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Major League Rugby joins other leagues in suspending play for 30 days
TORONTO - Major League Rugby joined other leagues Thursday in suspending play for 30 days because of COVID-19 outbreak. The 12-team North American league has already played five rounds of ma...
Mar 12, 2020
World Cup cross-country event in Canmore cancelled
CANMORE, Alta. - A World Cup cross-country ski event scheduled for next week in Canmore, Alta., has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The FIS, the world governing body for skiing, annou...
Mar 12, 2020
Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19
A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: - NHL suspends 2019-20 season impacting seven Canadian teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, To...
Mar 12, 2020
Territories prepare for coronavirus with limited health facilities
Arctic governments are bracing for the potential impact of the novel coronavirus in far-flung, isolated communities. No cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nunavut, the Northwest Territ...
Mar 12, 2020
Coachella festival postponed as concerts grapple with virus
The uber-popular Coachella music festival has been postponed from its usual two-weekend-run in April to October due to concerns about the growing coronavirus. The festival's producer Goldenvoice made ...
Mar 12, 2020
Israel's Netanyahu calls for emergency government with rival
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called for the formation of an emergency government with his chief rival to confront a growing crisis over the coronavirus, offering a...
Mar 12, 2020
Accused in Sequin Mooswa homicide has case adjourned to obtain legal counsel
The accused in the Sequin Mooswa homicide investigation had his matter adjourned while he obtains legal counsel. Keenan Mirasty, 21, who is charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death o...
Mar 12, 2020 Keenan Mirasty who is charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of Sequin Mooswa appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court Thursday via CCTV. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canadian, U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft off Alaskan coast
OTTAWA - U.S. and Canadian fighter jets have intercepted and escorted two Russian reconnaissance planes flying off the coast of Alaska, only days after Canada's top general described Russia as the gre...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada to continue immigration increases, Mendicino announces
OTTAWA - The federal government is continuing with slight increases to the number of immigrants Canada will accept over the next three years. Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino released the ...
Mar 12, 2020
AP source: UEFA to decide on plan to postpone Euros a year
UEFA is nearing a decision to postpone the European Championship by a year to 2021 as the continent grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated...
Mar 12, 2020