How the issue of consent has been raised in the Hockey Canada trial
June 17, 2025
The issue of consent was raised in the trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team, who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018. Robyn Doolittle and Standards Editor Sandra E. Martin discuss the issue, particularly a video recorded by one of the accused. In the video the woman appeared to give consent, however, she testified that her words in the recording did not reflect how she truly felt at the time. The accused players have all pleaded not guilty.
Unpublished Newswire
Brent Secondiuk served as a front-line cop in the southern Alberta city of Medicine Hat for 25 years, and understands the futility of dismantling homeless encampments and otherwise dislodging itinerants who decide to bunk down in public spaces.
“We used to call it leaf-blowing … you just scatter the leaves, and the leaves end up somewhere else,” he says.
The most frustrating part, though: Medicine Hat has housing available for the homeless.
“You can be home if you want to,” he laments. “You just choose not to when it’s nice outside,” he says of itinerants who prefer to live rough...
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