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athletes

If you aren't already psyched to watch Canadian athletes win gold at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games, here's a whole new reason to be eager for Olympic glory: free doughnuts.

For every gold medal Canada wins, Laval-based pastry chain Mr. Puffs is giving away five free honey and cinnamon or sugar and cinnamon Puffs, which are bite-sized Greek-style doughnuts, at any one of their stores.

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Montreal-born athlete Laurent Duvernay-Tardif has been putting his McGill medical degree to use and helping in the fight against the novel coronavirus in Quebec, and his efforts were just recognized by Sports Illustrated magazine.

Duvernay-Tardif, an offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs, was nominated as one of the magazine's five "Sportsperson of the Year."

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