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Canada refuses to go to Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics in 2020
TORONTO - Canada won't participate in the Tokyo Olympics or Paralympics - at least this summer. The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee issued joint statements ...
Mar 22, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Canada refuses to go to Tokyo Olympics unless Games postponed
TORONTO - Canada won't be at this summer's Tokyo Olympics unless the Games are postponed by a year. The Canadian Olympic Committee sent out a statement Sunday evening saying it's refusi...
Mar 22, 2020

North Zone adds two more COVID-19 cases Sunday; province adds 33
Two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 were tallied in the North Zone on Sunday, bringing the area's total number of cases up to 18.Though there was no press conference update held on Sunday by the prov...
Mar 22, 2020

UPDATE: Snowfall warning ended for Grande Prairie area
UPDATE (11:00 a.m. March 24): The snowfall warning for the Grande Prairie area has ended. A warning still remains in place for the Fox Creek and Whitecourt area at this time. Environment Canada has is...
Mar 22, 2020

Nations's capital trying to keep crowds from cherry blossoms
WASHINGTON - As signature cherry blossom trees go through peak bloom in the nation's capital, officials in the District of Columbia are resorting to mass street closures to keep large crowds away in t...
Mar 22, 2020

Joyce Milgaard, tireless activist mother of wrongfully convicted son, dies
TORONTO - Joyce Milgaard, who spent decades fighting tirelessly for the exoneration of her wrongfully convicted son, David Milgaard, has died after a lengthy illness, his brother said on Sunday. Milga...
Mar 22, 2020

Blue Jays Shapiro says players, staff have not needed testing for COVID-19
Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro says none of the team's players or staff have had symptoms that warranted being tested for COVID-19. Shapiro spoke to media Sunday afternoon on a confe...
Mar 22, 2020

Rand Paul is 1st senator to report positive test for virus
WASHINGTON - Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. The Republican is the first member of the Senate to report testing positive. He said i...
Mar 22, 2020

Merkel in quarantine after doctor tests positive for virus
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being informed that a doctor who administered a vaccine to her has tested positive for the new coronavirus. Merkel's spokesman s...
Mar 22, 2020

Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo has coronavirus
MADRID - Spanish opera singer Plcido Domingo said Sunday that he's infected with the coronavirus. The 79-year-old Domingo said in a post on his personal Facebook account Sunday that "I feel it is my m...
Mar 22, 2020