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Montreal Canadiens making temporary job cuts during COVID-19 crisis
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Groupe CH, which also owns the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket, says it will proceed with a tempor...
Mar 24, 2020

Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...
Mar 24, 2020

Kamloops reporter to head home after production of Big Brother Canada cancelled
TORONTO - The eighth season of Big Brother Canada has officially been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.That means Kamloops reporter John Luke Kieper, who works for media site Kamloops Now, will ...
Mar 24, 2020 Image Credit: Big Brother Canada

Hockey Canada backs Scott Salmond after anti-doping suspension upheld
Hockey Canada is backing senior vice-president of national teams Scott Salmond after his suspension for an anti-doping rule violation was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Spo...
Mar 24, 2020

No immediate plans to use cell phone tracking in COVID-19 fight: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says the federal government has no immediate plans to use cellphone data to track people's movements during the COVID-19 crisis. But the prime minister adds that all ...
Mar 24, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:30 p.m. on March 24, 2020: There are 2187 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 628 confirmed (includin...
Mar 24, 2020

Canadian rugby sevens veteran Harry Jones looks to wait out the storm
It was just over two weeks ago that Harry Jones was playing in front of a Canadian-record rugby crowd of 39,533 on Day 1 of the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver. The Canadian rugby sevens men went on w...
Mar 24, 2020

Valeria Luiselli's 'Lost Children Archive' wins Folio Prize
LONDON - Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli's novel "Lost Children Archive" won the Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Monday at a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Luiselli ...
Mar 24, 2020

Already stretched paramedic services crunched by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Paramedics across the country who were already working at capacity say they're being stretched by COVID-19 calls and the extra precautions that come with them. Paramedic Association of Canada...
Mar 24, 2020

CFL decides to postpone its 2020 global draft due to COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - The CFL postponed its 2020 global draft due to the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. The draft was scheduled to be held April 16. It will now coincide with the opening of training camps. ...
Mar 24, 2020

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