Lawyers for the five former 2018 World Juniors hockey players charged with sexual assault are scheduled to appear virtually in a London court this morning.
It’s possible a date for the players’ judge and jury trial will be set today.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner was robbed in an armed carjacking outside a movie theatre in May 2022.
Police announced a pair of arrests nearly a year later, citing months of “non-stop legwork” investigating the robbery.
Now, court documents show a Crown attorney has

Former Ontario chief justice Lise Maisonneuve will lead the Future of Sport in Canada Commission, Minister of Sport Carla Qualtrough announced today.
Noni Classen, a highly-regarded official with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, will be one of Maisonneuve's advisors.

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Sudarshan Maharaj, the Anaheim Ducks’ goaltending coach since 2016, previously told his team’s players and staff that he was given a 20-40% chance of survival in May 2023 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
After major surgeries and 11

'Obviously we're looked upon as kind of gods here.'

This is the sort of quote that belies the media training most hockey stars begin receiving long before they become professionals.

Multiple cases of sexual assault and human trafficking have been dismissed in Ontario since December because the federal government has not hired enough judges and judicial vacancies are leading to significant delays in cases.
The Supreme Court has said cases in Superior Court

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The Greater Toronto Hockey League in early March 2023 said it had opened multiple investigations into allegations that some teams and the non-profit companies that run them have been inappropriately bought and sold.
It was, according to the president of the Don Mills Flyers, a

The Queens Park Ladies are a U12 girl's soccer team that played this year in a 12-team boy's league in Bournemouth, England.
The Ladies, who were originally told by league officials they couldn't play against the boys, went undefeated, finishing the year with 18 wins, four ties

Food for thought as Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh and her teammates gear up for the Paris Olympics.
New reporting documents that 23 of China's best swimmers - half its national team - tested positive for a banned substance in early 2021.
It was an unusual

A former gymnast alleges in a new lawsuit that she was sexually abused for years by her coach.
Months before the coach was hired at her club in Oakville, he was fired by a different club in Ottawa, the lawsuit alleges, for sending inappropriate social media messages to a

A former gymnast alleges in a new lawsuit that she was sexually abused for years by her coach.
Months before the coach was hired at her club in Oakville, he was fired by a different club in Ottawa, the lawsuit alleges, for sending inappropriate social media messages to a

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Three 17-year-old Manitoba males face criminal charges of sexual assault linked to hazing on a high school hockey team, the RCMP said today.
The players are accused of sexual assaults on five rookie teammates aged 15 and 16 in two separate incidents. Both alleged incidents

Three 17-year-old Manitoba males face criminal charges of sexual assault linked to hazing on a high school hockey team, the RCMP said today.
The players are accused of sexual assaults on five rookie teammates aged 15 and 16 in two separate incidents. Both alleged incidents

The private equity firm that owns CCM is selling the hockey equipment company, The Globe and Mail reports, citing unnamed sources.
Birch Hill Equity Partners paid $110M seven years ago to buy CCM from Adidas. Since then, CCM, one of hockey's biggest equipment companies, has more