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Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada now rising
OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...
Mar 24, 2020
Montreal Canadiens making temporary job cuts during COVID-19 crisis
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Groupe CH, which also owns the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket, says it will proceed with a tempor...
Mar 24, 2020
COVID-19 prompts Avalanche Canada to shut down forecasting for the season
REVELSTOKE - The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted an early end to seasonal forecasting for Avalanche Canada.Avalanche Canada will issue its final forecast for the season on March 28, which is a month ea...
Mar 24, 2020
Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...
Mar 24, 2020
No immediate plans to use cell phone tracking in COVID-19 fight: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says the federal government has no immediate plans to use cellphone data to track people's movements during the COVID-19 crisis.But the prime minister adds that all options are...
Mar 24, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:30 p.m. on March 24, 2020: There are 2187 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 628 confirmed (includin...
Mar 24, 2020
Canadian rugby sevens veteran Harry Jones looks to wait out the storm
It was just over two weeks ago that Harry Jones was playing in front of a Canadian-record rugby crowd of 39,533 on Day 1 of the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver. The Canadian rugby sevens men went on w...
Mar 24, 2020
Valeria Luiselli's 'Lost Children Archive' wins Folio Prize
LONDON - Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli's novel "Lost Children Archive" won the Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Monday at a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Luiselli ...
Mar 24, 2020
Already stretched paramedic services crunched by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Paramedics across the country who were already working at capacity say they're being stretched by COVID-19 calls and the extra precautions that come with them. Paramedic Association of Canada...
Mar 24, 2020
CFL decides to postpone its 2020 global draft due to COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - The CFL postponed its 2020 global draft due to the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. The draft was scheduled to be held April 16. It will now coincide with the opening of training camps. ...
Mar 24, 2020