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Princess Cruises suspending global operations for 60 days
MIAMI - Princess Cruises, which had one of its ships quarantined off the coast of Japan last month, is suspending global operations through early May because of the coronavirus pandemic. The cruise li...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada's Quinn Ngawati back for second stint with Toronto Wolfpack
TORONTO - Canadian Quinn Ngawati is back with the Toronto Wolfpack. The Wolfpack said the 20-year-old from Victoria, who left the team in October 2018, will begin playing for League 1 s...
Mar 12, 2020
Mother of 3 of Floyd Mayweather Jr's children found dead
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - An ex-girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. who was the mother of three of his children was found dead in a Southern California suburb, authorities said. The coroner's offic...
Mar 12, 2020
Israeli court rejects Netanyahu request to delay trial
JERUSALEM - An Israeli court on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to delay the start of his corruption trial, clearing the way for proceedings to begin as planned next week....
Mar 12, 2020
Travel bans grow amid warnings viral pandemic will worsen
ROME - Sweeping travel bans accelerated around the globe Thursday, walling regions apart, keeping people inside their homes and slowing the engines of commerce to try to stem the unfolding coronavirus...
Mar 12, 2020
Virus lockdown means Italy's old are isolated from relatives
ROME - Natalina De Santis' three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn't let them in any more. Widowed a few months a...
Mar 12, 2020
New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19
FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...
Mar 12, 2020
Fate of NHL season unclear after NBA campaign suspended for positive coronavirus test
NEW YORK - The NHL says it is evaluating its options for the rest of the 2019-20 season after the NBA suspended its season until further notice on Wednesday night. The NBA made its decision after...
Mar 12, 2020
Beothuk remains returned to Newfoundland after almost two centuries in Scotland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remains of two Indigenous people have been returned to Newfoundland from Scotland after being stolen from a grave site on the island almost two centuries ago. Representatives fr...
Mar 12, 2020
Emergency personnel take part in “mock disaster” bomb drill at city hall
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you were driving by Lethbridge City Hall Wednesday, you might have noticed several emergency vehicles parked outside, but there is no reason to panic.Emergency Preparedness Manager...
Mar 12, 2020 A member of the LPS Explosive Disposal Unit prepares a machine as part of the mock disaster. (Lethbridge News Now)