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Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:19:03 EDT
Rosie DiManno: Canadian Kylie Masse completes Tokyo Olympics silver sweep in backstroke
On Tuesday, Masse won silver in the 100-metre backstroke, just behind Australian girl wonder Kaylee McKeown, and she was over the moon with it. On Saturday, it was silver redux in the 200-metre backstroke, just behind McKeown, and she was over the mo...

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:39:00 EDT
Tokyo Olympics Day 8: Kylie Masse wins second silver in 200-metre backstroke; Simone Biles withdraws from vault, uneven bars
Ongoing coverage of Team Canada in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:10:57 EDT
Dave Feschuk: Canada’s Moh Ahmed takes his best shot in the Tokyo 10,000 but can’t hang on to late lead
“Maybe I was little eager,” St. Catharines distance runner says after settling for sixth place.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 16:52:54 EDT
Canada’s surest route to the Olympic basketball quarterfinals is with a win over third-ranked Spain
A loss and Canada’s fate could depend on tiebreakers or what happens in other groups.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 17:21:00 EDT
Ontario won’t loosen COVID-19 restrictions until it hits vaccination goals, Doug Ford says
Ontario could remain under existing COVID-19 restrictions beyond Aug. 6 to allow more time for the province to reach its vaccination goals — and mask mandates will remain in indoor public spaces, Premier Doug Ford says.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 06:05:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Feds warn of fourth COVID-19 wave, driven by Delta variant, if reopening occurs before enough people are vaccinated; travellers from U.S. fined for fake vaccination documents
Meanwhile, Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:16:57 EDT
‘What about us?’ Merchants in Vancouver’s Chinatown say Ottawa is helping others during the pandemic, but letting them be crushed
Merchants in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown say the COVID-19 pandemic is wiping them out and the federal government is doing nothing to help save the treasured community.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:38:56 EDT
Justin Trudeau said Ottawa would ban conversion therapy. Cities across Canada aren’t waiting for him to keep that promise
There’s been “a wave happening across the country” since Vancouver became the first Canadian city in 2018 to ban the provision of conversion therapy, one advocate says.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDT
We relied on these workers through the worst of the pandemic. Will Canada let them stay?
Temporary workers, refugee claimants and the undocumented did jobs deemed essential during the pandemic. But without citizenship or permanent residency, they also lacked access to the same health care and workplace protections as Canadians. Part fo...

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:12:56 EDT
The Raptors’ top pick, Scottie Barnes, is happy to be coming to Toronto. He’s happy about pretty much everything, actually
The No. 4 pick of the draft “has a magnetic personality,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse says, “a high-energy type of personality even when he’s just sitting around talking.”



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