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Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony postponed due to COVID-19
ST. MARYS, Ont. - The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is posting its 2020 induction ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman and two-time World Series champion ...
Apr 09, 2020
Conservatives not holding up aid bill, but want to see improvements: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party isn't deliberately holding up a new financial aid package for COVID-19 relief. Scheer says constructive conversations are ongoing between his ...
Apr 09, 2020
Supreme Court refuses to hear case concerning rights of disabled air passengers
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine whether new air-travel rules that allow lengthy delays breach the rights of some Canadians with disabilities. The federal regulations le...
Apr 09, 2020
Southampton becomes 1st EPL club to defer player salaries
SOUTHAMPTON, England - Southampton became the first Premier League club to announce an agreement with players to defer part of their salaries during the coronavirus pandemic. Players and coaches at th...
Apr 09, 2020
Top court won't hear bid to suspend Quebec's secularism law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not look at whether Quebec's secularism law should be suspended while a full legal challenge of the measure plays out. The law, known as Bill 21, prohibi...
Apr 09, 2020
'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance COVID-19 fight, economy: study
Dialing physical distancing measures up and down could be a way of sustaining the long-term fight against COVID-19 while not crushing the economy, a new study from Ontario researchers s...
Apr 09, 2020
16.8M Americans thrown out of work as economic toll rises
NEW YORK - The coronavirus outbreak has thrown at least 16.8 million Americans onto the unemployment rolls in just three weeks, underscoring the terrifying speed with which the crisis has brought worl...
Apr 09, 2020
UK braces for more virus deaths; Johnson reported stable
LONDON - Britons braced Thursday for several more weeks in lockdown as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained stable in a London hospital after three nights in intensive care for treatment of his coron...
Apr 09, 2020
Virtual choir brings N.L. students together in song, with cameo from Trudeau
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A "virtual choir" has brought students across Newfoundland and Labrador, along with professional musicians and politicians, together in song during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Newfou...
Apr 09, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:10 a.m. Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is moving to increase its domestic production of personal protective equipmen...
Apr 09, 2020
