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Calgary blocks traffic lanes to help pathway users maintain two-metre separation
CALGARY - Fans of a decision by Calgary officials to block off some traffic lanes to give pedestrians and cyclists extra room for social distancing hope others cities will follow suit. ...
Mar 30, 2020
Asian shares extend losses as toll from pandemic surges
BANGKOK - Asian shares started the week with fresh losses as countries reported surging numbers of infections from the coronavirus that has prompted shutdowns of travel and business in many parts of t...
Mar 29, 2020
'Worse than any flu': Canadians describe how it feels to have COVID-19
MONTREAL - Melanie Fournier went to bed a week ago Thursday feeling grateful that, despite everything going on in the world, she was in the best health of her life. Less than 12 hours later,...
Mar 29, 2020
Canadian among dead after plane catches fire at Manila airport, killing all 8 on board
MANILA, Philippines - A plane carrying eight people, including a Canadian and an American, burst into flames Sunday while attempting to take off from Manila's airport on a flight bound for Japan, kill...
Mar 29, 2020
Here fishy, fishy: Nanaimo lakes stocked with rainbow trout
NANAIMO - Fishing one of Nanaimo's stocked lakes can be a fun social distancing way to spend an afternoon.Even more so now, since the Freshwater Fisheries Society piped 7,000 trout into seven lakes in...
Mar 29, 2020 Freshwater Fisheries Society crews have been busy pumping rainbow trout into Nanaimo lakes lately. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Canada keeps up push for UN Security Council seat during COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic ended the secret handshakes and deal-making in the world's power corridors, but Canada's campaign for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council is full ste...
Mar 29, 2020
Trudeau remaining in isolation longer despite wife recovering from COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will remain in isolation at his home for almost two more weeks even though his wife recently announced she has recovered from COVID-19. Trudeau says the ...
Mar 29, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:03 a.m. on March 29, 2020: There are 5,866 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 2,498 confirmed (inclu...
Mar 29, 2020
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport temporarily halts doping testing program
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has placed its doping control testing program on hold until further notice. The CCES announced its decision Friday in a statement posted to its website. ...
Mar 29, 2020
Canada's sports organizations eager to unite country when pandemic passes
panowTom Renney remembers exactly where he was during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.It was the first time the New York Rangers had ever held their training camp in Manhattan. Renney, who was entering ...
Mar 29, 2020