Hockey Canada verdict could break new ground on sexual consent | Unpublished
Hello!
Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sean Fine
Publication Date: July 22, 2025 - 13:00

Hockey Canada verdict could break new ground on sexual consent

July 22, 2025

A verdict this week in the prosecution of five hockey players on sexual-assault charges could break new ground on the question of what constitutes voluntary consent, in cases of an apparent power imbalance – in this instance, multiple men in a hotel room with an intoxicated woman most of them had never met.

The trial, which heard closing submissions last month, has given a rare national profile to how the criminal-justice system addresses sexual assault. The trial’s many unusual elements, including seven days of cross-examination of the complainant, and allegations against five young men from Canada’s 2018 gold medal-winning world junior team, have combined to give this case a broad importance in social and legal terms.



Unpublished Newswire

 
Wondering where interior design and décor may be headed in the next few years? A new study from Cosentino offers some intriguing theories.  The Spanish-based manufacturer of engineered stone surfaces recently released Shaping Tomorrow, a report on architecture and design trends. Based in part on a survey of 184 architects, interior designers and industrial designers […]
July 25, 2025 - 08:48 | Paul Welch | Ottawa Citizen
Experts say it's a myth that seniors who own their homes are keen to downsize to fund their retirements, when the reality is they're largely staying put.
July 25, 2025 - 08:28 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Realtor Barry Lebow specializes in helping seniors downsize – moving out of the family homes they’ve lived in for decades to a smaller place that’s a better fit for their aging lifestyle.From the outside, that might look like the natural progression: feeding a healthy bit of turnover into the housing supply as move-up buyers seek their own family home.
July 25, 2025 - 08:27 | Craig Lord | The Globe and Mail