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Canada watching 70 cruise ships still sailing with 4,000 Canadians on board
OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to keep tabs on as many as 4,000 Canadians still on board cruise ships sailing around the world amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Austen, a spokesman f...
Mar 20, 2020
Feds offer help to companies to retool, pump out COVID-19 medical gear
OTTAWA - The federal government is unveiling a plan to have companies quickly produce medical equipment to cope with the rapidly multiplying cases of COVID-19 across Canada. Prime Minister J...
Mar 20, 2020
Trump moves on invoking powers to spur virus supplies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has invoked the Defence Production Act to get needed medical supplies on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, mobilizing the federal government to marshal t...
Mar 20, 2020
Top Flyer: Dayton's Obi Toppin leads AP All-American team
Dayton star Obi Toppin is the lone unanimous first-team choice to The Associated Press college basketball All-America team announced Friday. Toppin was joined on the first team announced by Iowa's Luk...
Mar 20, 2020
Trial time limits from Jordan ruling don't apply to deliberation: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the length of time a judge takes to deliberate and issue a verdict in a criminal trial is not included in the time limits the high court set to prot...
Mar 20, 2020
Feds boost efforts to secure medical gear supplies as COVID-19 cases multiply
OTTAWA - The federal government is unveiling a plan to have companies quickly produce supplies of needed medical equipment to cope with the rapidly multiplying cases of COVID-19 across Canada.Prime Mi...
Mar 20, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Canadian Press)
Asylum seekers to be turned back at U.S. border, prime minister says
OTTAWA - Asylum seekers crossing into Canada on foot from the U.S. will be turned back as part of the border shutdown between the two countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement hou...
Mar 20, 2020
LPGA reschedules major in California desert to September
Amid a slew of postponements and cancellations in golf, the LPGA Tour announced a September date for what traditionally is its first major championship of the year. The ANA Inspiration, previously sch...
Mar 20, 2020
Non Insured Health Benefits Continue
The Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program continues to provide benefits and services during the COVID-19 pandemic. NIHB clients - read the latest info and guidance here: http://ow.ly/oYkt50yR4cO
Mar 20, 2020
Possibilities of how NHL's potential return could look 'almost endless': Daly
At least Bill Daly's commute is a lot easier. That's perhaps the only silver lining for the NHL's deputy commissioner amid the COVID-19 pandemic that's swept the globe, crippl...
Mar 20, 2020