The Ontario government paved the way Friday, easing restrictions on pro sports teams by allowing them to open their training facilities providing they follow their league's "established health and safety protocols" in response to COVID-19.

With major sports leagues preparing for the eventuality of restarting behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic, NBA commissioner Adam Silver reportedly took the concept to the next level on Friday.

CFL, CFLPA were scheduled to meet Friday to continue talks on potential contingency plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was first gathering after CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie's admission Thursday night the most likely scenario for the league is a cancelled 2020 season.

After watching three of the world's top male pole vaulters test their athleticism in a virtual backyard competition on Sunday, Canadian-record holder Alysha Newman wants to be part of a remote women's event she believes will be held in the coming weeks.

The Canadian Olympic Committee CEO talks about state of Canadian sport during COVID-19 and how funding will help keep sport organizations afloat.

The veteran of 695 NHL games said: "I guess I'm not invincible, just got diagnosed with Covid, since I'm asthmatic, not the best news, will fight it off!''

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday that players would — at a minimum — need to follow quarantine protocols if they were to arrive in Canada while the border remains closed due to the pandemic.

Premier John Horgan has written to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman pledging the government's support for Vancouver as a hub city if hockey returns this season.

The team says that after working closely with the local government, infectious disease experts and public health authorities, players will be allowed to access the OVO Athletic Centre starting next week.

When the season opened on April 11 after a three-week delay, only players, team personnel and cheerleaders were allowed in the stadium.

Tracing out the shape of a galaxy may offer clues to the size of its supermassive black hole. And a new study shows citizen scientists are actually better at it than computer algorithms.

An experiment on peer reviewers at a psychology conference suggests a positive result premium, which could drive publication bias.

Modern dating techniques are providing new time frames for indigenous settlements in Northeast North America, free from the Eurocentric bias that previously led to incorrect assumptions.

Visual challenges remain before autonomous cars are ready for the masses.

In the long run, it could protect us from future COVID-19 outbreaks. To get there, we need an effective vaccine.

Antibodies should indicate if someone has had an infection in the past. But the promise of “immunity testing” is plagued by uncertainty about how the immune system responds to the coronavirus, as well as concerns about the tests’ accuracy.

This quiet black hole sits just 1,000 light-years from Earth. But the two stars that dance around it are possible to pick out with the naked eye.

Remdesivir is currently the world’s best hope for treating COVID-19. But it’s not a silver bullet.

The National Capital Commission has backed down from a decision to install signs to discourage people from taking pictures or – even stopping to admire – the Canadian Tulip Festival blooms. “Dear all: our bad!” the NCC tweeted Friday night after the move attracted controversy — and the ire of Mayor Jim Watson. The signs […]

Starting Monday, “park ambassadors” will be stationed at Ottawa’s busiest parks to provide information about what's permitted under pandemic rules.

Ottawa police received a call that a residence on St. Catherine near Percy Street had been shot at on March 26. No one was injured.

Saturday, May 9: Some odd musical instruments, the Official Plan and the pandemic -- you can write to us too, on these or any topics, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

To mark our 175th anniversary year, we feature a different front page each week from past editions of the Ottawa Citizen.

It’s chilly out there this morning. The temperature at 7 a.m. Saturday morning sat at -3 C. Making it feel more like March than May. Clouds shouldroll in later this morning, bringing a 40 per cent chance of flurries, the high reaching only 4 C. Yep, more like March than May. The wind kicks up […]

The province is reporting 346 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 19,944. There were 59 more deaths reported, for a total of 1,599. Of those, 775 involved residents in the troubled long-term care system. There are now 237 outbreaks in the province’s care facilities, increase of three. After […]

A three-year old girl is an internet sensation for her expert sheep wrangling.

Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande team up

From the #MetGalaChallenge to high fashion Twitter's Met Gala

It is the new must-try food

Here's how to get the codes for designers like Marc Jacobs and Valentino

The Simpsons may have predicted 2020's pandemic and murder hornets

A silver chain has taken center stage in Hulu's adaptation of Sally Rooney's "Normal People"

An accessible fifth edition has revitalized Dungeons & Dragons, with the franchise posting strong sales in 2019 and looking for new ways to grow.

Nintendo is no longer repairing the Wii video game console, which was released in 2006 and let players swing controllers to impact action on screen.

Kentucky high schools have banned popular video game "Fortnite" from esports competitions, but other games that don't involve gun play are allowed.

The Overwatch League canceled its esports matches scheduled for February and March in China because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Video game maker Kazuhisa Hashimoto has died. He created the "Konami Code," a series of controller button pushes that unlocked special moves in games.

Scrabble is among classic casual games getting new life on smartphones and tablets as the mobile video game audience continues to grow.

The popular battle royale video game category led by 'Fortnite' has some company: the free 'Call of Duty: Warzone' for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PCs

On Tuesday, 2K announced a partnership with the National Football League to make multiple video games based on the pro football brand.

Free-to-play online games such as "Fortnite" will probably earn about $88 billion globally in 2020. Activision's new "Call of Duty" enters the fray.

Classic casual games such as Solitaire, sudoku, crossword puzzles and pinball live on smartphones and tablets as the mobile gaming audience expands.

The Phoenix Suns revealed Thursday the team plans to play out the rest of its schedule using the video game "NBA 2K."

Nintendo says it is working with public health authorities after one of their employees tested positive for the coronavirus.

Despite a mistaken notice about a Thanksgiving release, the new Xbox will come out this holiday season -- also when the PlayStation 5 is due.

'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the ideal gaming getaway, bringing a joy and simplicity we desperately need as we navigate coronavirus pandemic.

Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer is the mind behind Dungeons & Dragons' latest official sourcebook. There's a preview online, too.

With many people practicing social distancing and self-isolation in response to the coronavirus epidemic, now is an ideal time to try video games.

At the behest of the World Health Organization, video game companies are promoting hand washing, physical distancing during the coronavirus crisis.

While we wait to get our first official glimpse of the PlayStation 5, Sony is sharing the first details on the video game console's controller.