OTTAWA - The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will be the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history, a feat being celebrated by Canada's sports organizations and Olympians. 

Women are set to make up 47 per cent of the athletes on a program with 50 women's events – both Olympic Winter Games records.

Canada's 206-member team in Italy includes 107 female athletes.

A spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee said in an email that 12 of the 16 disciplines on the program will feature full gender parity, another Olympic first.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the history of Black Canadians is one of "injustice met with resilience."

Speaking at an event marking 30 years of Black History Month in Canada on Wednesday night, Carney said that while Canadian principles now celebrate diversity, the country hasn't always lived up to that promise.

He acknowledged in his speech at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., that slavery existed in the colonies that would become Canada, and even when that dark period ended, segregation did not.

"It's a story that must reckon with both the shadow and the light. The challenges of Black history are not chapters we can consign to another country's past," Carney said.

WASHINGTON - NASA has delayed the planned launch of a moon rocket with a Canadian on board until at least March.

In a press conference in Florida on Tuesday, NASA officials said the Artemis II astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, have been released from quarantine and are in Houston, home to the Johnson Space Center.

"When I reflect on where we are today, I think of the team," said Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator.

The space agency had been planning to launch the rocket on Sunday.

The earliest possible launch date for the Artemis II rocket to carry Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the moon is scheduled for Feb. 8.

NASA said cold weather and winds that blew through Florida and the Kennedy Space Center in the last several days led to the adjusted timeline.

They said the adjustment will position the space agency for success, as the weather was expected to "violate launch conditions."

On Monday, crews will conduct a simulated launch, known as a wet dress rehearsal, to make sure they are prepared for launch day.

As Toronto residents dig out from a record-breaking winter storm — the latest in the city's snowiest month have been kept — some videos that seemingly show the snow's aftermath are creating confusion online. 

While many spectacular winter scenes shared in recent days are real, some accounts known for making videos generated with artificial intelligence have been spreading fake clips this month of a snowed-under Toronto. The clips, some of which are spreading online without an AI disclaimer, have drawn more attention after the latest storm.

THE CLAIM 

A video posted to TikTok last Thursday appears to show a stranded TTC streetcar, half-buried under snow. In the video, which has around 89,000 views, people struggle through thigh-deep snow past the idle streetcar, with the CN Tower in the background.