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A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: HOCKEY - NHL suspends 2019-20 season, impacting seven Canadian teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winn...

The NBA is considering an idea where some players would be quarantined or isolated for purposes of being able to compete against one another and provide basketball fans with some sort of diversion fro...

After days of trying to get out of Siberia, Canadian basketball player Ruth Hamblin landed in North America to learn she'd been fined by her team for leaving early. The 25-year-old...

Students at several post-secondary institutions were asked or told Wednesday to move out of their dorms in response to COVID-19, forcing many to search for housing or move between cities at a time whe...

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan says her quest for a third in trampoline must take a back seat to efforts to curb and contain COVID-19. MacLennan, who is a member of the Canadian ...

TORONTO - Jim Lawson can't say with certainty Woodbine Racetrack's thoroughbred season will begin on time. It's tentatively scheduled to open April 18, but the COVID-19 pandemic has mad...

While many people are already hunkered down at home, some Saskatchewan “snowbirds” who spend winters down south are scrambling to find flights to get back home. Former 980 CJME news anchor...

TORONTO - The new normal for Toronto FC players includes working out at home - connected via video conferencing - with the MLS club setting up a meal delivery service. The Major League Soccer club's $...

In the absence of an available weight room, Canadian middle-distance runner Charles Philibert-Thiboutot has been squatting his wife. At 120 pounds, Beatrice is half the weight Philibert-Thiboutot...

COVID-19 was at the top of people’s minds on Wednesday as the provincial government released pared-down numbers for the coming fiscal year. The government only released the spending estimates fo...