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Sun, 25 Jul 2021 22:07:00 EDTRosie DiManno: Swimmer Maggie Mac Neil flies to Canada’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics: ‘Oh. My. God.’
Mac Neil qualified sixth out of the semifinals but brought it home when it counted at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 19:58:00 EDT
Day 3 Olympics news: Judo champion Jessica Klimkait loses in semifinals, to fight for bronze; Margaret Mac Neil wins Team Canada’s first gold in women’s 100-metre butterfly
Ongoing coverage of Team Canada in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 22:09:52 EDT
Dave Feschuk: Late-race cramping ends Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk’s chances at an Olympic medal
“There’s a thousand different reasons why it could have happened,” says Mislawchuk, who won a test event on the same course two years ago.
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:31:47 EDT
Olympic notables: Tunisian and Japanese swimmers inspire ... and sign up that basketball robot
Ahmed Hafnaoui became the second Tunisian swimmer ever to win gold, while Rikako Ikee has inspired a nation.
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDT
She was found naked in the men’s bathroom. Her family says CAMH failed to protect their ‘eternal child’
The 26-year-old woman loved her teddy bear and the movie “Frozen.” In three weeks in the CAMH early psychosis unit, her family says the psychiatric hospital failed to protect her before she was sexually assaulted by other patients.
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDT
COVID-19 conspiracy theories are spreading online like a virus. An inside look at a dangerous misinformation movement that’s spilling into the real world
Like the virus, the hashtag #nomorelockdowns has spread across borders, taking root in India, the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, where its use has intensified.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Conspiracy theories. Donald Trump followers. Pandemic sees rise in right-wing extremism online in Canada — and report warns of a ‘surge’ as lockdowns lift
A study by the U.K.-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue warns of a potential rise in right-wing extremist activity online in Canada with participants capitalizing on people’s COVID-19 fears while stoking hate against government and minorities, p...
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:31:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 172 cases; Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm test positive for COVID, drop out of Tokyo; Delta variant dominant strain of COVID in Sudbury
Meanwhile, cases of COVID-19 rose sharply last year in Reno, Nevada, when heavy layer of wildfire smoke settled over the city.
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Canada’s next top model: Little Canada. How a businessman spent a decade and $24 million building a giant 3D love letter to his adopted nation
In Little Canada, Jean Louis Brenninkmeijer has tried the impossible — representing the entire country in miniature in a 45,000 square-foot former GoodLife Fitness at Yonge and Dundas