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Leafs UFA D Tyson Barrie: 'It's a weird time to be heading into free agency'
TORONTO - Tyson Barrie is trying to keep things in perspective. More than 80,000 people in Canada are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19, and the country's death toll has sur...
May 20, 2020
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie lays out best-case scenario for 2020 season
TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie gave the CFL some much-needed breathing room Wednesday. Ambrosie told CFL season-ticket holders during a video conference the earliest the league could start...
May 20, 2020
'Is that all for me?' Girl, 5, who survived triple slaying of family comes home
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A five-year-old girl who survived when her paternal grandparents and brother died in a triple slaying in Saskatchewan came home Tuesday to a welcome that astonished and del...
May 20, 2020
Pandemic response hampered by lack of data-sharing, committee hears
OTTAWA - Experts say difficulties gathering federal data on the spread of COVID-19 has hampered Canada's response to the pandemic. The scathing criticism of Canada's method of gathering crucial inform...
May 20, 2020
Canada Post lost $153-million in 2019
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it lost $153 million before tax last year as intense e-commerce competition slowed growth at its parcels business and an ongoing shift toward online communication prompted ma...
May 20, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases anywhere in South Zone Wednesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has posted perhaps its slowest day for COVID-19 infections since the virus entered the province.Across Alberta, only 19 new cases were confirmed Wednesday, b...
May 20, 2020
Farmers to benefit from changes to Canada Emergency Business Account
OTTAWA, ON. -- Tuesday's announcement of expansion of the eligibility to the Canada Emergency Business Account is a big deal for farmers across the country. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, h...
May 20, 2020
Annual inflation rate turned negative in April
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate turned negative in April as the economy came to a standstill in the first full month of the pandemic.The agency reports the consumer price ind...
May 20, 2020
Canadians encouraged to wear non-medical face masks in public
OTTAWA, ON. -- Canada's public health experts are now fully recommending that Canadians wear non-medical face masks in public when they aren't sure they will be able to keep their distance from other ...
May 20, 2020
CFL could resume play in September, changes announced to Grey Cup games
TORONTO, ONT - The Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced its plans for this year.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league has suspended play since March. Now, Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says t...
May 20, 2020