Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus

NHL Suspends season
The NHL has suspended its season immediately due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The league made the announcement Thursday afternoon.The NHL advised all its clubs earlier in the day not to conduct morning sk...
Mar 12, 2020 NHL logo

Downtown Calgary daycare closed after child tests positive for COVID-19
CALGARY, AB - A daycare in a downtown Calgary office tower has closed after a child tested positive for COVID-19.Suncor Energy spokeswoman Erin Rees says the Pump-Kin Patch Child Care Centre is closed...
Mar 12, 2020 Pump-Kin Patch Child Care Centre. (Supplied by Pump-Kin Patch Child Care Centre)

Juno Awards in Saskatoon cancelled last-minute over COVID-19 concerns
SASKATOON, SASK. - The Juno Awards have been cancelled over concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak.The show, which celebrates Canadian music, was to take place Sunday at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon,...
Mar 12, 2020 The Juno -- The Canadian Press

Trudeau goes into self-isolation over COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife are in self-isolation over COVID-19 concerns, which has forced the cancellation of an in-person meeting of Canada's first ministers. The Prime ...
Mar 12, 2020

UPDATE: ACAC Futsal Championships postponed
LLOYDMINSTER, AB - UPDATE: In an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, a decision has been made to postpone the 2020 ACAC Futsal Championships. Both the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men...
Mar 12, 2020 The ACAC Futsal Championships run March 13-15, 2020 (Photo courtesy Lethbridge College)

NBA suspending season until further notice because of coronavirus
MIAMI (AP) - The NBA has suspended its season "until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the leagu...
Mar 11, 2020 The Associated Press

BREAKING: World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a "pandemic"
GENEVA, SW - The World Health Organization (WHO) says the COVID-19 outbreak has become a pandemic.Its director-general says the virus that causes the respiratory illness can still be fought, but some ...
Mar 11, 2020 COVID-19 bacteria. (Alberta Health Service)

Trudeau promises $1 billion for COVID-19 research, resilience
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out a $1 billion funding package to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian workers...
Mar 11, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Photo: The Canadian Press)