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Odd summer timing and an ongoing sexual assault scandal at Hockey Canada could be the reason thousands of tickets to the World Junior Hockey Championship are still available on the eve of the tournament, says one outside observer.
Former Supreme Court of Canada judge Thomas Cromwell will lead an independent review of Hockey Canada’s governance amid calls for a change of leadership of the governing body for its handling of recent allegations of sexual assault involving players. Hockey Canada said in a statement that the review will begin immediately and is expected to […]
Hockey Canada says it has paid out $7.6 million in nine settlements related to sexual assault and sexual abuse claims since 1989, with $6.8 million of that related to serial abuser Graham James.
Public scrutiny continues on Canada’s 2018 gold-winning world junior hockey team, eight members of which were accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual assault at a downtown London hotel following a summer fundraising gala for Hockey Canada here in 2018. No players are named in the $3.5-million lawsuit that was settled this spring, but several players, many now NHL stars, have denied involvement.
OTTAWA – Michel Ruest, a senior director of Sport Canada, says the federal organization was made aware of an alleged sexual assault involving members of Team Canada’s world junior hockey team in late June 2018, but did not follow up with Hockey Canada over the next four years.
Perth-Wellington MP John Nater is part of the current investigation into Hockey Canada.
Hockey Canada needs to be more transparent about its handling of an alleged sexual assault in London involving elite junior players, says a London-region MP who sits on a parliamentary committee looking into the matter.
Hockey Canada has released a plan to combat the “toxic” culture in its sport on the eve of a second round of parliamentary hearings into the organization’s handling of sexual assault complaints. The plan includes the implementation by the end of September of a centralized tracking and reporting system for abuse complaints. It said the […]
One of the key boosters in attracting Hockey Canada-affiliated events to London says the national sports organization should be held accountable for a “gut-wrenching betrayal” of its core values surrounding an alleged sex assault here involving members of the 2018 world junior team. Former Tourism London general manager John Winston said this week’s revelation that […]
Hockey Canada has been made aware of yet another group sexual assault claim allegedly involving members of the 2002-03 National Junior Team.
A citizen-led committee should review the London police investigation into an alleged sex assault of a woman by members of Canada’s world junior team after a Hockey Canada gala in London four years ago, say officials with two London women’s agencies. The push for a non-police examination of the high-profile case comes a day after […]
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