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Ontario to release COVID-19 modelling; Ford says numbers will be hard to hear
TORONTO - Ontario will release data Friday showing how many Ontarians could die from COVID-19 in various scenarios, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, warning that the projections will be hard to h...
Apr 02, 2020
Canada facing 'major' medical gear shortage as 68 countries restrict exports
Scores of countries have moved to restrict the export of face masks, gloves and other medical supplies critical for front-line workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Canada and ot...
Apr 02, 2020
Navy recalls ships, orders physical distancing on board due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy is pulling a number of ships back from overseas missions and imposing strict rules around physical distancing at sea as the military prepares to respond to the pandemi...
Apr 02, 2020
Canadian international Lindsay Agnew savours soccer experience Down Under
Lindsay Agnew has had plenty of time to ponder her recent soccer adventure Down Under. The Canadian international has been in self-isolation in Florida since returning from Australia where she pl...
Apr 02, 2020
Limited sexual-health services could lead to unplanned pregnancies: advocates
OTTAWA - Sexual-health advocates say limited access to services and contraceptives because of COVID-19 is likely to lead to a surge in unintended pregnancies. Darrah Teitel with Action Canada for Sexu...
Apr 02, 2020
Internal audit of Scheer's expenses turns up money on school, clothes, minivan
OTTAWA - An internal audit of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's expenses has found the outgoing party chief spent $18,000 a year on private parochial school for his children. A senior Conservative s...
Apr 02, 2020
In another century, another pandemic ended Stanley Cup final
SEATTLE - The Seattle Metropolitans were 20 minutes from a second Stanley Cup title in the spring of 1919, 20 minutes from adding their names to the trophy again. Odie Cleghorn's goal for the Montreal...
Apr 02, 2020
Saskatchewan foodservice sector lost 25,000 jobs in one month
COVID-19 has cost Saskatchewan's food service sector 25,000 jobs since March 1According to a media release, Restaurants Canada estimates 800,000 foodservice jobs have already been lost across the coun...
Apr 02, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Veteran linebacker Marcus Ball not ready to call it a career just yet
Marcus Ball isn't finished with football just yet. The veteran linebacker says he's been medically cleared to resume running and cutting after suffering a season-ending knee injury last year with the ...
Apr 02, 2020
Andrew Lloyd Webber shares musicals online; actor diagnosed
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to cancelling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most...
Apr 02, 2020