The economic downturn across college sports caused by the pandemic led Drake to slash its athletic budget, including a quarter of what it spends on men's basketball.

Earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament won't pull Drake out of its financial hole, but every little bit helps. Getting an extra team into the field for the Missouri Valley Conference could mean another $1.8 million — give or take — for the league to distribute to its 10 members over the next six years.

That only increases the stakes for the Bulldogs at this weekend's MVC tournament in St. Louis. Despite having one of the best seasons in school history, Drake (24-3) is no better than a bubble team according to the bracketologists, one of several from outside college basketball's

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Manitoba premier regrets coronavirus impact on seniors, inability to ‘save everybody’

Brian Pallister says he has regrets over how the pandemic has impacted the province’s seniors.In a one-on-one interview with CJOB 680 Tuesday, Manitoba’s premier said the tragic outbreak at Maples Personal Care Home — which claimed dozens of lives and lasted nearly three months — and similar situations at other care homes has left him with sleepless nights.

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Edmonton business owner apologetic for renting salon to party with DJ during pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.Police said they broke up a large gathering of at least 125 people who were partying with alcohol and a DJ at the Khrome Beauty Lounge early Sunday. The business is located in a strip mall on 91 Street, near Anthony Henday Drive.

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Alberta records 255 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, 6 deaths

COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the province’s total to 136,374 confirmed cases since the pandemic began last year.The province said the 255 new cases came as a result of 5,434 tests being processed, putting the province’s positivity rate at about 4.6 per cent.There were 263 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, 37 of whom were being treated in intensive care.

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B.C. reports 550 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths as total cases top 85k

COVID-19 on Tuesday and two deaths.Of the new cases, 133 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 319 in the Fraser Health region, seven in the Island Health region, 36 in the Interior Health region and 52 in the Northern Health region.The seven-day average for new cases stands at 536 — 16 more than Monday and 57 more than the same time last week.There have been 182 new confirmed COVID-19 cases involving variants of concern for a total of 576 cases.The number of active cases linked to COVID-19 variants jumped to 113.The number of people in hospital with the disease rose by nine to 249. Sixty-eight of those patients are in intensive care.A total of 1,393 people in B.C.

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One of Arizona's last surviving Tuskegee Airmen passes away at 95

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London among Canadian markets expecting most growth in Q2: ManpowerGroup

National survey finds employers ‘optimistic’ about hiring climate in Hamilton With seasonal variations removed from the data, ManpowerGroup says London’s second quarter net employment outlook is +25 per cent.“London market itself, it was in the top five growth markets across Canada,” Charity Magowan with Manpower Western Ontario told Global News.“We surveyed like 47 different markets, so it’s really good news for London.”The other top growth markets in ManpowerGroup’s survey are: Ottawa at +27 per cent; Surrey, BC at +26 per cent; Canton de l’Est, Que., at +24 per cent; and Kitchener/Cambridge at +21 per cent. London-St.

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Want to rent a Lamborghini at Orlando International Airport? Better reserve one fast

ORLANDO, Fla. – The white Lamborghini Huracan roared one more time in a parking lot at the Orlando International Airport before “Fast Rob” rolled it onto a flat-bed truck and drove it back to Miami.

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A year into pandemic, some in media tell individual stories

NEW YORK – The emotional center of Nicolle Wallace's MSNBC show often comes at the very end, when statistics are set aside to tell the story of a life cut short by COVID-19.

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Column: Anniversary marks progress of pandemic, not the end

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The backdrop was a navy blue board filled with 33 logos of The Players Championship. Sitting next to PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was the gold trophy as he spoke about scrapping the tour's premier event last year and how golf made it through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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‘Alcohol to-go’ bill moves forward in Florida Senate

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida is one step closer to permanently allowing ‘to-go’ alcohol after a Senate committee unanimously passed the proposal Tuesday.

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School bubble closes after positive Covid test - just a day after pupils returned to class

Wigan received a call on Tuesday morning telling them to collect them from class. The closure comes just a day after schools in England reopened to all pupils in phase one of the easing of lockdown measures.

