetings where they will be under intense pressure to do more for Ukraine in its war with Russia and to stick together. The meeting of G7 leaders in Schloss Elmau, nestled in the …
Read More »Canada’s Bennedict Mathurin, Shaedon Sharpe go back-to-back in top 10 of NBA draft
Canadians Bennedict Mathurin and Shaedon Sharpe were selected back-to-back in the first round of Thursday’s NBA draft. Mathurin, a 20-year-old from Montreal, was selected sixth by the Indiana Pacers. Moments later, the Portland Trail Blazers took Sharpe, a 19-year-old from London, Ont., at No. 7. It’s only the second time …
Read More »No token hires: Putting women in top jobs in men’s sports is about winning
When Cammi Granato was young, she had a fantasy: she and her hockey-mad brothers would win the lottery and buy a hockey team and manage it together. This plan, they figured, was the only way Granato, as a girl, would be able to contribute. Tony and Don Granato went on …
Read More »Particularly in the north, the opioid crisis is top of mind this Ontario election
When Felicia Fahey heads to the ballot box June 2, her cousin, Steven Legault, will be top of mind. In September 2020, Legault died of an accidental overdose. “It just rocked our entire family. He was just like a brother to me. … to see him succumb to something that was so …
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