Feds Admit Olympian Gaffe

Parks Canada admits it got its facts wrong in a historical commemoration. The agency called Saskatchewan high jumper Ethel Catherwood the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal in Olympic track and field. Catherwood was neither Canadian nor the first gold medalist: ‘We ask those who covered the story to issue a correction.’

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