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Juventus player Rugani tests positive for coronavirus
TURIN, Italy - Italian soccer club Juventus says one of its players, defender Daniele Rugani, has tested positive for COVID-19. Rugani, who also plays for the Italian national team, is the first playe...
Mar 11, 2020
Wolf Creek, Chinook's Edge cancel school trips due to coronavirus concerns
Two local school districts are cancelling trips abroad due to growing global concerns over COVID-19 (coronavirus).Wolf Creek Public Schools has cancelled March international student trips from Alix-MA...
Mar 11, 2020 Jayson Lovell, Superintendent, Wolf Creek Public Schools
'Confused' Leafs look to regroup after ugly road trip; Rielly nearing a return
TORONTO - With the Maple Leafs' locker room closed to reporters amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus, players were trotted out one by one Monday to a podium in the media lounge down...
Mar 11, 2020
Crown considering dangerous offender status for Eckville man over child sex crimes
The Crown will be taking the next several weeks to decide whether to pursue dangerous or long-term offender status for an Eckville man who admitted to committing sexual crimes against young children.I...
Mar 11, 2020
NHL Notebook: Players ponder playing in empty arenas amid coronavirus fears
Mitch Marner has never played a game without fans. Even as a kid trying to hone his skills in frigid minor hockey arenas, there was always a parent, a sibling, a friend or even stranger...
Mar 11, 2020
WHL games in Washington State to be played without fans
The Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips and Seattle Thunderbirds have announced they will play upcoming regular-season home games without fans after Washington State banned large group events i...
Mar 11, 2020
Women's world hockey cancellation hits Nova Scotia player, coach hard
Blayre Turnbull was 10 years old when she saw the first women's world hockey championship played in her home province. A chance to follow in those players' footsteps was denied Saturday when...
Mar 11, 2020
Only essential staff and limited family at NCAA tournaments
NCAA tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday that he made the decision to conduct both th...
Mar 11, 2020
Virus prompts late shows to drop audiences, ‘Survivor’ delay
LOS ANGELES - The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry reached late-night television and far beyond to the series "Survivor" in Fiji. "The Tonight Show" and other late-ni...
Mar 11, 2020
Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city
MONTREAL - Travellers arrived on the last Air Canada flight from Rome to Montreal today talking about an empty city that felt under siege from the novel coronavirus. Doris Hamelin and her husband...
Mar 11, 2020