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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

Spirit River to get lion's share of senior housing and care facility investment
A joint investment from the Provincial and Federal Government will see more senior housing built in Alberta, mostly in the Peace Region.Through a bilateral agreement between Canada and Alberta, the Ca...
Mar 12, 2020 Grande Spirit Foundation (photo by Curtis Galbraith)

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

Grande Prairie RCMP warn of poor road conditions and delays on Highway 43
Grande Prairie RCMP are warning motorists of poor road conditions and traffic delays on Highway 43, east of Bezanson. RCMP say "numerous" tractor trailer units have "jack-knifed", and collisions have ...
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

Territories prepare for coronavirus with limited health facilities
Arctic governments are bracing for the potential impact of the novel coronavirus in far-flung, isolated communities. No cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nunavut, the Northwest Territ...
Mar 12, 2020