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Thu, 29 Jul 2021 22:09:34 EDT
Dave Feschuk: Tokyo gold in women’s eight moves Canada past its rowing pains and it couldn’t have come at a better time
Canada not only pulled off an upset over the reigning world champions from New Zealand and ended the United States’ Olympic dynasty, it also helped right a national program that appeared to be charting a dangerously wayward course, Dave Feschuk wri...

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 18:47:00 EDT
Tokyo Olympics Day 7: Rosie MacLennan fourth in trampoline, Canadian women’s eight rowers win first gold since 1992; Oleksiak misses bronze by slimmest of margins
Ongoing coverage of Team Canada in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 22:24:34 EDT
Bruce Arthur: Penny Oleksiak’s push for a seventh medal comes up just short in 100-metre freestyle
Toronto swimmer finishes seven one-hundredths of a second off the podium.

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:07:28 EDT
The Tokyo Olympics are proving a lesson in the science of sweat; an archer collapsed in the heat and tennis players are wilting on court
Temperatures to soar above 30C again for the next week as high humidity renders the heat stifling.

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 19:21:31 EDT
A fourth wave of COVID-19 could fundamentally divide Ontarians, expert warns
Ontarians would struggle if a fourth wave of COVID-19 were to hit, possibly leading to a “fundamentally divisive point in our society,” says the co-chair of the province’s science table.

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:04:00 EDT
Health experts say a fourth wave is likely this fall — businesses are asking for a ‘stay open’ plan just in case
Ontario is being asked to keep businesses open if COVID-19 cases rise in the fall and to increase financial support for small businesses. Further lockdowns will be the death knell for countless businesses, representatives say.

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 19:39:36 EDT
Saudi official in exile in Canada admits he made at least $385M — and says there’s ‘nothing unusual’ about it
Saad Aljabri, the high-profile former Saudi intelligence official now exiled in Toronto, has given his most full-throated defence yet against fraud and embezzlement allegations against him

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDT
COVID-19 put migrant farm workers like Luis at risk. Would it also help him achieve a longtime dream?
For three decades he came to Canada to work our farms. Then the pandemic changed the landscape. Would new appreciation of his essential role finally help this migrant worker put down roots? Part three of a series.

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:13:28 EDT
Canada’s international students are becoming less diverse. Here’s why Ottawa says that’s a problem
More and more foreign students are coming from the same countries, concentrating in particular school programs and provinces, and that can spell trouble for the country’s international education sector, says a new study from Statistics Canada.

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:24:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 218 COVID-19 cases, three deaths; more than 80 per cent of eligible Ontarians now have at least one dose of vaccine
Meanwhile, calls for the Ontario government to take leadership on vaccine credentials or so-called “vaccine passports” are increasing from both business and health advocates; Israel to offer booster shot to people over 60.



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