Canada won its first two medals of the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday in S10 and C4 events. If you were wondering what that means, here’s an explainer on how Paralympic athletes are classified within their sports based on impairment.
Day: August 25, 2021
CBC Sports is extending coverage plans at the Paralympics to include live streams of the first two Canadian women’s sitting volleyball games in coordination with the International Paralympic Committee, Olympic Broadcasting Services and Canadian Paralympic Consortium.
A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions was sentenced to just over six years in prison on Wednesday for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a significant break that reflected his quick decision to co-operate and help agents build cases against others.
Imperial Oil Ltd. plans to build a renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton.
The Yukon government is ending its COVID-19 state of emergency that went into effect in March 2020. “We have learned so much about how to manage COVID since then,” Premier Sandy Silver said in a media briefing Wednesday.