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Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city
MONTREAL - Doris Hamelin and her husband Rejean Vallee said the restaurants in Rome shut down at 6 p.m. Tuesday and the only place they could find food was the grocery store. In a bid t...
Mar 13, 2020
NCAA tournaments are on - for now - but mostly without fans
The NCAA basketball tournaments are on - for now - though the buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments will take place in mostly empty arenas. Trying to avoid spreading the new coronav...
Mar 13, 2020
Arena employees to feel the pinch of COVID-19 pandemic: 'It will affect people'
Jonathan Crandall was looking forward to a busy March as a security guard at the Bell Centre. The home of the Montreal Canadiens was set to host four more NHL games this month, the week-long world fig...
Mar 13, 2020
Saskatchewan confirms second presumptive case of COVID-19
Saskatchewan has its second presumptive case of COVID-19.In a media release Friday, the province said the individual is a resident in their 60s who travelled from Oregon. The test was done in Saskatoo...
Mar 13, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, speaks with media on March 12, 2020 at the Saskatchewan Legislature. (Evan Radford/980)
Author Roth weighed in on 'Plot Against America' TV series
LOS ANGELES - David Simon, the creative force behind stellar TV including "The Wire," "Show Me a Hero" and "Treme," found himself in unfamiliar territory with his latest series, HBO's "The Plot Agains...
Mar 13, 2020
Trump announces delay of tax deadline for virus victims
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he will instruct the Treasury Department to allow individuals and businesses negatively affected by the coronavirus to defer their ta...
Mar 13, 2020
Black boxes from downed Ukrainian flight to be transferred to Kyiv
OTTAWA - The flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by the Iranian military in January will be arriving in Ukraine in 10 to 14 days, the country's envoy to Canada said Wednesday. Ambas...
Mar 13, 2020
Ex-Canadian Football League player admits to college scam, sentencing in July
BOSTON - A former Canadian Football League player pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a college admissions cheating scheme by hiring someone take the SATs in place of his two sons. Vancouver bus...
Mar 13, 2020
Ex-Canadian Football League player admits to college scam, sentencing in July
BOSTON - A former Canadian Football League player pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a college admissions cheating scheme by hiring someone take the SATs in place of his two sons. Vancouver bus...
Mar 13, 2020
World under-18 men's hockey championship cancelled
COLORADO SPRING, Colo. - The world under-18 men's hockey championship has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The event was scheduled for April 16-26 in Plymouth and Ann Arbor, Mich. Cana...
Mar 13, 2020