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New strategic framework by BC gov. for more inclusive and affordable sports
VICTORIA-The government announced a new strategic framework with the goal of creating a prosperous and sustainable sport sector.Pathways to Sport focuses on those who continue to be underrepresented i...
Mar 12, 2020

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

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

Kidney Foundation pushing organ donor awareness this year
PRINCE GEORGE-Today is World Kidney Day, a day where kidney foundations across the globe advocate for kidney disease which is when your kidneys are unable to filter blood the way that they should be.W...
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