Young singers bring old Tamil gems to new gen  Times of India

Soccer's international governing body says it will maintain funding for women's soccer despite concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

After the Canadian Football League confirmed its request for financial assistance from Ottawa on Wednesday, the Canadian Premier League and Canadian Elite Basketball League have followed suit.

CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani says the global pandemic will result in a change in World Cup qualifying for the region that covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.

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Manitoba health officials have an agreement with First Nations leaders to track and share COVID-19 data, but the public may never know specifics of what the unique agreement yields.

Acclaimed jigger Ryan Richard, from Sandy Bay First Nation, is calling all dancers to showcase their skills in an online jigging competition.

Mathias Colomb Cree Nation is wondering why the federal government ignored their community's proposal for an emergency COVID-19 response space in favour of a Calgary company's. 

Kiuna College hopes to play an active role in the emergence of the next generation of Indigenous filmmakers and creators.

This week on CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's The Morning Edition, we heard about a bagpipe duo performing outside of long-term care homes, a retreat welcoming foreign workers and ducklings saved from a storm drain.

The COVID-19 pandemic might be wreaking havoc with Brian Jones' off-season conditioning but it's certainly enhancing his musical skills.

Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats running back and three time Grey Cup champion Dave Fleming has died. He was 76. The Tiger-Cats made the announcement on Thursday. A cause of death was not provided.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says big public events, including professional sports, will be on the back burner when the province announces plans to reopen sectors of its economy that were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic won’t slow down road construction in Saskatoon. The city says it re-evaluated all planned projects for the year and determined it can move forward with the majority of the projects.

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The NFL campaign and an abbreviated baseball season may be possible if games are played without fans and players are kept in lockdown, U.S. President Donald Trump’s leading infectious disease adviser said Wednesday.

Four-time All Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski has agreed to a reunion with Tom Brady. The trade, finalized Tuesday night, brings Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick to Tampa Bay in exchange for a fourth-round selection.

Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving will watch Thursday's remote NFL draft and is planning to focus on how his football counterparts deal with the realities of their world during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adventure Smart says search and rescue incidents increased 35 per cent last week, compared to the same time last year — and during the COVID-19 pandemic, SAR teams have to do extra work for each call.

Florist Sam Solis said in 21 years of business, he’s never seen a busier Mother’s Day. He and other florists and bakers are working double time to help fete the mothers of British Columbia.

Visits to long-term care homes and some retirement homes across B.C. have been restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and one senior says life inside is very challenging.

An idea that began when a classicist went to a brewery to sip beers and ponder the history of hops has brought to life an ancient ale.

Where are they from? Why are they there? Crates full of steel-toe boots showed up at the Yellowknife dump last week. Now they're almost gone.

Trump wants us to see him as defeating a foreign enemy.

Britain exits Europe. It will be poorer, above all in its shriveled heart.

The battle for humanity and solidarity in the post-American world.

The New York Fed conducts this monthly survey of manufacturers in New York State. Participants from across the state represent a variety of industries. On the first of each month, the same pool of roughly 200 manufacturing executives (usually the CEO or the president) is sent a questionnaire to report the change in an assortment of indicators from the previous month. Respondents also give their views about the likely direction of these same indicators six months ahead.

An OM team has a rare opportunity to share the Gospel with the Doma people at the funeral of a senior member of the community.

Mayor John Tory, Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city's medical officer of health, and Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg, head of the city's emergency response team, spoke at a city hall news conference Thursday afternoon.

Karla Bell was outside an Orangeville hospital waiting to start her nursing shift when she heard a cry for help from a car in the parking lot. She ran up to find a woman in labour in the passenger seat. Natalie Kalata tells us the incredible story of how this baby was born.

Toronto’s islands are closed to the public to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and there’s no word on when tourists can return. Ali Chiasson looks at the impact the pandemic will have on the islands.

Hanna Jovin and Adrian Morphy say many, including themselves, have been experiencing strange and vivid dreams since the pandemic began and the pair decided to illustrate and share them on social media.

Approximately one out of every seven Ontarians who were working before the coronavirus pandemic hit the province have now lost their jobs, according to Statistics Canada's latest national labour survey.

Lindsay Forsyth Brochu thought by now she'd have the double-lung transplant she's been waiting for. But she had the misfortune being put on the waitlist the day after most surgeries were suspended in Ontario due to COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant a spike in demand for puppies and an opportunity for scammers who are charging inflated prices for dogs not ready to be adopted out or with missing or bogus papers.

Paramedics who come back from COVID-19 related calls have to remove and either discard or wash their PPE. They are getting help from students called doffing assistants.

If you think it's cold this morning, just wait — the forecast low for Friday night is –3 C.

As automakers look to restart the industry, union representatives are looking to ensure safety is the number one priority for workers.

Scuffles broke out at Hong Kong's legislature Friday, with security guards ejecting several pro-democracy lawmakers, including one who was carried out by medics on a stretcher after he was injured.

Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based "cure" for COVID-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for purchase, despite warnings from the World Health Organization that its efficacy is unproven.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing "a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering" and appealed for "an all-out effort to end hate speech globally."

Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in southern India at the gates of the site on Saturday and demanded the factory be shut down immediately and its top management arrested.

As truckers move vital supplies such as food, hand sanitizer and ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic, they're pleading with governments to allow more truck stops to reopen so they can get meals, showers and rest. Social media groups and individual businesses are doing their part to thank truckers.

Justin Young and Justine Manuel in Kamloops, B.C., shaved off their eyebrows as extra incentive to stay home and avoid socializing.

As British Columbians maintain physical distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Easter celebrations will have to change. In Kamloops, B.C., organizations are working to make sure Easter is as fun and social as it can be. 

Most of the animals at the B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops are unfazed by the absence of paying visitors since it closed in March over COVID-19 concerns. But Blue the turkey appears "bummed," staff say.