Canadian women mine more Olympic gold and B.C. s killer heat: In The News for July 30
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Jul 30, 2021 at 4:41 am EDT
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 30 …
What we are watching on the world stage …
TOKYO The Canadian women’s eight rowing crew has captured gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
They crossed the line first in Friday’s final with a time of five minutes 59.13 seconds at Sea Forest Waterway.
MONTREAL – U.S. viewers are getting a chance to meet the “Mohawk Girls.”
NBC’s streaming service Peacock has picked up the acclaimed TV series, which originally aired on APTN from 2014 to 2017.
“Mohawk Girls” follows four women in their 20s as they try to find a balance between work, love, sex, culture and community.
The half-hour dramatic comedy was created by Tracey Deer and Cynthia Knight, based on Deer’s 2005 documentary of the same name.
Rezolution Pictures says all five seasons of “Mohawk Girls” started streaming in the United States earlier this month.
Canadians can stream the show on CBC Gem.
Drama Dr Death
NBCUniversal-owned US streamer Peacock will roll out on Comcast-owned pay TV broadcaster Sky in Europe at no additional cost, as it begins its international expansion.
The agreement marks Peacock’s first international expansion since it launched in the US last summer, where over 54 million viewers have signed up to the SVoD platform.
Rolling out on Sky in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland later this year will give Peacock a further subscriber base of nearly 20 million people.
Peacock’s content library includes original drama Dr Death, which tells the true story of Dr Christopher Duntsch, who maimed and killed patients coming in for routine spinal surgeries, and dramas Suits and Saved by the Bell.