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News Scan for Mar 09, 2021

The US and UK digital COVID-19 symptom checkers consistently suggest less healthcare contact than Singapore's and Japan's, which may cause more serious outcomes, according to a study released yesterday by BMJ Health & Care Informatics.While all four checkers failed to appropriately triage neutrope

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Total coronavirus variant of concern cases jump from 9 to 44 in Saskatchewan

COVID-19 variant cases have been confirmed in Saskatchewan.The Roy Romanow Provincial Lab (RRPL) completed an initial variant survey of confirmed cases from Jan. 26 to Feb.

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Canada’s top doctor discusses COVID-19 vaccine dose intervals following NACI recommendations

Canada’s chief public officer of health Dr. Theresa Tam on Tuesday discussed recommendations from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), which say the interval between COVID-19 doses can be extended up to four months.

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Guelph reports 5 new cases of COVID-19, active cases fall below 100

COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing its total case count to 2,785.Active cases fell by nine from the previous day to 97 with another 14 people recovering from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. WHO cautions against vaccine passports for international travel Resolved cases in the city have reached 2,651 and Guelph’s death toll of 37 has remained unchanged since Feb.

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Trudeau names March 11, 2021 a National Day of Observance to honour lives lost to COVID-19

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday that March 11, 2021, would be named a National Day of Observance to “honour everyone we lost to this terrible virus, and to recognize the impact this global pandemic has had on all our lives.” More than 2.5 million people have died globally due to COVID-19, including 22,000 in Canada.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba reports 5 new cases of UK variant, 8 new cases of South African strain

COVID-19 variant, first discovered in South Africa, and another five case of the B.1.1.7 variant first discovered in the United Kingdom, have been confirmed in Manitoba.In a release Tuesday the province said all 13 of the newly-identified cases of the variants of concern are from the Winnipeg Health region.

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When to expect payments, other benefits from relief package

As the latest federal pandemic relief package makes its way to President Joe Biden’s desk, Americans may be wondering when the benefits will reach them.

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Proposals to protect Ontario LTC residents rejected as ‘too expensive: commission hears

COVID-19 on Ontario’s long-term care system has heard the government rejected proposals that could have helped protect vulnerable residents during the second wave because they were deemed too expensive.An infectious disease specialist and member of the province’s science advisory group told the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission the proposals included mechanisms for hospitals to support the long-term care sector, and to ensure seniors wouldn’t be housed three or four to a room during the second wave. Ontario LTC minister says she didn’t go public with COVID-19 concerns because she’s no expert Dr.

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CVS Pharmacy expanding vaccine locations across Florida

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – CVS Pharmacy will be receiving more COVID-19 vaccine doses and expanding its inoculations across Florida beginning Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced from a pharmacy in Lee County.

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Youths protesting police violence attack Athens precinct

ATHENS – Greek youths protesting an incident of police violence attacked an Athens police station with petrol bombs and severely injured one officer on Tuesday.

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FDR Park receives new funding, pushing forward Philly's plan to transform the popular park

FDR Park in South Philadelphia SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - A transformation of a popular green space receives a needed boost as South Philadelphia's FDR Park will welcome residents and out-of-town travelers alike with a new Welcome Center and a children’s play area, city officials announced.Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Tuesday $4.5 million in new funding for the new projects at the popular park.

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Manitoba coronavirus enforcement has raked in more than $1.4 million

COVID-19 public health orders has brought in more than $1.4 million since efforts started last April.The total includes just over $25,000 brought in through 19 tickets from last week.

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Senior Canadian scientists question government plans to delay 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccinations by four months.A draft of the letter obtained by Global News from an Ontario government source highlighted the unknowns surrounding the plan and the thoroughness of it.The document was signed by doctors with the University of Toronto, University Health Network (UHN), Sunnybrook Research Institute, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Montreal Clinical Research Institute.

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Royal Caribbean extends sailing suspensions for majority of fleet until June 1

MIAMI – Royal Caribbean announced to customers in an email Tuesday that it will be extending its sailing suspensions for the majority of its fleet until June 1 as it continues to make “return to service preparations.”

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'Nomadland,' 'Rocks' lead notably more diverse BAFTA noms

Following an outcry over the lack of diversity in last year's nominees and an overhaul of its rules and regulations, the EE British Film Academy Awards on Tuesday unveiled a far more inclusive field of nominees, including record nods for female directors and a leading seven nominations for Chloe Zhao's “Nomadland” and Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks."

