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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:03 a.m. on March 29, 2020: There are 5,866 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 2,498 confirmed (inclu...
Mar 29, 2020

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport temporarily halts doping testing program
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has placed its doping control testing program on hold until further notice. The CCES announced its decision Friday in a statement posted to its website. ...
Mar 29, 2020

Canada's sports organizations eager to unite country when pandemic passes
panowTom Renney remembers exactly where he was during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.It was the first time the New York Rangers had ever held their training camp in Manhattan. Renney, who was entering ...
Mar 29, 2020

Fauci says coronavirus deaths in US could top 100,000
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government's foremost infection disease expert says the United States could experience more than 100,000 deaths and millions of infections from the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anth...
Mar 29, 2020

'Do something now:' Inmate's wife calls for release of non-violent offenders
Luciana Infusino-Tomei has been left alone to care for her young daughter during the COVID-19 pandemic after her husband was sent to prison last year on a drug-related charge. The 38-year-old woman fr...
Mar 29, 2020

Doug Ford's handling of the pandemic draws praise from friends and foes
TORONTO - No aspect of Canadian life has been left untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic, including politics, and pundits agree the premier of Ontario is one of those most transformed by the outbrea...
Mar 29, 2020

'There isn't consistency:' COVID-19 response varies for children in care
WINNIPEG - Phones have been ringing continuously at the office of the First Nations family advocate in Manitoba as parents, children and social workers look for answers about what will ...
Mar 29, 2020

Uganda's Bobi Wine sings against virus, criticizes leaders
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa's people to wash their hands to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, is criticizing African gov...
Mar 29, 2020

Canada's sports organizations eager to unite country when pandemic passes
Tom Renney remembers exactly where he was during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It was the first time the New York Rangers had ever held their training camp in Manhattan. Renney, who was entering...
Mar 29, 2020

Home becomes school and workplace as students switch to online learning
Spring break is over in most of Canada but provincial governments and teachers' unions are still trying to figure out how learning will resume at home, which for many parents has been transf...
Mar 29, 2020