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Politics in the time of COVID-19: campaigns in Canada, U.S. pivot amid outbreak
WASHINGTON - The glad-handing, confetti-and-skimmer-hat spirit of North American retail politics is on a collision course with the realities of life in a pandemic. In both Canada and th...
Mar 13, 2020
NewsAlert:Quebec to shut schools, universities, daycares for two weeks
Quebec is closing all schools, junior colleges, universities and daycare centres in the province for two weeks beginning Monday to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Premier Francois Legault is also ...
Mar 13, 2020
Veteran defensive lineman Lemon surprised to still be a CFL free agent
TORONTO - Shawn Lemon never figured to be in this position. After registering a 20 combined sacks the past two seasons with Toronto and B.C., the veteran defensive lineman was expected to generat...
Mar 13, 2020
Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests negative for coronavirus
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to a post Friday on his official Facebook profile. He travelled to Florida last weekend and di...
Mar 13, 2020
CFL announces its 2020 Touchdown Atlantic game in Halifax has been sold out
TORONTO - The CFL's 2020 edition of Touchdown Atlantic is a sellout, with all 10,000 tickets currently available purchased. The CFL made the announcement Wednesday, a day after tickets to the July 25 ...
Mar 13, 2020
Olympic wrestling qualifier going ahead in Ottawa without spectators
OTTAWA - An Olympic wrestling qualifier in Ottawa is still going ahead, but is now closed to spectators. United World Wrestling and Wrestling Canada Lutte announced in a release that the Pan-American ...
Mar 13, 2020
Casse's Enforceable currently third in Kentucky Derby points standings
It's one of the few accomplishments to elude Mark Casse. He's been named Canada's top trainer an unprecedented 11 times, won all three legs of the country's Triple Crown and is enshrined in ...
Mar 13, 2020
Minimal hit to economic growth from rail blockades, PBO says in new report
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says a series of rail blockades last month will leave a minimal dent in the pace of economic growth. The report today estimates the blockades will shave two-ten...
Mar 13, 2020
AP VoteCast: A state-by-state look at Democratic primaries
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press surveyed voters in three of the six states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here's a snapshot of voters in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi - ...
Mar 13, 2020
'Very much alive': Biden victorious in 4 more primary states
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vic...
Mar 13, 2020