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Tim Hortons is scrapping Roll Up The Rim cups due to the coronavirus
TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it is getting rid of Roll Up The Rim cups due to the novel coronavirus and is moving much of the annual contest to its app. The coffee-and-doughnut chain is removing al...
Mar 08, 2020
Saskatchewan Huskies defeat Brock Badgers to claim second basketball title.
OTTAWA - The Saskatchewan Huskies are the Canadian university women's basketball champions. The No. 1 Huskies defeated the No. 2 Brock University Badgers 82-64 to claim their second ever U S...
Mar 08, 2020
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy
WASHINGTON - The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over th...
Mar 08, 2020
Oil plunges 20% as another virus-fueled trading week begins
NEW YORK - Oil prices are plunging amid worries that an OPEC dispute will lead an economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude. Brent crude, the international standard, lost $8.7...
Mar 08, 2020
Bears to face Stars in the playoffs, Oleksyn ends reg. season on four-game heater
The goal that was scored with 53.7 seconds remaining in Sunday's game changed the Prince Albert Northern Bears' playoff opponents for the opening Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League playoff r...
Mar 08, 2020 Bears forward Paris Oleksyn finds some open space against the Stars on Sunday at the Art Hauser Centre. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff
Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - The organizers of South By Southwest - which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and some of Hollywood and music's biggest stars - announced Friday they had cancelled the annual ar...
Mar 08, 2020
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel coronavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2...
Mar 08, 2020
Shoemaker impressive in second spring start as Blue Jays beat Phillies 9-0
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto right-hander Matt Shoemaker had another impressive spring training start as the Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0 in Grapefruit League exhibition baseball action Sun...
Mar 08, 2020
Old Trafford euphoric again as United completes derby double
MANCHESTER, England - The euphoric roars as fans leaped from their Old Trafford seats took Ole Gunnar Solskjr back to the Alex Ferguson era. Back to when Manchester United's supremacy over its neighbo...
Mar 08, 2020
Alberta and Saskatchewan to meet in 1-2 Page Playoff game at Brier
KINGSTON, Ont. - After close losses in the last two Tim Hortons Brier finals, Brendan Bottcher's Alberta team is well aware of the importance of having the hammer in the championship game. They moved ...
Mar 08, 2020
