Author Archives:
Israel's Netanyahu calls for emergency government with rival
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called for the formation of an emergency government to confront a growing crisis over the coronavirus, offering a potential way out of...
Mar 14, 2020
CFL announces the cancellation of its regional, national combines
TORONTO - The CFL has cancelled its regional and national combines in the wake of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The league made the announcement Thursday. "At our very core, we are about bringing peo...
Mar 14, 2020
Woodbine racetracks closing to general public for minimum of two weeks
TORONTO - Woodbine Mohawk Park and Woodbine Racetrack will be closed to the general public starting tomorrow for a minimum of two weeks. Woodbine Entertainment, which operates the two racetracks, made...
Mar 14, 2020
AP source: UEFA to decide on plan to postpone Euros a year
UEFA is nearing a decision to postpone the European Championship by a year to 2021 as the continent grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated...
Mar 14, 2020
Five of the most pressing questions about Trump's European travel ban
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is closing America's borders to foreign nationals who recently spent time in Europe, a dramatic step that illustrates both the severity of the global outbreak of COVID-1...
Mar 14, 2020
Peer harm reduction workers move to unionize in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - When the overdose crisis struck British Columbia four years ago, Dave Apsey was among a small group of people in a unique position to respond. As a drug user who helped open a needle excha...
Mar 14, 2020
Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump
WASHINGTON - A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first time that someone known to have t...
Mar 14, 2020
Peer harm reduction workers move to unionize in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - When the overdose crisis struck British Columbia four years ago, Dave Apsey was among a small group of people in a unique position to respond. As a drug user who helped open a needle excha...
Mar 14, 2020
The city sleeps: New York bans big gatherings, museums close
NEW YORK - Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United States wound...
Mar 14, 2020
As central banks intervene to calm markets, few see solution
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank moved Thursday to try to calm financial markets and restore some degree of confidence. It didn't quite work. The central banks are facing...
Mar 14, 2020