More heat on Dillon Dube and Cal Foote amidst 2018 WJC investigation!

Earlier this month, 2018 World Junior Team Canada members Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were each charged with one count of sexual assault, with McLeod also facing an additional charge. Their lawyers denied any wrongdoing on behalf of their clients. This is in relation to a woman, identified only as E.M., who sued Hockey Canada in 2022, alleging she was sexually assaulted by eight members of Canada’s world junior team after a fundraising gala in London in 2018.

TSN’s Rick Westhead has been following the incident and all of its repercussions closely and has recently revealed how more heat has been put on two of the accused players, Dube and Foote, back in Kelowna.

“Paintings of former Kelowna Rockets players Cal Foote and Dillon Dubé remain in WHL team’s wall of fame, after they were charged with sexual assault by police in London, Ont.

"The players were added to the team’s wall of recognition during the summer of 2018. Rockets president and GM Bruce Hamilton wouldn’t discuss the now controversial artwork.

“I’m not getting caught up in this,” Hamilton told Globe and Mail reporter Patrick White.”

Some fans of the Rockets are wondering why the paintings of the two accused players aren’t being removed from the Wall of Recognition, which is located around Section 112 in Prospera Place.

The WHL maintains it is aware of the ongoing investigation and “shares the public outrage over the allegations,” but won’t be commenting further.

This has prompted local fans to get in heated arguments over what should be done with the paintings as some say that if the police have enough to charge them, the paintings should be covered up, while others go back to the “Innocent until proven guilty.”

With a trial only set to take place in 2026 as stated below, there might not be any real conclusion to this, including a decision on whether the paintings in Prospera Place in Kelowna will be removed.

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