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Alberta heavyweight Tanner Boser waits for UFC to call again after COVID-19
His latest fight postponed because of the UFC's inability to find a place to stage it due to COVID-19, Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser is chilling in his condo with a couple of 40-pou...
Mar 30, 2020
Ferry operators call for inclusion in COVID-19 travel restrictions
OTTAWA - As new restrictions came into effect barring people with symptoms of COVID-19 from planes and trains, ferry operators called for the federal government to ban such travellers from their vesse...
Mar 30, 2020
Former CFL coach/GM Rita feeling sad for Italy's COVID-19 pandemic anguish
TORONTO - Adam Rita's heart aches over the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on Italy. Italy, which had over 97,000 confirmed cases of the disease with more than 10,000 fatalities as of S...
Mar 30, 2020
Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues
WASHINGTON - Siding with public health experts' dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive social distancing guidelines through the end of April, wh...
Mar 30, 2020
Large business, non-profits, charities eligible for wage subsidy, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75-per-cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pa...
Mar 30, 2020
Trudeau says he's 'proud' Canadians stepping up to challenge of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a measure of satisfaction from early indications that Canada's COVID-19 caseload is not on the same trajectory as that in the United States. While the ...
Mar 30, 2020
CHL coaches ponder what could have been after cancellation: 'Everybody lost'
Jim Hulton's lasting image of the 2019-20 season is a bus ride to nowhere. The head coach and general manager of the Charlottetown Islanders was travelling with his team for a pair of Quebec Major Jun...
Mar 30, 2020
Alberta doctors send letter asking government to delay health-care restructuring
Hundreds of Alberta doctors have signed an open letter asking the provincial government to delay its proposed health-care restructuring.The changes, which are to take effect Wednesday, include cancell...
Mar 30, 2020
Cruise ships carrying Canadians on the move toward Florida
Two cruise ships carrying nearly 2,700 passengers and crew, including 248 Canadians are on the move after being stranded off the coast of Panama following the deaths of four passengers ...
Mar 30, 2020
Macy's to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers
NEW YORK - Macy's will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers with its stores dark. The company on Monday said it is transitioning to an ''absolute minimum workforce" needed to maintain basic oper...
Mar 30, 2020