When Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse carried the country’s hopes and expectations to the 2016 Rio Olympics, his mom worried about the crushing weight on his angular shoulders. As it turned out, there was no need to worry.
Day: July 21, 2021
Minister Qualtrough will represent Canada at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
On July 21, 2021, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, issued the following statement on COVID-19.
U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since the Second World War, public health officials said Wednesday. The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse.
The International Olympic Committee said women’s participation in Tokyo will be 49 per cent, up from 45 per cent at Rio, a nearly even split with the men. The IOC added 18 new events to the Tokyo Games in a push toward gender equity.