The impact from the new COVID-19 variant is being felt in the sports world. The Winter Universiade in Lucerne, Switzerland, was cancelled on Monday, less than two weeks before the Games were scheduled to open.
Day: November 29, 2021
The province must invest in culturally specific health-care services for Black communities, the Lionel Desmond inquiry has heard.
Yukon now has the highest rate of deaths due to opioids in the country at 48.4 deaths per 100,000 people, more than double the Canada-wide rate of 19.4. “This is shocking,” said Heather Jones, the territory’s chief coroner.
Hundreds of women may have been victimized as teens by a Calgary teacher who died by suicide after he was charged with sexual offences against former students, according to lawyers who launched $40-million lawsuit.
Alexia Putellas won the women’s Ballon d’Or award for the first time on Monday after an outstanding season with Barcelona and Spain. Canadians Christine Sinclair, Ashley Lawrence and Jessie Fleming were in the mix while Lionel Messi won a record-extending seventh men’s honour.