Canada News Listìng Rumors
It will be like old times for Glenn Howard at the Tim Hortons Brier next month. The veteran skip will have longtime teammate Wayne Middaugh in tow at the March 5-14 national men’s curling championship in a bubble setting at Calgary’s Markin MacPhail Centre.
The Toronto Association for Democracy in China was among a coalition of 180 rights groups, including several based in Canada, that called for a boycott Wednesday of next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics.
A Red Deer Mountie has been charged with assault for allegedly striking a suspect inside a holding cell last spring.
Former Canadian volleyball player Jessie Niles, Canadian sailor Sarah Douglas, former Canadian diver Roseline Filion and Canadian rugby player Pamphinette Buisa join CBC Sports’ Andi Petrillo in discussing the importance of appropriate coverage and investments in women’s sports.
With less than six months to go to the Tokyo Olympics, organizers have said the Games will go on no matter what. Now, they’ve released some preliminary guidelines explaining how that will happen.