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NHL players, teams trying to stay connected with fans during COVID-19 pandemic
The video starts with Morgan Rielly standing at a sink before the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman proceeds to demonstrate the correct way to wash your hands. Another clip shows teammate Zach ...
Mar 24, 2020
Grim find: Bodies of virus victims in Spanish nursing homes
MADRID - Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of people suspected of dying from the new coronavirus,...
Mar 24, 2020
Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
NEW YORK - Terrence McNally, one of America's great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtim...
Mar 24, 2020
Saskatchewan health officials preparing for thousands to die: document
REGINA - The spread of COVID-19 could exceed the Saskatchewan Health Authority's capacity for acute services and amount to a death toll in the thousands, says a document....
Mar 24, 2020
Grunwald: "We just have to defer our excitement and get ready for 2021"
Glen Grunwald was at Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse's foundation gala dinner on March 11 when the sports world began unravelling. Utah Jazz centre Rudy Gobert had just tested positive for COVID-19, ...
Mar 24, 2020
Planning starts anew for rugby sevens teams in wake of Olympic postponement
Hours after the IOC pushed back the Tokyo Olympics to 2021, Canadian women's rugby sevens coach John Tait scheduled a conference call with his players. Topics included what's next - and whet...
Mar 24, 2020
Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada now rising
OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...
Mar 24, 2020
Montreal Canadiens making temporary job cuts during COVID-19 crisis
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Groupe CH, which also owns the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket, says it will proceed with a tempor...
Mar 24, 2020
Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...
Mar 24, 2020
Parks Canada temporarily suspending all visitor vehicle access
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in the national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend. The national agency says it is still noticing high visi...
Mar 24, 2020 Parks Canada encouraging people to stay home during covid-19. Photo Credit: Parks Canada