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Bereavement workers, including embalmers, say they don't have access to enough masks
A group that represents the funeral industry is calling for greater access to masks and other protective gear as the COVID-19 pandemic marches onward. The vice-president of the Funeral Service Associa...
Mar 20, 2020
Johnny Depp's libel case against UK tabloid stalled by virus
LONDON - Johnny Depp's libel suit against British tabloid The Sun was put on hold Friday as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Depp is suing the newspaper's parent company, News Group Newspapers, a...
Mar 20, 2020
Without games, NBA players using their platforms in new way
Cleveland's Kevin Love did his best to reassure a skittish and scared public. Denver's Jamal Murray sat at his piano and played theme songs. Atlanta's Trae Young shot balled-up socks into a trash can....
Mar 20, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:30 p.m. Industry Minister Navdeep Bains is asking Canadian business to step up and tell the government what they can d...
Mar 20, 2020
English rugby in turmoil as season cancelled below top flight
English rugby was plunged into financial turmoil and uncertainty on Friday after the season was cancelled at all levels below the top-flight Premiership because of the coronavirus outbreak. Rugby Foot...
Mar 20, 2020
Partial Canada-U.S. border closure to take effect at midnight, Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the mutual decision by Canada and the United States to close their shared border to non-essential travel will take effect at midnight tonight. Both coun...
Mar 20, 2020
Canada watching 70 cruise ships still sailing with 4,000 Canadians on board
OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to keep tabs on as many as 4,000 Canadians still on board cruise ships sailing around the world amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Austen, a spokesman f...
Mar 20, 2020
Feds offer help to companies to retool, pump out COVID-19 medical gear
OTTAWA - The federal government is unveiling a plan to have companies quickly produce medical equipment to cope with the rapidly multiplying cases of COVID-19 across Canada. Prime Minister J...
Mar 20, 2020
Trump moves on invoking powers to spur virus supplies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has invoked the Defence Production Act to get needed medical supplies on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, mobilizing the federal government to marshal t...
Mar 20, 2020
Top Flyer: Dayton's Obi Toppin leads AP All-American team
Dayton star Obi Toppin is the lone unanimous first-team choice to The Associated Press college basketball All-America team announced Friday. Toppin was joined on the first team announced by Iowa's Luk...
Mar 20, 2020