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Feds boost efforts to secure medical gear supplies as COVID-19 cases multiply
OTTAWA - The federal government is unveiling a plan to have companies quickly produce supplies of needed medical equipment to cope with the rapidly multiplying cases of COVID-19 across Canada. Prime M...
Mar 20, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press

Possibilities of how NHL's potential return could look 'almost endless': Daly
At least Bill Daly's commute is a lot easier. That's perhaps the only silver lining for the NHL's deputy commissioner amid the COVID-19 pandemic that's swept the globe, crippl...
Mar 20, 2020

Germany leads the way on soccer salary cuts as virus hits
DSSELDORF, Germany - European soccer's biggest leagues continue to be suspended and players are coming under pressure to take pay cuts. Sometimes it's voluntary, like at German title challenger Boruss...
Mar 20, 2020

Belarus plays on as world soccer shuts down due to virus
MINSK, Belarus - Almost all of Europe has suspended soccer games amid the coronavirus pandemic, but Belarus is just getting started. The crowd attending Energetik-BGU's 3-1 win over former Champions L...
Mar 20, 2020

'New football journey': Tom Brady signs with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TAMPA, Fla. - Six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has signed a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, saying he is embarking on a "new football journey." The 42-year-old quarterback who s...
Mar 20, 2020

Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration has decided to push the income tax filing date to July 15 from April 15. Mnuchin announced the decision in a tweet Friday s...
Mar 20, 2020

Dutch court convicts tram shooter of deadly terror attack
A Dutch court convicted a radicalized Muslim man Friday of murder with a terrorist motive and sentenced him to life imprisonment for opening fire on a tram and killing four people last year. The defen...
Mar 20, 2020

Sobeys installs Plexiglas shields, other measures, to fight spread of COVID-19
Plexiglas shields at cash registers are among new measures that Sobeys grocery stores announced on Friday morning to help protect customers and staff from COVID-19. Store hours will also be reduc...
Mar 20, 2020

Securing medical supplies and TV doctors offering help; In The News for March 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 20 ... COV...
Mar 20, 2020

Music festival, barbecue championship postponed in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee, have been postponed because of the new coronavirus outbreak. Memphis in May ...
Mar 19, 2020