The Markham, Ont., sprinter captured a gold medal in the men’s 200-metre final in Tokyo with a Canadian record time of 19.62 seconds — and his mother is still smiling about it.
Day: August 5, 2021
The Biden administration’s new ban on evictions only applies in areas of the U.S. where COVID-19 cases are surging, leaving millions of Americans unable to pay rent at risk of losing their homes.
Australia’s Keegan Palmer won the last skateboarding gold from the Tokyo Games on Thursday, breaking what had been Japanese domination in all three previous events.
Australia’s government on Thursday pledged the equivalent of $1 billion Cdn to address what is called Indigenous disadvantage, including compensation to thousands of mixed-race children who were taken from their families over decades.
Quebec provincial police will join a special Montreal police squad to fight gun violence, days after a shooting left three people dead in the city’s east end. Community members say the action doesn’t go far enough in addressing the root causes of gun violence in Montreal.