CBC News: The House46:24Hockey Canada’s scandal deepens Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge discusses her reaction to the latest allegations of sexual assault by junior hockey players and how the government is responding. The program also looks into high-profile cases of harassment against journalists and activists, before digital policy experts Emily Laidlaw and Yuan Stevens discuss what
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HERNING, Denmark – Victoria Bach and several Canadian teammates took full advantage of the sustained offensive-zone time Japan gave them in Sunday’s 9-0 win at the women’s world hockey championship. Bach scored the first world championship goal of her career on Canada’s first shot of the game, set up the first for teammate Emma Maltais
Warning: This story contains sexually graphic details that may be disturbing to readers. As calls mount for the leaders of Canada’s national hockey organization to resign over sexual misconduct scandals, federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling for ”change” within the organization. St-Onge told CBC Radio’s The House that she was horrified by details of a video a man said
HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Defending champion Canada trounced Japan 9-0 at the women’s world ice hockey championship on Sunday, with eight players contributing goals in the one-sided encounter, to top the Group A standings ahead of the United States. The record 11-time tournament winners wasted little time in getting off the mark when Victoria Bach
Victoria Bach and several Canadian teammates took full advantage of the sustained offensive-zone time Japan gave them in Sunday’s 9-0 win at the women’s world hockey championship. Bach scored the first world championship goal of her career on Canada’s first shot of the game, set up the first for teammate Emma Maltais and had another
LONDON, Ont.—At the raised podium in front of the London Muslim Mosque, Nazem Kadri put the microphone down, reached for the Stanley Cup trophy, hoisted it up and kissed it, sending an admiring crowd into a lengthy frenzied cheer. He was, practically speaking, home. “These are the streets I grew up on, this is the
Sarah Fillier thought about it for an instant, but made her Plan B work instead. Canada’s youngest player at the women’s world hockey championship scored twice in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Switzerland in Herning’s Kvik Hockey Arena. The 22-year-old from Georgetown, Ont., spotted Canada a 2-0 lead by the second period, but there was a
LONDON, Ont. – The Calgary Flames’ Nazem Kadri will be bringing the Stanley Cup to his hometown today. Kadri, 31, won it for the first time with the Colorado Avalanche this past season. The Cup celebration will begin at 12 p.m. ET from London Muslim Mosque and head to Victoria Park. The forward had a
Nazem Kadri walked out the front doors of the London Muslim Mosque on Saturday and hoisted the Stanley Cup as he celebrated winning hockey’s highest trophy with his hometown community. The 31-year-old won the Cup in June as a member of the Colorado Avalanche and is believed to be the first member of his faith to become
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The United States scored three goals in the second period and Gabby Graves-Wake and Hope Bevilhymer combined for the shutout as they defeated Canada 5-0 in Friday’s opening game of the four-team Para Ice Hockey Women’s World Challenge. Kelsey DiClaudio scored twice for the Americans, while Catherin Faherty, Madison Eberhard and
A Canadian Olympic champion says she was asked to sit on a Hockey Canada oversight committee — but the offer was withdrawn after she lobbied for leadership change in response to the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the organization in recent months. Rower and three-time Olympic gold medallist Marnie McBean said she was approached by the high-profile
Women’s professional hockey is expanding in North America, but remains divided. The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association (PWHPA) possessing the bulk of player star power in Canada and the United States has a league in development with Billie Jean King and Mark Walter, co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, as potential backers. The Premier Hockey
Stanley Cup champion Nazem Kadri is a role model for thousands of hockey-playing Muslim children in Canada, but things were different in the 1990s when he was getting started in the sport. “Growing up watching the NHL, I didn’t really see anybody that looked like me or resembled my background,” said Kadri, 31, who grew up in London, Ont., one of five children
HERNING, Denmark – Sarah Nurse says the timing couldn’t be better to be the first woman to grace the cover of EA Sports’ NHL 23. The 27-year-old from Hamilton joined Anaheim Ducks centre Trevor Zegras as the faces of the video game’s next edition unveiled Thursday. Nurse, who contributed a goal and an assist in
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are moving “full steam ahead” with reviving the World Cup in 2024, deputy commissioner Bill Daly said yesterday. The plan, according to Daly, is for
SASKATOON – Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock has resigned as coach of the University of Saskatchewan’s men’s hockey team after just one season at the helm. The Saskatchewan Huskies announced Thursday that Brandin Cote, who served as an associate coach under Babcock last year, has been named team’s new interim head coach. Babcock
Nazem Kadri will walk through the doors of the London Muslim Mosque in southwestern Ontario with the Stanley Cup this weekend as part of a hometown celebration the 31-year-old NHL star wanted by design. Kadri, the only son of five children born in London to Lebanese parents, is believed to be the first Muslim player to
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights bolstered their forward depth by signing veteran Phil Kessel to a one-year, $1.5 million deal Wednesday. The 34-year-old Kessel spent the past three seasons with the Arizona Coyotes. The two-time Stanley Cup champion has 399 goals and 557 assists in 1,204 career games with Boston, Toronto, Pittsburgh