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Bob McKeown, the veteran journalist and senior host of "The Fifth Estate," was discussing advertising in sports betting when he was transported back to an old news conference he once covered. It was held in 2006, as Wayne Gretzky was preparing to travel to Italy for the Winter Olympics. The hockey legend and his family were embroiled in a gambling…

If you watch sports on TV, it's impossible to miss them. Gambling logos, ads and endorsements for sports betting are also online, on streaming services and on billboards. The "tsunami" of advertising, as it's been referred to, follows legislative change in Canada in 2021, when single event sports betting was legalized. Since then, provincial…

Fans had to wait an extra few weeks, but the 2022 Canada Sevens is here. The annual tournament is scheduled for this weekend with 16 teams set to compete. The event is one of nine legs on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Last year, Canada hosted the only two spots on the 2020-21 series, playing the first leg in Vancouver and the second one in…

The Canada rugby sevens national team is back in action this weekend and on home ground for the Canada Sevens tournament. The team is one of 16 squads competing at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in Vancouver. Canada has finished in the top 10 in just one tournament so far in the series. The team tied for seventh at the Malaga leg of the…