Canada’s Kharun swims to gold, Liendo takes bronze in 50m butterfly at World Cup finale in Toronto

Canadian swimmer Ilya Kharun captured his second gold medal in as many days at the World Cup finale in Toronto with a thrilling win in the men’s 50-metre butterfly final on Saturday. Montreal’s Kharun, who also won Friday’s 200m butterfly, clocked a time of 21.80 seconds to narrowly beat Switzerland’s Noe Ponti by one one-hundredth…

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Teachers and supporters gather in Alberta education minister’s riding as back-to-work legislation looms

Protesters from across Alberta gathered Saturday in the southwest Calgary community of West Springs, located in the provincial electoral district of Calgary-Bow — a seat that’s been held by Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides since 2019. The gathering, organized by Public Interest Alberta, saw Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) members and supporters door-knock and drop off yellow…

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Canadians Liendo, Kharun capture gold medals at swimming World Cup in Toronto

Canadians Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun continued their stellar performances at the swimming World Cup event in Toronto on Friday.  Liendo captured gold in the men’s 100-metre freestyle, while Kharun won the 200m butterfly event.  Toronto’s Liendo broke Brent Hayden’s Canadian record in time of 45.30 seconds, ahead of Americans Jack Alexy (45.55) and Chris…

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