August 2, 2021 | Canadian women’s soccer team will go for gold at Tokyo 2020 after beating the United States. The family of a Black man fatally shot by police in a Montreal suburb demands justice. Plus, researchers try to figure out what’s behind a rise in vicious coyote attacks.
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0:00 The National for August 2
1:08 Canada makes history after beating U.S. in women’s soccer
4:05 The debate on transgender athletes in the Olympics
7:03 Poland grants visa to Belarus athlete
7:29 Gymnast Simone Biles to compete in balance beam finals
7:49 Renewed concern over rising COVID-19 cases, delta variant
11:20 Drive to vaccinate more Americans
12:11 Family demands answers after Black man fatally shot by police
14:20 At least two killed in shooting in Montreal
14:50 U.S. expands efforts to evacuate at-risk Afghans
17:00 Israel’s highest court proposes compromise for Palestinians
20:38 Farmers deal with surge of grasshoppers, drought
22:54 Researchers examine aggressive coyote attacks
25:31 Gold medal diver’s knitting hobby
26:27 Canadian swimmers return home
26:55 Racewalker Evan Dunfee on his Olympic setback and preparing for Tokyo
34:58 Raptors’ Kyle Lowry joins Miami Heat
36:00 Study dispels restaurant wine pricing myths
38:49 Calls for national inquiry into Sixties Scoop
39:22 How NWT community honours those buried in unmarked graves
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