Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus

Vancouver forward J.T. Miller hoping Canucks get to finish what they started
J.T. Miller hasn't thought twice about having the best statistical season of his career stopped in its tracks. The frustration of seeing the Vancouver Canucks' resurgent campaign put on ice is an...
Apr 01, 2020

117 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Alberta in one day
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta is announcing a sharp rise in the number of people in the province who have contracted COVID-19.Premier Jason Kenney and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. ...
Apr 01, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney speaks on Wednesday's COVID-19 update. (Government of Alberta)

Buying time; Tokyo Games postponement a boon for injured Canadian athletes
When TJ Sanders isn't on the volleyball court running Canada's offence, he's often laying on his back with his feet on a chair courtside. Canada's starting setter has managed a painful back injur...
Apr 01, 2020

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment leaders take pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
TORONTO - Top Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment executives are taking pay cuts in the wake of COVID-19 shutting down the company's sports and entertainment business. A memo to MLSE ...
Apr 01, 2020

Scenarios for Indigenous COVID-19 response include calling in the army: Miller
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government is ready to call in the army to help First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities contend with COVID-19. Indigenous leaders f...
Apr 01, 2020

Beef industry update on COVID-19 impact
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta has deemed agriculture and related services as 'Essential Services", and the Federal government will continue to work with provincial and territorial counterparts, to ensure...
Apr 01, 2020 Cattle in feed lot -- LNN

Late fees for taxes or utility payments in Coaldale temporarily eliminated
COALDALE, AB - Coaldale Town Council has passed new measures it believes will help ease the financial stress on its residents and businesses.Effective April 1, 2020, penalties associated with late pay...
Apr 01, 2020 Town of Coaldale sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Ujiri would love to season salvaged, but global health should be focus right now
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri would love to see the remainder of the NBA season salvaged somehow. But the Toronto Raptors president said, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic that has brought the sports world to...
Apr 01, 2020

Wolfpack stuck between a rock and a hard place as rugby league ponders future
TORONTO - As English rugby league faces an uncertain future due to COVID-19, the Toronto Wolfpack find themselves once again between a rock and a hard place. The team's next payday comes the...
Apr 01, 2020

Unemployed during COVID-19? Here's how to navigate federal programs
A quick look at some of the federal COVID-19 benefit programs and who qualifies for assistance: Canada Emergency Response Benefit The CERB pays a monthly $2,000 payment to workers who wouldn't ot...
Apr 01, 2020