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Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu is AP women's player of the year
Sabrina Ionescu capped off a unprecedented college career by entering an exclusive club. Oregon's star guard was a unanimous choice Monday as The Associated Press women's basketball player of the year...
Mar 23, 2020
Air Canada and WestJet reduce flights to and from Grande Prairie
Beginning Monday, WestJet and Air Canada have reduced their flights to Grande Prairie as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Air Canada will now be having return flights between the Grande Pr...
Mar 23, 2020
Military says No link between military vehicle movement and COVID crisis: Armed Forces
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says there is no link between the movement of dozens of military trucks and armoured vehicles over the weekend and COVID-19. Video of the military vehicles being tra...
Mar 23, 2020
Merkel negative in 1st virus test; more to be done
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman says the German leader has tested negative for the new coronavirus. Spokesman Steffen Seibert told news agency dpa on Monday that "further tests will be c...
Mar 23, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:42 a.m. ET on March 23, 2020: There are 1563 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 503 confirmed ...
Mar 23, 2020
Ex-Scottish leader acquitted on all sex-crimes charges
A jury on Monday cleared former Scottish leader Alex Salmond of all sex-crimes charges he was facing in an Edinburgh court. Jurors had retired to consider their verdicts on Friday. Salmond, 65, denied...
Mar 23, 2020
Trump appears to waffle on shutdown as Congress pursues aid
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suggested Monday he had qualms about extending the current 15-day suggested shutdown as his officials warned about the deepening coronavirus crisis and administrati...
Mar 23, 2020
Ensign Energy Services cuts capital spending plan, executive salaries
CALGARY - Ensign Energy Services Inc. is cutting its capital budget and says its top executives will take a pay cut as it moves to deal with the crash in the oilpatch due to COVID-19 and the oil price...
Mar 23, 2020
Ottawa opens COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre for homeless
OTTAWA - A local recreation centre in Ottawa is becoming an isolation and treatment centre for homeless people with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. The centre opens today, and three peo...
Mar 23, 2020
Azerbaijan GP off; no F1 race until mid-June at the earliest
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was postponed Monday because of the coronavirus outbreak, delaying the start of the Formula One season until the middle of June at the earliest. The first eight races of the ...
Mar 23, 2020