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Some details on how to access federal financial help if affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending...
Mar 19, 2020
South African player tests positive for the coronavirus
The first player under the PGA Tour umbrella has tested positive for the new coronavirus after returning home to South Africa from playing a developmental tour event in Mexico. The PGA Tour says Victo...
Mar 19, 2020
Major League Soccer extends suspension of play for next 8 weeks due to COVID-19
TORONTO - Major League Soccer has extended its season hiatus for the next eight weeks, with a target return date of May 10. Like many leagues, the North American soccer circuit announced a 30-day susp...
Mar 19, 2020
Ionescu headlines AP All-America women's basketball team
NEW YORK - Sabrina Ionescu has joined an elite group, becoming a three-time All-American. The Oregon senior shattered the NCAA career triple-double mark and became the first player in college history ...
Mar 19, 2020
CFL commissioner Ambrosie says league discussing COVID-19 contingency plans
TORONTO - The only certainty CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has these days is uncertainty. Ambrosie can't say definitively that CFL training camps will open on time due to all the unknowns surro...
Mar 19, 2020
Twilight Time: Long-lost Rod Serling baseball comedy on deck
Years before he journeyed to "The Twilight Zone," Rod Serling made a brief detour to the strike zone. To many, he's the foreboding figure in black and white who gave the world the heebie-jeebies with ...
Mar 19, 2020
Vital but vulnerable, cleaners hold the line against a virus
NEW YORK - When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers at the gate, when suburbanites start to take sanitary precautions more seriously,...
Mar 19, 2020
Country singers to perform from home for ACM special
NASHVILLE - The Academy of Country Music had to postpone their upcoming awards show because of the spreading coronavirus, but CBS will air a new television special featuring country stars performing f...
Mar 19, 2020
Monaco's head of state Prince Albert II contracts new virus
PARIS - The palace of Monaco says its ruler, Prince Albert II, has tested positive for the new coronavirus but his health is not worrying. Albert, 62, appeared to be the first head of state who has pu...
Mar 19, 2020
England suspends soccer until April 30, will extend season
LONDON - English soccer will remain suspended until at least April 30 because of the coronavirus outbreak, with authorities agreeing Thursday to extend the season "indefinitely" beyond its previous cu...
Mar 19, 2020