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Disney, SeaWorld announce plans for Florida parks to reopen
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - SeaWorld and Walt Disney World will reopen in Orlando, Florida, in June and July after months of inactivity because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to plans a city task ...
May 27, 2020
Leafs eager for chance to compete in what would be a season like no other
TORONTO - John Tavares expects hockey's restart - if it gets off the ground - to be a sprint. The Toronto Maple Leafs captain is eager to see how his team matches up. The NHL, which saw its season hal...
May 27, 2020
Military has located wreckage of helicopter and remains in Mediterranean
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has located the remains of some of the military members who died last month when the helicopter they were in crashed in the Mediterranean. A Canadian search and reco...
May 27, 2020
Victim in police encounter had started new life in Minnesota
Before he died after being pinned for minutes beneath a Minneapolis police officer's knee, George Floyd was suffering the same fate as millions of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic: out of wor...
May 27, 2020
CFL informs member clubs its allowing limited access to team facilities
TORONTO - The CFL is allowing its teams to reopen their fitness facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league sent a memo to its member clubs Wednesday allowing local players to partic...
May 27, 2020
Hinshaw: Active cases at two-month low
Alberta has the fewest number of active cases COVID-19 cases in nearly two months.Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced there are just 679 active cases in the province on May 27, the fewest since March 30, and ...
May 27, 2020
Cheyenne Frontier Days cancelled for 1st time in 124 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been cancelled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city's mayor told The As...
May 27, 2020
WATCH: Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19.
May 27, 2020
More than half of national parks to reopen next week after COVID-19 closure
Parks Canada says some operations at national parks, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas will resume starting June 1. Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 na...
May 27, 2020
Don't make Kovrig suffer over Meng, says detained Canadian's boss
OTTAWA - The boss of one of the two Canadians imprisoned in China says he doesn't want the People's Republic to subject them to repercussions because today's court ruling went against i...
May 27, 2020