Seven-year-old Benson in Regina wants to know why the new coronavirus means every single sport is cancelled. Saskatchewan Opposition Leader Ryan Meili took the question during a livestreamed “press conference for kids” Monday morning, in which he heard from the province’s children about COVID-19. “I think there’s a whole lot of grown-ups that are wondering the same thing,” Meili responded, before explaining the risks of player travel and large gatherings of fans.
Meili, a medical doctor, got the idea from Erna Solberg, Norway’s prime minister, who recently held a kids-only news conference in which she said: “it’s OK to be scared.” Children have been told they can’t go to school, visit their grandparents or go out in public spaces they once