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Rick Westhead

@rwesthead

Author, journalist with The Sports Network, CTV. Former Toronto Star foreign correspondent & contributor to NY Times 🇨🇦 [email protected]
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calendar_today17-07-2008 11:24:51

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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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From Rick Westhead - Former gymnast files $2.65 million lawsuit alleging Gymnastics Canada, others failed to stop predator: tsn.ca/other-sports/f…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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From Rick Westhead: A former Toronto Argonauts strength and conditioning coach has amended her wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the CFL team and quarterback Chad Kelly, including specific allegations of bad behaviour by the league’s highest-paid player and reigning Most…

From @rwesthead: A former Toronto Argonauts strength and conditioning coach has amended her wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the CFL team and quarterback Chad Kelly, including specific allegations of bad behaviour by the league’s highest-paid player and reigning Most…
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A Quebec judge today authorized former Chicoutimi Saguenéens player Carl Latulippe to proceed with a class action lawsuit against the CHL, the QMJHL and its teams.
In a ruling released this morning, Quebec Superior Court judge Jacques Bouchard said additional players who are part…

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New: Lawyers for the five former 2018 World Juniors hockey players charged with sexual assault appeared virtually in a London court this afternoon.
A judge instructed lawyers during the brief hearing to file pre-trial motions before Oct. 23 and scheduled 15 days beginning Nov.…

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A former Western University student filmed himself having sex with an-18-year-old woman without informing her that he was recording their encounter and then posted the video on Snapchat.
The man, who is now a 21-year-old sports agent in Montreal with 15 clients, was recently…

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Confirming Canada Soccer in talks with the French Football Federation to schedule a friendly between the countries' men's national teams before the Copa America tournament.
Canada's MNT has already committed to play against Netherlands on June 6 in Rotterdam.
Canada Soccer…

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