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FIFA delegation meets with Canadian 2026 World Cup candidate cities
TORONTO - While much of the sports world was going into lockdown due to COVID-19, FIFA was in Toronto on Thursday planning for the future. A FIFA delegation met with Canada Soccer and representatives ...
Mar 12, 2020
Saskatchewan won't hold spring election says premier
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has ended speculation that he will call an early spring election saying his government will focus on fighting COVID-19.Moe's office released a statement saying ...
Mar 12, 2020
Muskrat Falls report slams executives, politicians for failing N.L. residents
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The commissioner leading an inquiry into the troubled Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project says past provincial governments failed to protect the residents of Newfoundland and Labrad...
Mar 12, 2020
Manitoba confirms first case of COVID-19
WINNIPEG - Manitoba has announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Health Minister Cameron Friesen says a woman who recently travelled to the Philippines has tested positive for coronavirus. He s...
Mar 12, 2020
First case of COVID-19 in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba has announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19.Health Minister Cameron Friesen says a woman who recently travelled to the Philippines has tested positive for the novel coronavi...
Mar 12, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 11:25 p.m. Health officials in northern Ontario have confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in ...
Mar 12, 2020
Toronto FC cancels practice, awaits word on what's next from Major League Soccer
Toronto FC cancelled training Thursday and sent its players home, while awaiting word on what's next from Major League Soccer in the wake of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The players were at BMO Fiel...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada loses another world championship as figure skating event cancelled
For the second time in five days, a world championship in Canada for a major winter sport was cancelled because of the spread of COVID-19. One week before the start of competition, Quebec officials on...
Mar 12, 2020
NHL suspends practices as league meets over COVID-19 Thursday morning
All NHL clubs have been advised not to conduct morning skates, practices or team meetings amid efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19.The NHL says it will have an announcement later today about...
Mar 12, 2020
China, Russia interfering with Canadian affairs, watchdog report says
OTTAWA - A national security-and-intelligence watchdog says China and Russia are meddling in Canada's affairs. In a report today, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians s...
Mar 12, 2020