Press Release TORONTO- on Friday, the Ontario government released extensive COVID-19 modelling, revealing several scenarios that project the potential number of cases and deaths. In doing so, the province is providing the public with full transparency about the consequences should everyone but non-essential workers fail to stay home and practise […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is acknowledging that Canada has been having problems with incomplete or non-existent deliveries of critical supplies for its fight against COVID-19 – and he’s singling out the United States in particular. Under persistent questioning Monday, Trudeau admitted that shipments coming into […]
The Associated PressJenna Fryer CHARLOTTE, N.C.–William Byron led the most laps in NASCAR’s first two virtual races and had nothing to show for his gaming skills. The third time out, he got the win. Byron easily won the iRacing event yesterday at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, where NASCAR would have […]
The Associated PressStephen Whyno WASHINGTON–Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became the Washington Redskins’ first black player, has died. He was 84. Mitchell split his career with the Cleveland Browns and Redskins and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983. The Hall of Fame […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson The British Open will not be played this year for the first time since 1945, with the R&A choosing to play golf’s oldest championship next year at Royal St. George’s and move the 150th Open at St. Andrews to 2022. It was a major piece of […]
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TORONTO-Today, the Ontario government released extensive COVID-19 modelling, revealing several scenarios that project the potential number of cases and deaths. In doing so, the province is providing the public with full transparency about the consequences should everyone but non-essential workers fail to stay home and practise physical distancing. “The models […]
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TORONTO—Following the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is reducing the list of businesses classified as essential and ordering more workplaces to close. This measure is necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of the people of Ontario, while ensuring that […]
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Supply chains 1. Businesses that supply other essential businesses or essential services within Ontario, or that supply businesses or services that have been declared essential in a jurisdiction outside of Ontario, with the support, products, supplies, systems, or services, including processing, packaging, warehousing, distribution, delivery, and maintenance necessary to operate. […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS THUNDER BAY, Ont.–Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say they have re-arrested an accused murderer who the province says was mistakenly released from a local jail. Investigators say they found and arrested 22-year-old Kareem Zedan in the city at about 2 p.m. on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is meeting his NATO counterparts this morning to discuss the alliance’s response to the COVID-19 crisis while it continues to face daunting global security challenges. Canada is leading NATO’s military training mission in Iraq and has troops in Latvia as part of […]
The Associated PressBarry Wilner The NFL is gearing up for a normal season and playoffs–with two additional wild-card teams in the Super Bowl chase. NFL team owners voted Tuesday to expand the playoffs by one team in each conference for a total of 14 next season as they continue to […]
The Associated PressStephen Hawkins Rangers veteran Shin-Soo Choo is helping out financially strapped minor league players with the season on hold, giving $1,000 each to 191 of them who are in the Texas organization. Choo said yesterday that he remembers the financial struggles when he was in the minors. The […]
