Australian Kaylee McKeown wins gold with an Olympic record of 57.47 seconds.

Ongoing coverage of Team Canada in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The 21-year-old has always been a natural swimmer, jumping from her mother’s arms when she was nine months old.

Tokyo started from behind, Bruce Arthur writes. There’s a pandemic going on, and the Olympics aren’t built to operate in a pandemic.

Ottawa and Grassy Narrows First Nation have signed a long awaited deal that ensures $90 million is provided for a care home designed to treat survivors who have been poisoned by mercury.

Meanwhile, hundreds of contract doctors walked off their jobs in Malaysian government hospitals on Monday, demanding fairer treatment for more than 20,000 physicians.

COVID-19 vaccination rates are still lagging in some of the city’s poorest neighbourhoods. Community leaders are redoubling efforts to close the gap.

Premier Doug Ford says his government’s “comprehensive” plan to get students back to school, learning in person full time, will soon be released.

The trio are the first Indigenous women to occupy each of their positions, making Monday’s events — devoid of the pre-pandemic pageantry that usually accompanies such appointments — momentous all the same.

Canada’s hairdressers, food services, house cleaners and transportation companies are facing an influx of demand that is poised to send service prices even higher.

Northern Ontario has seen almost double the number of wildfires this year compared to the 10-year average — with officials blaming drought and lightning conditions.

The Alberta premier has sprung to the defence of trucks, kicking a hornet’s nest in the province and reviving debates about identify, road safety and, as questions about climate-change heat up, what exactly will have to give.