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A trio of medals

 One of each. All in athletics. All in para sport. The bronze from George Quarcoo with guide Segun Mekinde in 100m T12. The silver from Chloe Dunbar and gold from Sheriauna Haase, both in 100m T47. That is now 15g, 12s, 17b for 44 total.

Two bronze

 Both in weightlifting. First is Xavier Lusignan in the 110kg class. The second is Etta Love in the 86+kg class. That is now 14g, 11s, 16b for 41 total.

Shot putting to gold

 Sarah Mitton has shot put to gold. She is killing it today. That is now 14g, 11s, 14b for 39 total. Yes.

Three more

 The silver was from Alex Bellemarre in weightlifting 94kg class. The two bronzes are from: Rose Beaudoin in weightlifting 86kg class and the men's 3x3 wheelchair basketball team. The team consists of Reed De'aeth, Lee Melymick, Kyrell Sopotyk and Garrett Ostepchuk. That is now 13g, 11s, 14b for 38 total.

Golden hammer throw

 Camryn Rogers is the golden hammer thrower, defending her gold from 2022. That is now 13g, 10s, 12b for 35 total.

How about a silver

 This from Noah Vucsics in the men's long jump (T20). That is now 12g, 10s, 12b for 34 total.

Throw in four more.

 The bronze is from Sophie Angus in the 50m breaststroke. The silver is from Oliver Dawson in the 200m breaststroke. The 2 gold's are from: Charlotte Simoneau in weightlifting 69kg class and Kylie Masse (her 11th) in the 50m backstroke. That is now 12g, 9s, 12b for 33 total. A pair of great days.

And yet 8 more

 Yep 8 more. Start with the 5 bronze. Lia Monica Fontaine on the balance beam, Felix Dolci on the parallel bars, William Emard on the horizontal bars, Nicolas -Guy Turbide in the 50m freestyle S13 swim and Lorne Winnington in the 400m individual medley. The 3 gold's are Felix Dolci on the vault AND horizontal bar and Maude Charron in weightlifting 63 kg class. That is now 10g, 8s, 11b for 29 total.

And 4 more

 Two bronze. They are: Rowan Hamilton in hammer throw and Zachary Gingras in men's 100m T38. The silver is Michael Barber in 1500m T54. The gold is Ethan Katzberg in hammer throw. First Canadian male to win hammer throw at the Commonwealth Games. That is now 7g, 8s, 6b for 21 total. 12 medals today.

A whopping 8 more

 Yes. 8 more today. Start withe one bronze. That was Rebekah Grouly in weightlifting 53kg class. Now the 4 silver. They are: Ann -Sophie Taschereau in weightlifting 58kg class, William Emard in artistic gymnastics rings, Ellie Black in artistic gymnastics uneven bars, and Rene Cournoyer in artistic gymnastics men's floor. Now the 3 gold. They are Felix Dolci in artistic gymnastics rings, Jordan Carroll inmens pommel horse and Lia Monica Fontaine in artistic gymnastics vault. Wow 6 in artistic gymnastics and 2 in weightlifting. That is now 6g, 7s, 4b for 17 total.

Golden bronze in gymnastics

 Ellie Black has the gold and Lia-Monica Fontaine has the bronze in the women's individual all around. That is now 3g, 3s, 3b for 9 total.

Swimming to silver lining

 Kylie Masse has herself a silver in the 100m backstroke.  It's her 10th ever Commonwealth Games medal. Canada now has 2g, 3s, 2b for 7 total.

How about two more.

 Start with the silver by Felix Dolci. Claims it in the men's gymnastics individual all around. He was two tenths from gold  Speaking of gold. Josh Liendo won it in the 100m butterfly. Yes. That is now 2g, 2s, 2b for 6 total . And more to come.

Let's add a silver

 The silver goes to the women's artistic gymnastics team. Ellie Black, Gabrielle Black, Lia Redick, Lia-Monica Fontaine and Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte all earned the silver. That's now 1g, 1s, 2b for 4 total.

First medals

 Let's start with the swimming bronzes. First by Mary Jibb in the individual medley SM10 and the second by Fernando Lu in the butterfly S10. The gold comes from artistic gymnastics in the men's all around. The team of Jordan Carroll, Rene Cournoyer, Felix Dolci, William Emard and Ethan Ikeda. So far just the 1g and 2b for 3 total. NOTE: Fernando Lu was disqualified and Jack Gill of Canada moved to bronze. Still 1g 2b