Jul 31 2021 — CBC — Canada’s pool party in Tokyo is getting out of hand — in a good way. Kylie Masse is Canada’s latest swimmer to capture a medal, winning a silver in the women’s 200-metre backstroke Saturday morning in Tokyo. It’s Masse’s second silver medal at these Games and Canada’s fifth in the pool. Masse was second in […]
Jul 30 2021 — CBC — Canada’s women’s eight crew captured gold on the final day of Olympic rowing at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo on Friday, winning the event for the first time in 29 years. It is Canada’s third gold medal at Tokyo 2020. New Zealand claimed silver, finishing ahead of bronze winners China. Canada finished with a […]
Jul 29 2021 — Associated Press — Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ, has died, his family said. Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family said in a statement. […]
Jul 28 2021 — The Canadian Press — Canada has its first rowing medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Victoria’s Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens of Surrey, B.C., took bronze on Thursday in the women’s pair with a time of six minutes 52.10 seconds. The 2018 world champions finished behind the gold-medal winning duo of Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler of New Zealand (6:50.19) […]
Jul 28 2021 — CBC — With history on the line and a country watching with anticipation, Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak was feeling the pressure Wednesday morning at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Minutes before her 200-metre freestyle race, Oleksiak was doing everything she could to calm herself down. “I had a moment where I literally thought I was going to pass […]
Jul 27 2021 — CBC — Maude Charron has won a gold medal in the women’s 64-kilogram weightlifting. Charron lifted 105 kilograms in the snatch, and 131 in the clean & jerk to in Canada’s second gold medal of the Tokyo Games.
Jul 27 2021 — CBC — Canada’s Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard delivered a historic performance Tuesday inside Tokyo’s Budokan arena, the spiritual home of Japanese martial arts. Beauchemin-Pinard, a Montreal native, defeated Venezuela’s Anriquelis Barrios to capture a bronze medal in the women’s -under-63 kg judo category. Before these Tokyo Olympics, a Canadian woman had never
Jul 27 2021 — Global News — Canada finally broke its medal drought in Olympic softball Tuesday, battling occasional rain to win the bronze against Mexico in a 3-2 nailbiter in Tokyo.
Jul 27 2021 — CBC — Swimmer Kylie Masse is Canada’s latest medallist in the pool. The Lasalle, Ont., native narrowly missed the gold medal in the women’s 100-metre backstroke, earning a well deserved silver on Tuesday in Tokyo. “I upgraded from 2016, so I am really happy with that,” said Masse, who won bronze at this event in Rio. “It […]
Jul 26 2021 — The Canadian Press — Former “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” cast member Cathy Jones says her controversial criticisms of COVID-19 measures didn’t hamper her relationships on set in her final season of the CBC series. Jones tells The Canadian Press she plans to pursue other creative ambitions after wrapping her nearly three-decade-long run on the satirical news show. Jones […]
Jul 26 2021 — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm and Awkwafina have joined this week's Just for Laughs Montreal virtual awards show. Organizers say the actors are among the special celebrity guests in the online event, which will stream for free across Canada this Wednesday on the festival website, hahaha.com. Actors Jamie Dornan, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Matt Rogers […]
Jul 26 2021 — CBC — It was an emotional day in Tokyo on Monday, as Canadians posted national records and earned a historic bronze medal in judo.
Jul 25 2021 — CTV News — Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil has won the gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly swim event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Mac Neil, who is a part of the women’s 4 x 100-metre freestyle relay team who won silver Saturday, beat out China and Australia for the top spot.
Jul 25 2021 — CBC — In their first Olympics together, Canadian divers Jennifer Abel and Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu showed poise, patience and precision to land on the podium on Sunday afternoon in Tokyo. Abel and Citrini-Beaulieu captured silver in the women’s synchronized three-metre springboard competition to secure Canada’s second medal at these Olympics. The two fought back tears as they hugged […]
Jul 24 2021 — Mark Kennedy — NEW YORK (AP) — Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93. Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul […]