Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah slid to a bronze medal in the women’s monobob event at a World Cup event in Park City, Utah on Friday. The 32-year-old finished behind American gold medallist Kaillie Humphries, while Germany’s Lisa Buckwitz took silver. Winnipeg’s Bianca Ribi finished 0.75 seconds back of a spot on the podium, ending up in seventh place. Ribi won gold last […]
Alvie Burden is one of the last surviving Black Canadian veterans who served in the Second World War. Alvie’s youngest son Kelly sat beside his father in Armstrong, B.C., where Alvie now lives, prompting some of Alvie’s stories and filling in some blanks. “Don’t ever go back to war, isn’t that what you said before?” […]
Jerome Blake of Kelowna, B.C., surged down the straightaway to edge American Elijah Hall at the finish line in a winning time of 20.14 seconds in the men’s 200 metres at the 61st Ostrava Golden Spike track and field meet on Tuesday in the Czech Republic. Blake’s performance into a slight headwind on a comfortable […]
