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Second Senators player tests positive for coronavirus

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators say another one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of known NHL cases to two. The team announced their second case in a...

Mar 21, 2020

Governments threaten fines, arrest, if orders to distance and isolate not followed

MONTREAL - After a week of strong urging from governments that people should keep apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19, provincial leaders - and their police forces - have stopped as...

Mar 21, 2020

Locals self isolating after second case of COVID-19 in Southend

One week ago the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) held a press conference to call for more to be done to protect the province's remote and vulnerable northern communities.At that pres...

Mar 21, 2020 The northern community of Southend (cameconorth.com)

Men's world hockey championships in Switzerland cancelled

Health concerns and travel bans closing international borders stemming from the new coronavirus pandemic left the International Ice Hockey Federation with no choice but to cancel the men's world hocke...

Mar 21, 2020

IIHF cancels world championship scheduled for May in Switzerland

The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Saturday it was cancelling the 2020 world championship due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This year's tournament was scheduled to take place in Zurich...

Mar 21, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:44 p.m. ET on March 21, 2020: There are 1,189 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 377 confirmed ...

Mar 21, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 1:20 p.m. Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are now 181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, up f...

Mar 21, 2020

Trudeau says Canada working hard, but won't be able to get all Canadians home

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lock downs in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad. Tru...

Mar 21, 2020

New York reviewing sites for more hospital beds, Cuomo says

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York is reviewing places to put new hospital beds in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including New York City's main convention centre and some state university campuses, Gov. ...

Mar 21, 2020

Battlefords residents advised to flush only toilet paper

The City of North Battleford released a statement to the public to remind residents not to flush anything down the toilet aside from toilet paper. The list, available on the city's website, includes c...