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Golf courses aiming for 'touchless experience' as they begin to open across Canada

While many parts of our economy remain shuttered and other sports continue to wait for the go ahead to resume play, courses in all 10 provinces will soon be open for business.




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COVID-19 already affecting next season's curling events

As major sporting events around the world continue to be postponed or cancelled in the midst of the pandemic, the tentacles of COVID-19 are now starting to stretch into next year's curling season in Canada.



  • Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Curling

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NBA commissioner says games without fans could happen next season: report

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.



  • Sports/Basketball/NBA

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How Do Supermassive Black Holes Form? You Can Sketch Galaxies to Help Astronomers Find Out

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.




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Monster Thunderstorm Cluster Charging from Kansas to Texas is Captured in Astonishing Satellite Views

As lightning crackled in the clouds, the GOES-16 weather satellite watched all the violent action from 22,000 miles away.




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Driverless Cars Still Have Blind Spots. How Can Experts Fix Them?

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





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The Phoenix Suns are playing out the rest of their season on 'NBA 2K' video game

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

      




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No, Microsoft won't necessarily be serving up new Xbox for Thanksgiving

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

      




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Microsoft sets May 7 to unveil video games on new Xbox Series X console

Microsoft plans to release its new Xbox Series X video game console for the 2020 holiday season. On May 7, we will get a look at games in the works.

       




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Travis Scott is going to debut his next song Thursday on Fortnite as part of virtual tour

Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, announced Monday the musician will premiere a brand new track as part of an "Astronomical" tour within the game.

       




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The Guardian view on relaxing lockdown: repent at leisure | Editorial

The government must be cautious in both the decisions it takes and the messages it sends

The end is not in sight. With an estimated 20,000 new infections a day, and with experts warning that the reproduction rate of coronavirus may be rising again, any premature loosening of the lockdown will only prolong the crisis. When the prime minister speaks on Sunday evening, it is essential that he makes it clear that people should still be staying at home, not relaxing their guard.

Though so many other countries had been hit, the government did not act soon enough to either contain the threat or prepare for it. Those failures have made a longer and tougher lockdown necessary. It was slow to take the pandemic seriously, slow to impose stringent social distancing, and slow to pursue equipment, testing and tracing, as the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, noted this week.

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Thought to be extinct, Beothuk DNA is still present in N.L. families, genetics researcher finds

A St. John’s genetics specialist has found DNA connections that link the long-vanished Beothuk people to contemporary people, almost two centuries after the last known Beothuk died. 



  • News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador

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Tiger King: Producer accuses Joe Exotic of 'shooting animals just because he was pissed off'

TV star's also claimed to have fed a peacock he killed to his pets




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Friends reunion special won't be available when HBO Max launches

Coronavirus pandemic has caused production shutdowns and delays




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Tiger King: Joe Exotic's husband Dillon Passage vows to stand by his spouse – 'I'm not going anywhere'

'I'm not going to just abandon him when he needs support'




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Gogglebox viewers in hysterics as Channel 4 stars watch Tiger King: 'I'm in absolute stitches'

'Watching everyone's reaction to Joe Exotic was far better than the series itself,' one viewer wrote




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Tiger King: What stars of 'bonkers' Netflix show say about notorious Joe Exotic in new aftershow episode

No one held back when asked about the controversial figure




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Tiger King new episode released by Netflix after show becomes Stranger Things-sized hit

It features many faces from the hit documentary




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Tiger King: Jeff Lowe reveals whether he thinks Carole Baskin 'killed her ex-husband' in new episode

Zoo owner also accuses Netflix of sensationalising' story to make him 'villain' in new aftershow




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Tiger King: Rick Kirkham comes forward with disturbing Joe Exotic story that didn't make it into documentary

He called Exotic 'unbelievably cruel'




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Tiger King: Carole Baskin says she's receiving death threats because of Netflix show

She accused hit Netflix show of 'betrayal' in first interview since it began




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Tiger King's head zookeeper Erik Cowie says Joe Exotic should not be a free man: 'He's gonna die in prison – good riddance'

Cowie doesn't hold back in aftershow that's just been released on Netflix




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Tiger King: Former zoo manager John Reinke accuses Joe Exotic of 'blowing up' his cabin in new episode

'The man's done a lot of stupid s***'




