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Hollywood shuts down, Broadway goes dark to curb virus cases
NEW YORK - The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, cancelling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and elimin...
Mar 12, 2020
Wet'suwet'en pipeline supporters feel shut out of talks, ministers told
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are facing pointed questions about why elected band chiefs and women of the Wet'suwet'en nation who support a disputed natural-gas pipeline in British...
Mar 12, 2020
McKay offered spot at U of S wrestling program after silver medal win
Athlete Timber McKay believes he could have done better at the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association's (SHSAA) Provincial Wrestling Championships, but he's happy with his silver medal. The eve...
Mar 12, 2020 Timber McKay won silver medals at provincials in 2019 and 2020. (submitted photo/Shane Bird)
Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing coronavirus concerns
New York's governor ordered all Broadway theatres to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns, plunging into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and causing...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada develops COVID-19 guidelines on when to cancel major events
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has posted guidelines aimed at helping event planners figure out whether to cancel mass gatherings of people as the federal government works to quell the po...
Mar 12, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 12, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 12, 2020: - Ontario: 59 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 46 confirmed, including ...
Mar 12, 2020
CP NewsAlert: MLB postpones operations indefinitely due to COVID-19
Major League Baseball has postponed the start of the regular season by at least two weeks and cancelled the rest of spring training due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More coming. The Canadi...
Mar 12, 2020
MLB delays opening day by at least 2 weeks because of virus
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening day ...
Mar 12, 2020
International traveller is 1st case of new virus in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine - A woman in her 50s who travelled internationally is the first person in Maine to test positive for the new coronavirus after voluntarily isolating herself and reporting to a hospital ...
Mar 12, 2020
CFL announces the cancellation of its regional, national combines
TORONTO - The CFL has cancelled its regional and national combines in the wake of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The league made the announcement Thursday. "At our very core, we are about bringing peo...
Mar 12, 2020