COVID-19 Coronavirus

Planning starts anew for rugby sevens teams in wake of Olympic postponement

Hours after the IOC pushed back the Tokyo Olympics to 2021, Canadian women's rugby sevens coach John Tait scheduled a conference call with his players. Topics included what's next - and whet...

Mar 24, 2020

Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada now rising

OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...

Mar 24, 2020

Montreal Canadiens making temporary job cuts during COVID-19 crisis

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Groupe CH, which also owns the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket, says it will proceed with a tempor...

Mar 24, 2020

Many southern Albertan communities close playgrounds to limit COVID-19 spread

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local governments throughout the region are taking steps to limit the spread of COVID-19.Playground equipment has been identified as an area of particular concern as many officials fe...

Mar 24, 2020 Playground at Lethbridge's Nicholas Sheran Park. (Lethbridge News Now)

Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic

Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...

Mar 24, 2020

Parks Canada suspending visitor vehicle access to sites until further notice

GATINEAU, QC - Parks Canada is ramping up its efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19. Parks announced the suspension of visitor services and the closure of its facilities on March 19 but have noted h...

Olivia Thorington Mar 24, 2020 Waterton Lakes National Park is one of the most popular sites in southern Alberta (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

No immediate plans to use cell phone tracking in COVID-19 fight: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says the federal government has no immediate plans to use cellphone data to track people's movements during the COVID-19 crisis. But the prime minister adds that all ...

Mar 24, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:30 p.m. on March 24, 2020: There are 2187 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 628 confirmed (includin...

Mar 24, 2020

Canadian rugby sevens veteran Harry Jones looks to wait out the storm

It was just over two weeks ago that Harry Jones was playing in front of a Canadian-record rugby crowd of 39,533 on Day 1 of the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver. The Canadian rugby sevens men went on w...

Mar 24, 2020

All playgrounds in Taber closed to limit spread of COVID-19

TABER, AB - The Town of Taber continues its fight against COVID-19.Its latest measure is to close all playgrounds within Taber. Closures will be in place until further notice to help limit the spread ...

Mar 24, 2020 Town of Taber Sign (Photo: Chat News Today)