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Tiger King: Rick Kirkham says Joe Exotic asked him to kill Carole Baskin in Netflix aftershow episode

'I'll make you a rich man if you kill Carole'




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Killing Eve writer explains shocking death in season 3 premiere: 'Beloved characters inevitably die'

This article contains major spoilers for the first episode of 'Killing Eve' series three




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Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, Fran Drescher, Billy Porter and more raise $1.5m for CDC with remote Seder

Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing, Finn Wolfhard and many others joined




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Netflix to make romcom based on sexually fluid dating life of Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski

Reality show star is working on the project with the writers of Pen15 and Black-ish




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The Innocence Files review: Netflix's devastating documentary exposes how wrongful convictions can tear apart lives

Men locked away for decades over crimes they didn't commit share their stories in this startling new series




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Quiz: Charles Ingram calls ITV drama 'terrifyingly accurate' and 'excruciatingly enjoyable'

Former 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' contestant also branded original host Tarrant a 'liar'




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Quiz: Charles Ingram brands Chris Tarrant 'deluded' and a 'liar' in extraordinary rant

Ingram also called ITV's new drama about his cheating scandal 'terrifyingly accurate' and 'excruciatingly enjoyable'




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Devs review: Alex Garland's hugely ambitious sci-fi series is thoughtful and jarringly beautiful

While this drama set in a shadowy San Francisco tech start-up is wonderful to look at, its plot and character development are a little shaky




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Tiger King: Jeff Lowe denies conspiracy that he is Carole Baskin's ex husband in disastrous Reddit AMA

Fans had speculated that Lowe could be Baskin's first husband Michael Murdock in disguise




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My So-Called Life cast reunites after 26 years – with the exception of Jared Leto

'We all have such love for each other'




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The Shining spin off TV series coming to HBO Max

'Overlook' is reported to be a 10-part series




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Jeffrey Tambor apologises again about Transparent sexual harassment allegations

'Never, ever, ever, ever intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable – ever. It's just not who I am'




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Too Hot to Handle: Netflix dating show could be new Love is Blind

Contestants have to keep their hands of one another lest the prize money goes down




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How to Fix a Drug Scandal: Where are the key players now?

Thousands of drug convictions have been thrown out




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Too Hot to Handle: Netflix viewers are loving 'truly wild' dating game show

New show follows 10 single people on a tropical island




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Tiger King becomes one of Netflix's biggest ever shows as viewing figures surge during lockdown

Show about the extraordinary incidents at Joe Exotic's zoo has proved hugely popular




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Gogglebox's Jonathan Tapper left 'fighting for life' during coronavirus battle

52-year-old appeared on the series from 2013 until 2018




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Bill Cosby will die behind bars if exposed to coronavirus, representative claims

Cosby's representative claims that the sex offender qualifies for early release due to his vulnerability to the illness




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Too Hot to Handle: Who won the Netflix dating show, and which couples are still together?

Netflix's new dating series ended with a polarising finale, and one that also left a number of lingering questions about the show's two central couples




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Coronavirus: John Oliver condemns Trump's 'depressing' Fox News habit

'That is what is infuriating here. Even though Trump has access to the country's top experts, he's still getting advice from watching TV'




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Netflix's Too Hot to Handle proves the best sex you ever have is the sort you never have

They might be so desperate for sex they're willing to pay £20,000 for it, but when the contestants of Too Hot To Handle return to normal life, they may well wonder what they were so looking forward to, writes Annie Lord




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Netflix dating show Too Hot to Handle tipped to be more popular than Love Island by bookies

According to Paddy Power, the dating show has a 2/1 chance of beating Love Island's ratings




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Louis Theroux launches first podcast series from coronavirus lockdown

Lenny Henry and Miriam Margolyes are among the first guests




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Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar says he has been phoning his friends during lockdown 'to check on the state of their sexual appetites'

'My libido has abandoned me since the isolation started. I suppose that sadness and worry have displaced erotic fantasies,' wrote the Oscar-winning director




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Too Hot to Handle: 'Hidden cameras' used to prevent masturbation on chaste Netflix hit

Hit dating show saw single contestants attempting to not have any physical intimacy with their fellow housemates




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Alexis Martin: Governor commutes sentence of sex trafficking survivor supported by Kim Kardashian West

Alexis Martin was serving 21 years to life behind bars