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The Province
5 hours ago
- The Province
Where does hockey go after sex assault trial's conclusion?
Not-guilty ruling or not, Hockey Canada and Canadian hockey officials have a lot of work to do to improve culture around sexual relations. Get the latest from Patrick Johnston straight to your inbox Vancouver, BC: OCTOBER 28, 2019 -- Corey Hirsch is a former NHL goalie and coach, and is now a broadcaster and mental health advocate. Hirsch is pictured at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC Monday, October 28, 2019. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG Guilty or not, the discussion around how young male hockey players — young male athletes in general, really — are spoken to about sexual relations must continue to improve. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Young hockey players are told they are the best. That if they focus on their craft, the world can be theirs. But being the best doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. Being the best does not mean you are excused from ethics, or from your humanity. A composite image of five photographs show former members of Canada's 2018 World Juniors hockey team, left to right; Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube and Carter Hart as they individually arrived to court in London, Ontario, Canada, April 22, 2025. Photo by Nicole Osborne / AP Humans have sex for many reasons. Many of us do have it for pleasure. But the way it can be discussed, or taught, in male sports groups, can take on a very different tone. That men and women must consent to sexual acts is essential. Young men must understand that with the pleasure comes consequence — and not just the kind that cries in the night. I mean the emotional consequences of the act. Even a consensual act changes your relationship with the other person. It absolutely can be a fun exercise — but it is never a throwaway thing. And young athletes must be helped to understand this. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. My friend Corey Hirsch has been around hockey most of his life. He played junior in the Western Hockey League nearly 40 years ago. He played in the NHL in the 1990s and 2000s. He has been a hockey coach and commentator. He spent a year on the Hockey Canada board, hoping to help the game position itself in a more positive way in the lives of its youngest athletes. He raised two daughters and a son of his own. Now, in his 50s, he's a grandfather, a mental health advocate and public speaker. He knows hockey well. He is passionate about the values the sport teaches when it's played and coached properly. But he still hears too many disturbing stories about how young men in hockey are learning to behave toward women. He has been in those dressing rooms, both as a player and as an authority figure, and he wants everyone to learn how to engage positively with sex. To push back against toxic ideas about what intercourse is. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Too often it's not about the sex. It's about getting a story for the boys,' he lamented to me, after Justice Maria Carroccia delivered her verdict Thursday, finding that all five of the accused in the Hockey Canada sex assault trial not guilty. 'Sex, it's glorified,' Hirsch said. 'Or it was. What I'm hoping now is we can take glorification out of it. Having sex is a natural, normal thing. It's not a conquest. But that peer pressure is to be one of the boys, to have a story.' The authority figures inside the game itself have a duty to improve the conversation. 'Hockey Canada and the CHL (Canadian Hockey League, which runs top-level junior hockey in Canada) need to do a better job. Everyone talks about consent, but we need to talk more about consequences too.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. There are many brave young women and men who have been victims of sexual assault, ready to speak to groups. Young hockey players would do well to hear from them. 'So these guys can see better what (assault) has done to them,' he suggested. Plenty of inappropriate acts take place that never make it to trial. There are still victims, trial or not, guilty or not guilty. 'The tone needs to be about respecting women. Respecting other human beings,' he said. 'There's nothing cool about this. Verdict or not, this girl, how is she going to live in the town she lives in? She's forever going to be 'the girl who …' The whole thing is so tragic.' pjohnston@ Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Canucks Soccer Hockey Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Journal
6 hours ago
- Edmonton Journal
'Public narrative was one-sided': Hockey Canada sex assault defence lawyers respond to verdict
Five former Canadian world junior hockey players were found not guilty in a high-profile sexual assault trial related to a 2018 incident in London, Ont. The case had sparked a national reckoning over hockey culture, and what is and what isn't considered consent. Here's how the lawyers for Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote reacted to Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia's verdict, which was delivered in a London courtroom on Thursday. Article content Article content Article content Mr. McLeod will not be speaking to the media, and I understand the other players will not be speaking to the media. I will not be taking questions and other counsel who come to address you, they will not be taking any questions. Article content Mr. McLeod had confidence in the Justice process, and he welcomes Justice Carrocia's decision, confirming that he and his co defendants are not guilty of sexual assault. Justice Carrocia's carefully reasoned decision represents a resounding vindication for Mr. McLeod and for his co defendants. Justice Carrocia's found that the complainant's testimony was incredible and was unreliable. Article content For years, public perception was shaped by a one-sided narrative from a civil lawsuit that went unchallenged. In large part because hockey Canada settled the claim without first informing or consulting the players. The decision was made unilaterally, and the players were only told of the lawsuit and the settlement after the fact. Had they been consulted, they would have refused to settle, and they would have vigorously contested EM's allegations. Article content Article content That version of events dominated headlines and created a lasting and, a false, a false impression of guilt. It was only through this criminal trial that the allegations were fully and finally tested. The court compared the complainant's 2018 statements to the police, which rightly resulted in no charges with the later conflicting civil claim. Key elements of EM's story were contradicted by the evidence, exposing serious falsehood and leading to today's clear and just verdict of not guilty. Justice Carrocia rejected EM's claims of fear and her claims of non consent. That should be the takeaway from today's judgment. Article content Article content The damage to Mr. McLeod's reputation and his career has been significant. But today's decision begins to restore what was very unfairly taken away from him. Mr. McLeod is deeply grateful to his family, friends, his agent, and everybody who stood by him.
