Canada’s women’s softball team beat Australia 7-1 on Saturday in Japan, putting itself in prime position to play for the country’s first-ever Olympic medal.
Day: July 24, 2021
Canada’s men’s volleyball team suffered a gut-wrenching defeat to Italy in its opening game of Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, losing 3-2 (28-26, 25-18, 25-21, 25-18, 15-11) as the tournament kicked off where the sport made its Olympic debut in 1964.
While there are high-profile stories of fully vaccinated people getting infected, data shows they make up a small percentage of new infections. Experts say vaccines remains highly effective and will prevent people from getting very sick.
As COVID-19 cases rise, Australia has tightened travel restrictions and put half its population back into lockdown. For one Canadian woman in Australia, it means she can’t go see her family in Canada. For an Australian family in Vancouver, it’s resulted in uncertainty over when they can go home.
Today, the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke with Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.