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Sat, 7 Aug 2021 23:18:00 EDT
Dave Feschuk: Kelsey Mitchell’s ‘one last chance’ in cycling leads to one last gold medal for Canada in Tokyo
Mitchell, discovered at a talent combine four years ago, wins the women’s sprint at the Izu Velodrome.

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 21:20:22 EDT
Bruce Arthur: Damian Warner, the world’s greatest athlete with a pretty good back story, is the right choice to carry the Canadian flag at Tokyo’s closing ceremony
“It is the honour of a lifetime,” the decathlon champions says. “And I understand that this honour could have went to anybody on this team.”

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 17:17:13 EDT
Olympic soccer champion Christine Sinclair is golden in her hometown, too
Community centre that bears her name now also sports a rather large gold medal. As for ex-Jay José Bautista ... make that bronze.

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 18:45:00 EDT
Tokyo Olympics Day 16: Kelsey Mitchell wins gold in track cycling; Damian Warner named Canada's flag-bearer; Ben Preisner 46th in marathon
Ongoing coverage of Team Canada in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 09:27:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 378 COVID-19 cases, most since mid-June
Meanwhile, the Edmonton Elks say two players have been placed in COVID-19 protocols and one staff member is isolating at home following a positive test result.

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 14:45:00 EDT
Watch: Kevin Durant’s greatness, basketball talk and how the athletes saved the Olympics with Doug Smith
On Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop recaps Team USA’s gold medal win in men’s basketball with the Toronto Star’s Doug Smith and recaps a record-setting day for Team Canada at the Olympics.

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDT
The big quit: How the pandemic has spurred what may be the largest wave of resignations in years
Working from home with more time to reflect, more than one in five Canadian professionals say it’s time to look for a new job. Companies are scrambling to keep them — but will it be too little, too late?

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 16:49:00 EDT
Kyle Lowry to the Heat is among the targets of an NBA investigation of sign-and-trade deals
According to an original report by ESPN.com, the NBA is looking into free-agency deals between the Raptors and Heat, and the New Orleans Pelicans and Chicago Bulls.

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 08:00:00 EDT
With the detention of Canadian pop star Kris Wu, has the #MeToo movement finally arrived in China?
Kris Wu is one of the biggest pop stars in China, and was publicly accused of sexual misconduct before being arrested on suspicion of rape in Beijing. He has denied the allegations. The case stands out in the country where charges of sexual assault a...

Sat, 7 Aug 2021 07:00:00 EDT
Want a one-bedroom in this Mount Pleasant community housing building? You’d have had to apply in 1985 — and it’s not an anomaly
‘This just says it all, in terms of the state of the housing crisis,’ says one housing researcher, as a marathon wait-list and lack of new social housing has left people waiting for decades.



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