COVID-19 Coronavirus

Ottawa Senators player tests positive for COVID-19

OTTAWA - An Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first NHLer to be diagnosed with the coronavirus. The Senators did not name the player when releasing the ne...

Mar 17, 2020

Canada, U.S. working on mutual deal to restrict non-essential travel

WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are working out the details of a proposed mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries, a federal government source in Ottawa says. The ...

Mar 17, 2020

WestJet warning recent passengers of possible exposure to COVID-19

CALGARY - WestJet Airlines says some of its passengers may have been exposed to people infected with the novel coronavirus on recent flights. The Calgary-based company made the announcement on its web...

Olivia Thorington Mar 17, 2020

'Saddened' - Calgary Stampede temporarily lays off 80 per cent of workforce

CALGARY - The future of the 2020 'Greatest Show on Earth' is up in the air after the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede temporarily laid off 80 per cent of its staff Tuesday as a direct result ...

Mar 17, 2020

Jazz Festival postponed as virus reaches Louisiana capital

NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people for eight days of music, food and culture, has been postponed over coronavirus concerns, offi...

Mar 17, 2020

Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico

SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the pres...

Mar 17, 2020

U of L: "University community" member was in contact with positive COVID-19 patient

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge has received "unconfirmed reports" that a member of their "University community (Lethbridge campus)" has been in contact with someone who has tested posit...

Mar 17, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Trainer Mark Casse good with Derby being postponed until September

It's going to require some change to preparation, but trainer Mark Casse is good with Tuesday's decision to postpone the Kentucky Derby until September amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Mar 17, 2020

Senators say owner Eugene Melnyk will pay part-time arena staff during pandemic

The Ottawa Senators say owner Eugene Melnyk has now "personally pledged" to pay part-time arena staff impacted by the suspension of the NHL season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senators were th...

Mar 17, 2020

As pandemic turns politics inside out, questions swirl around Democratic race

WASHINGTON - Movie theatres are shuttered, schools and universities unnervingly quiet, businesses and borders are turning people away and North America is bracing for the worst as the urgenc...

Mar 17, 2020