It’s all in a night’s work for CBC’s Adrienne Arsenault, who Saturday morning took middle-of-the-night calls from sources informing her that Marcel Aubut, the president of the Canadian Olympic Committee (aptly acronymed ‘COC’) will be resigning after sexual harassment complaints against him were withdrawn. Continue reading
Congratulations to the CFL, which announced Thursday that all its athletes and employees will undergo yearly mandatory training on violence against women. **insert clap emoji** Yep. Hooray! The training is part of a larger policy on violence against women that was developed in partnership with the Ending Violence Association of Canada. It focuses on acknowledging … Continue reading
Leah-Anne Prosper of Regina, Saskatchewan, has kicked and punched her way into our cold, disgruntled hearts, turning them into a happy puddle of beaming, shining pride. Continue reading
Close to 13 million Canadians tuned in to watch the women’s hockey gold medal game at last month’s Olympics, with a peak of 6.37 million viewers in the dying minutes when Canada mounted their incredible comeback against the U.S. Even our disgraced politicians couldn’t hide their joy During the previous summer games in London, 3.8 … Continue reading
It’s been a busy couple weeks for Shannon Szabados. Just over two weeks ago, the 27 year-old was laying at centre ice of the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi with a gold medal around her neck and her 20 teammates standing behind heras Szabados celebrated a second straight Olympic gold medal win. On Wednesday, Szabados … Continue reading
Source: Getty Images If the Sochi Olympic opening ceremonies have taught us anything, it’s that homosexuality is only ok if you’re make-believe-pretend-gay like tATu (ie: so that boys will like you). And so when Canadian bobsledder Justin Kripps discovered friday that his website – justinkripps.ca – had been shut down, Canadian media openly speculated that … Continue reading
Margaret Wente thinks your girlish figure can’t handle ski jumping. In last Sunday’s Globe and Mail, Margaret Wente wrote: “As more girls and young women flood into athletics, knee injuries have become an epidemic. But people – especially coaches – don’t want to talk about it. And parents often have no idea of the risk … Continue reading
The opening ceremonies are a mere 13 hours away – and we’re off! Stay tuned for updates on protests throughout the 2014 Sochi Games. Continue reading
John Tory thinks women can break the glass ceiling by learning to play golf. I know, I know. That was the title of the article. But I thought it should be repeated. In fact: John Tory thinks women can break the glass ceiling by learning to play golf. Let’s break this down a bit, shall … Continue reading
Today in good news: Women’s hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser was just named Canada’s flag bearer at the 2014 Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremonies. This will be Hayley’s fifth time representing Canada at the Winter Olympics, totally not even including that one time she was Team Canada’s softball team in the summer Olympics. She’s twice been named … Continue reading
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