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Crop Pest?
Sodbusters Museum remains a summer symbol of Strome Page 8
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 s
JOSEF HARTUNG PHOTO
Typically this time of year farmers are checking their canola crop for midges or disease, but sometimes the pests come in a very large scale. Joe Hartung spotted this young moose in a blooming canola crop.
Canada has 17 medals so far at Paris Olympics Kari Janzen
Staff Reporter
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics began on Friday, July 26, and will conclude this Sunday, August 11. Canada sent 337 athletes for this year’s games, and, at press deadline, they had earned five gold, four silver, and eight bronze medals in nine disciplines, 17 medals so far. Eight of those medals have been won in the pool, with four of them going to 17-year-old Summer McIntosh from Toronto. She won gold medals in the 200-metre Butterfly, 200m Individual Medley, 400m Individual Medley, and silver in the 400m Freestyle. According to Global News, she is the first Canadian athlete to win three gold medals at one Olympics Games, Summer or Winter. McIntosh also set an Olympic record in the 200m Individual Medley event, with a time of 2:06:56. In Men’s swimming, Josh Liendo of Toronto won silver in the 100m Butter-
fly, while Ilya Kharun of Montreal won bronze in the same event. It was reported that this was the first time since 2012 that Canadian men’s swimmers have won medals, and the first time since 1976 that two Canadians have stood on one p o d i u m . Kharun also won bronze in the 200m Butterfly, being the first Canadian man to win a medal in that event, and also achieved a record time for Canada, 1:52:80. In the Women’s 200m Backstroke, Kylie Masse of Lasalle won bronze; in Fencing, Eleanor Harvey from Hamilton won bronze in women’s individual foil. In Diving, Rylan Wiens, born in
Calgary and living in Saskatoon, and discipline; Sophiane Méthot from Nathan Zsombor-Murray, of Montreal, Varennes won bronze in Gymnastics won bronze in the Men’s Synchronized Trampoline. The Canadian women’s Rugby Sev10m Platform. Felix Auger- ens team won silver in a best-ever Aliassime, from Canadian performance, and the Montreal and women’s Eight Rowing team won silG a b r i e l a ver. In soccer, the Canadian women’s Dabrowski from Ot- team was eliminated after a 4-2 loss to tawa won Germany in the quarterfinals. “The bronze in team’s campaign was less than ideal M i x e d after being involved in a drone spying D o u b l e s scandal that saw multiple staff memT e n n i s ; bers undergo suspensions,” Global Wyatt San- News reported. The team was penalford, born in ized six points going into play because K e n n e t c o o k , of the spying. There are many events left to finish, won bronze in Men’s 63.5-kilogram and many where Canadian athletes We willhave reopen Tuesday, Aug. 6 at away a great chance of coming Boxing, and in Athletics, with a medal, in fact Canada Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo won gold 9 a.m. and our next edition was expected to take home at least 21Aug. medals, in the Men’s Hammer throw.will still be published Wedneday. 7 Canadian Christa Deguchi, born in according to Nielsen's Gracenote Final Ad deadlines will be noon Tuesday, Aug. 6 Japan, won gold in the Women’s 57kg Virtual Medal Table, which published Judo, Canada’s first gold medal in that medal predictions for the Olympics.
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