Editorial: Ban on Russia elevates Olympics

Now that Russia’s Olympic team has been banned from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Canadians may be tempted to tune out entirely.
After all, these Olympics will lack the powerhouse Russians who customarily give our athletes among the toughest runs for Olympic glory. The absence of such vaunted rivals may appear to devalue the spectacle and worth of these Games — along with the much-lamented absence of Connor McDavid and other Canadian NHLers sk