Rick Westhead, a seasoned sports journalist, published an article entitled, “A hockey dad’s sexual assault conviction raises difficult safeguarding question for son’s team” on September 2, 2026 on CTV’s website. In his article, Mr. Westhead examines the difficult balance between protecting young athletes and ensuring
A shocking case of abuse and misconduct has emerged from a youth hockey team in Stoney Creek, Ont., exposing serious failures in player protection and oversight. The incident has intensified calls for greater transparency and accountability within Canadian amateur sports. Rick Westhead discusses the allegations and
In an article recently published by the Globe and Mail, entitled “MPs demand secret board minutes of sporting bodies as probe into safe sport intensifies,” author Marie Woolf discusses the unanimous vote by the House of Commons heritage committee demanding all private and public meeting
In a recent article entitled, “Report: Hockey Canada had a second fund for Handling sexual assault claims,” Sportsnet shares recent findings by a House of Commons investigatory committee that Hockey Canada had a second, undisclosed fund to handle claims that are not otherwise covered by
In an article published by CBC Canada, “Hockey culture suffers from a ‘systemic problem’ of sexual violence, minister says,” author, Ashley Burke shares the federal government's response to recent developments in an investigation of Hockey Canada. With emerging information regarding at least 15 group sexual