Laurent Dubreuil picked up where he left off on Friday, soaring to bronze in the men’s 500 metres at the speed skating World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Germany took three of six possible medals in World Cup skeleton racing on Friday, including a sweep of the golds with Tina Hermann winning the women’s race and Axel Jungk getting the men’s win.
Italy’s Sofia Goggia opened up the women’s World Cup downhill season on top of the podium with a victory Friday at Lake Louise. Goggia finished in a time of one minute 46.95 seconds, ahead of American Breezy Johnson and Austria’s Mirjam Puchner.
Three Canadian swimmers picked up wins during the first day of the International Swimming League (ISL) final match on Friday in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Iqaluit’s lengthy water crisis is putting strain on the city and the people who run it. “We’re offering $32 per hour to hand out water, but we’ve only hired a couple of people,” says Mayor Kenny Bell. “We just need more staff.”