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Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing coronavirus concerns
New York's governor ordered all Broadway theatres to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns, plunging into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and causing...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada develops COVID-19 guidelines on when to cancel major events
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has posted guidelines aimed at helping event planners figure out whether to cancel mass gatherings of people as the federal government works to quell the po...
Mar 12, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 12, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 12, 2020: - Ontario: 59 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 46 confirmed, including ...
Mar 12, 2020
CP NewsAlert: MLB postpones operations indefinitely due to COVID-19
Major League Baseball has postponed the start of the regular season by at least two weeks and cancelled the rest of spring training due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More coming. The Canadi...
Mar 12, 2020
MLB delays opening day by at least 2 weeks because of virus
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening day ...
Mar 12, 2020
International traveller is 1st case of new virus in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine - A woman in her 50s who travelled internationally is the first person in Maine to test positive for the new coronavirus after voluntarily isolating herself and reporting to a hospital ...
Mar 12, 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 12, 2020
Major League Rugby joins other leagues in suspending play for 30 days
TORONTO - Major League Rugby joined other leagues Thursday in suspending play for 30 days because of COVID-19 outbreak. The 12-team North American league has already played five rounds of ma...
Mar 12, 2020
World Cup cross-country event in Canmore cancelled
CANMORE, Alta. - A World Cup cross-country ski event scheduled for next week in Canmore, Alta., has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The FIS, the world governing body for skiing, annou...
Mar 12, 2020
Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19
A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: - NHL suspends 2019-20 season impacting seven Canadian teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, To...
Mar 12, 2020