Minister of Sport Carla Qualtrough said Tuesday she’ll be announcing a “formal, independent mechanism” early next week to review systemic abuse and human rights violations in Canadian sports. CBC | Sports News
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It was a golden (and silver and bronze) weekend for Canadian athletes
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter catches you up on the wide variety of medals won by Canadian Olympic athletes over the weekend. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian speed skaters collect women’s team sprint bronze in World Cup action
Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin helped Canada to team sprint bronze, posting a time of one minute 28.34 seconds to hold off a trio of Polish women in Stavanger, Norway. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Iranian activist says Iran won’t let his parents leave the country
Canadian Iranian human rights activist Hamed Esmaeilion — who lost his wife and child in the destruction of Flight PS752 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — says his parents have now been banned from leaving Iran, despite their permanent resident status in Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Dubai climate talks focus on health as Canadian doctors warn patients already seeing impacts
The evacuation of several hospitals this summer in the Northwest Territories is the latest example of how climate change can impact medical services, says Dr. Courtney Howard, an emergency room physician in Yellowknife. Howard is one of a group of Canadian doctors in Dubai this week at COP28. CBC | World News
Read More »Global Affairs confirms 8th Canadian death since start of Israel-Hamas war
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Read More »Canadian swimmer Ilya Kharun wins gold, sets meet record in 200m butterfly at U.S. Open
Canada’s Ilya Kharun swam to gold in the men’s 200-metre butterfly while setting a meet record at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt wins World Cup bronze in Norway
Canada’s Alexandria Loutitt earned a bronze medal from the first World Cup ski jumping event of the season on Saturday in Lillehammer, Norway. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian skier Broderick Thompson in hospital with head injuries after training-run crash
Canadian skier Broderick Thompson is in hospital with head injuries after falling Wednesday during training ahead of this weekend’s World Cup races in Beaver Creek, Col. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Former Afghan interpreter for Canadian Armed Forces arrested by the Taliban, family says
Bashir Ahmad Azizi, a former Canadian Armed Forces military interpreter, has been arrested by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, CBC News has learned. Azizi and his family have been in hiding for two years as they await immigration paperwork that would allow them to come to Canada. CBC | World News
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