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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...

LONDON - The annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, which dates back to 1829, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Organizers say the decision to call off the March 29 race was "based ent...

SIGA has announced it will be temporarily closing its casinos for two weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release sent late Monday afternoon, SIGA president and CEO Zane Hansen said at th...

On the same day the Government of Saskatchewan announced there's a seventh presumptive case of COVID-19 in the province, it also announced classes would be suspended indefinitely. Saskatchewan's chief...

Mayor Michael Fougere hopes Regina residents will understand the city’s decision to close all public facilities to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. "Some of these closures will likely b...

TORONTO - U Sports has issued a three-week moratorium on all in-person recruiting, effective immediately in its 12 U Sports-sanctioned sports, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The ban covers all in-...

NHL players have been told they can go home and must self-isolate there until the end of March, suggesting any potential return to play is many weeks away. The National Hockey League and NHL Players' ...

All Western Development Museum (WDM) locations in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Yorkton will be closed to the public starting Tues. March 17 due to the COVID-19 virus. WDM CEO, Joan Kanig...

CALGARY - The Kevin Koe curling team has split with second Colton Flasch. Flasch won a Canadian title and world championsihp silver medal with Koe in 2019. Koe was eliminated from this year's nat...

Saskatchewan Polytechnic is cancelling all classes and programming for the rest of the week, and will move to online learning starting March 23. In a release Monday afternoon, Sask. Polytechnic presid...