Russian and Canadian women’s ice hockey players wore medical face masks during their Beijing Winter Olympics match on Monday, which also began an hour late. The exact reasons for the delay and the masks was not immediately clear, but these Olympics are taking place in a Covid-secure “closed loop” bubble. Everyone in the bubble must … Read more
MONTREAL – The ongoing truckers’ protest in the Canadian capital is “out of control,” the Ottawa mayor said Sunday, announcing a state of emergency as the city center remained blocked by opponents of anti-Covid measures. The protesters, who first reached the capital on January 29, have parked their big rigs on city streets and put … Read more
Climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics, reducing the number of suitable venues for the event around the globe, a report warned ahead of the Beijing Games. The Olympics in China, which start on February 4, will be the first Winter Games to rely almost 100% on artificial snow, according to the … Read more
ADELAIDE: Iga Swiatek showcased her Australian Open credentials with a 6-1, 6-2 demolition of US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez at the Adelaide International on Thursday. The Pole, who won the 2020 French Open as a 19-year-old, took just 77 minutes to dispose of the Canadian and set up a quarter-final clash against former world number one Victoria … Read more
RIYADH: Bitcoin will emerge as a $100 trillion asset class and grow 100 times more than it is today, Michael Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy, said about the future outlook for Bitcoin in an interview with CNBC. “At the end of the decade, it will have flipped gold, and then it will flip monetary indexes, a little … Read more
Samsung stated last week that it will donate up to $25,000 to the Canadian Olympic Foundation. Samsung has been a long-time supporter of the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the business has announced that it will pay $1,000 for each medal won by Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic, up to a total of $25,000, to … Read more
A 28-year-old Canadian man James Potok had created the panic on a WestJet flight from Toronto-to-Jamaica, after he lied that he had coronavirus. The flight had to make an emergency landing and return back because of his insensitive prank. According to the details, James Potok stood up from his seat and announced that he had … Read more
