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A look back at Olympics that never were: 1916, '40 and '44
With more and more calls to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak, it's worth noting that this every-four-years spectacle has been rocked before by traumatic events. Three ot...
Mar 21, 2020
Second Senators player tests positive for coronavirus
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators say another one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of known NHL cases to two. The team announced their second case in a...
Mar 21, 2020
North Stars’ 20-year-olds reflect on Junior career: Part 1
With the conclusion of the 2019-20 season, the Battlefords North Stars must say goodbye to another class of 20-year-olds. Seven players from this season's roster will graduate from the Junior hockey r...
Mar 21, 2020 The North Stars’ 20-year-olds pose for a picture Mar. 13. Pictured left to right: Seth Summers, Ben Hiltz, Matthias Urbanski, Rylan Nivon, Dylan McCabe, Elijah Loon-Stewardson, Matthew Fletcher. (submitted photo/Jennifer Whyte)
Governments threaten fines, arrest, if orders to distance and isolate not followed
MONTREAL - After a week of strong urging from governments that people should keep apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19, provincial leaders - and their police forces - have stopped as...
Mar 21, 2020
Locals self isolating after second case of COVID-19 in Southend
One week ago the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) held a press conference to call for more to be done to protect the province's remote and vulnerable northern communities.At that pres...
Mar 21, 2020 The northern community of Southend (cameconorth.com)
Men's world hockey championships in Switzerland cancelled
Health concerns and travel bans closing international borders stemming from the new coronavirus pandemic left the International Ice Hockey Federation with no choice but to cancel the men's world hocke...
Mar 21, 2020
IIHF cancels world championship scheduled for May in Switzerland
The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Saturday it was cancelling the 2020 world championship due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This year's tournament was scheduled to take place in Zurich...
Mar 21, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:44 p.m. ET on March 21, 2020: There are 1,189 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 377 confirmed ...
Mar 21, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 1:20 p.m. Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are now 181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, up f...
Mar 21, 2020
Trudeau says Canada working hard, but won't be able to get all Canadians home
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lock downs in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad. Tru...
Mar 21, 2020