The Province
6 hours ago
- The Province
Blue Jays on clock to take a big swing at trade deadline. But how big?
Chris Bassitt of the Toronto Blue Jays delivers a pitch in the second inning during the game against the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre on July 23, 2025. Photo by Vaughn Ridley / Getty Images The Blue Jays' series finale against the New York Yankees on Wednesday just may have been the final time fans will be able to watch a player or two, currently in a Toronto uniform, for the final time at the Rogers Centre. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. 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THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors It's no secret the AL East-leading Blue Jays are poised to be buyers when MLB's trade deadline expires at 6 p.m., next Thursday, an off-day for the club. A high-leverage arm in the bullpen looms as the team's biggest need, followed by a right-handed bat and, to a lesser extent, a starter. Precisely one year ago, the Jays were sellers and parted ways with every impending free agent, while also jettisoning Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who had signed a two-year deal in free agency the previous off-season. Two players the Jays received from the various trades were Joey Loperfido and Will Wagner, who are both with the big-league club after being acquired from Houston. Whatever happens and whatever names get bandied about, the trade deadline clock is ticking with the Blue Jays expected to be open for business. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The term 'all-in' has been broached, but it remains to be seen what impactful deal the Jays are able to engineer. It would shock everyone if pending free agents Bo Bichette or Chris Bassitt get moved, but it might also excite many if a blockbuster of significance that helps with all three needs, is completed. So, we'd expect the currency the Jays use to bolster the lineup could include Loperfido, Wagner, infielder Leo Jimenez or, most likely, a few minor-league prospects. The Jays entered Wednesday's play with a 59-42 record. The AL West-leading Astros are 60-42, and the scuffling Detroit Tigers — who play host to the Jays this weekend in a four-game series — still lead the AL Central with a 60-43 record. The Yankees need starting pitching following season-ending injuries to Gerrit Cole and Clarke Schmidt, who was hurt when the Bronx Bombers first visited Toronto some three weeks ago. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Yankees are said to be in the market for a third baseman with the team linked to Arizona's Eugenio Suarez. His former team, the Seattle Mariners, are also believed to be interested in a reunion for the all-star, as are the Milwaukee Brewers. As recently as last week, some in baseball even had the Blue Jays rumoured to be interested in Suarez. No one is saying when, or even if, Anthony Santander will rejoin the club, as his shoulder issue continues to prevent the switch-hitting slugger from swinging a bat. At least Daulton Varsho continues to make his way back from a hamstring injury. His rehab will take him to Buffalo with a potential return to the big-league club possible by as early as next week when the Jays visit Baltimore. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It's safe to say that, barring any setbacks, Varsho will be back in centre field at the Rogers Centre when the Jays return home on Aug. 1 to play host to Kansas City in a three-game series before heading out west for six games. The Jays haven't made a consequential trade-deadline deal in four years, when they acquired right-hander Jose Berrios from Minnesota in exchange for Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson, a move viewed from the lens of a franchise poised to enter its competitive window. Fast forward to the present, and the Jays have transitioned from competitive to contender. This next week should help dictate just how serious a contender this team is. 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