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Alberta Education lays out at-home learning plan, cancels Diploma Exams
Alberta Education says it now has guidelines in place for the learning outcomes for students while classes are cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.After cancelling all in-school classes on Sunday, ...
Mar 20, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange
US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus
SAN DIEGO - Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that travel would be sharply restricted along their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. Mexico, the U.S. and Can...
Mar 20, 2020
Bereavement workers, including embalmers, say they don't have access to enough masks
A group that represents the funeral industry is calling for greater access to masks and other protective gear as the COVID-19 pandemic marches onward. The vice-president of the Funeral Service Associa...
Mar 20, 2020
Johnny Depp's libel case against UK tabloid stalled by virus
LONDON - Johnny Depp's libel suit against British tabloid The Sun was put on hold Friday as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Depp is suing the newspaper's parent company, News Group Newspapers, a...
Mar 20, 2020
Without games, NBA players using their platforms in new way
Cleveland's Kevin Love did his best to reassure a skittish and scared public. Denver's Jamal Murray sat at his piano and played theme songs. Atlanta's Trae Young shot balled-up socks into a trash can....
Mar 20, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:30 p.m. Industry Minister Navdeep Bains is asking Canadian business to step up and tell the government what they can d...
Mar 20, 2020
Crude-by-rail shipments hit record high over 400,000 bpd in January
CALGARY - The Canada Energy Regulator says crude-by-rail exports reached a record high of 403,767 barrels per day in January, the first time they've surpassed 400,000 bpd.The surge in rail movements o...
Mar 20, 2020
English rugby in turmoil as season cancelled below top flight
English rugby was plunged into financial turmoil and uncertainty on Friday after the season was cancelled at all levels below the top-flight Premiership because of the coronavirus outbreak. Rugby Foot...
Mar 20, 2020
Partial Canada-U.S. border closure to take effect at midnight, Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the mutual decision by Canada and the United States to close their shared border to non-essential travel will take effect at midnight tonight. Both coun...
Mar 20, 2020
Canada watching 70 cruise ships still sailing with 4,000 Canadians on board
OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to keep tabs on as many as 4,000 Canadians still on board cruise ships sailing around the world amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Austen, a spokesman f...
Mar 20, 2020