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Alberta-made COVID-19 vaccine candidate heading into clinical trials

coronavirus vaccines.A made-in-Alberta COVID-19 vaccine candidate is heading into Phase 1 of a clinical trial in hopes it will eventually be approved for use by Health Canada.Edmonton-based Entos Pharmaceuticals, led by University of Alberta researcher Dr. John Lewis, has shipped a vaccine for testing to the Canadian Centre of Vaccinology in Halifax.“Getting the first batch out is a huge milestone,” Lewis said in a media release Tuesday morning.“The team is exhausted.

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A pandemic that refuses to go by a partisan script in America

Ramesh Ponnuru is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a senior editor at National Review and visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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‘On the verge of a breakdown.’ Report highlights women academics’ pandemic challenges

Katie LanginSince early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and policymakers have raised serious concerns about impacts on women, including those pursuing careers in academic science. Today, the U.S.

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Quebec to table budget on March 25 as coronavirus crisis continues

COVID-19 pandemic.“The next budget will allow us to continue the work started in recent months to manage the health crisis, provide support to citizens and businesses and revive the economy,” Girard said in a statement.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“We will also give Quebecers the facts on the state of public finances and our economy in the context of the pandemic.”The province’s last economic update was in November as the government faces a historic $15-billion deficit because of the public health crisis.At the time, the Legault government vowed to pump billions into health care and the economy over the next three years, but some critics argued that’s not enough.— with files from Global News’

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Quebec adds 650 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths as hospitalizations drop

coronavirus Tuesday.The COVID-19 caseload has reached 293,860 while the pandemic has claimed the lives of 10,493 Quebecers over the past year. Recoveries have now topped 276,000.Hospitalizations linked to the health crisis continued to drop.

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Q&A: Isabel Allende on feminism, TV series, love in pandemic

NEW YORK – Isabel Allende is not only the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author but also a self-declared and outspoken feminist. So it is not surprising that her most recent book, “The Soul of a Woman,” arrived in the United States during Women’s History Month, just days before the premiere of a miniseries about her life on HBO Max.

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Boris Johnson accused of 'corruption' over rushed PPE contracts for covid pandemic

Covid contracts by the end of the week.During an urgent Commons question on the handling of covid contracts Bryant said he would take “no nonsense” from Health Minister Edward Argar who sought to explain the situation.Bryant told the Commons: “The truth of the matter is that the Government didn’t even get PPE out fast enough to people who really needed it, especially in our care homes, which is why so many people died and we have the highest excess death rate of any country in the world."He added: “So I’m not taking any of this nonsense about they had to focus on that which meant that they couldn’t deal with transparency.

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Majority of people hospitalized for COVID-19 were overweight or obese, CDC study shows

ORLANDO, Fla. – Since the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention knew those considered obese were at risk for contracting serious illness after being infected with COVID-19. A new study from the agency reveals a majority of adults who have been hospitalized, needed a ventilator or died from the virus have been overweight or obese.

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Hunt for 'Animal X’ hiding deadly virus that could kill more than 75m in pandemic

Animal X' hiding a deadly virus that could trigger a pandemic worse than the Black Death.It is feared it could kill as more than 75 million people worldwide with unknown viruses hiding unseen in animals around the world before mutating and crossing over to humans.Experts believe Covid-19 jumped from animals to humans, probably from bats, and now scientists are in a race against time to find the potential source of the next one.World Health Organization (WHO) officials have warned the threat from a zoonotic disease, the term for where infections jump from animals to humans.WHO estimate around one billion cases of illness and millions of deaths occur each year from such diseases.Dr Josef Settele, from the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental

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Here’s where Florida ranks in U.S. News & World Report Best States list

Living in Florida can be great, and U.S. News & World Report seems to think so as well.

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Long-term financial impact of pandemic most concerning for CFOs: Stanton Chase

CFOs) interviewed by executive search firm Stanton Chase reported a decline within their industry in 2020 compared to 2019.In a report titled “Trial By Fire: How CFOs Are Stepping Up Amid The Crisis", Stanton Chase, details how CFOs around the globe have responded to the covid-19 pandemic and how the crisis in turn is reshaping their role and honing their focus on strategy, technology, and human capital."As the pandemic continues unabated in many business markets, much of the early optimism for a potential hockey-stick recovery has ebbed, with signs increasingly pointing to a longer-term –and much more uncertain – W-shaped recovery," the report said.Respondents cited a downtrend in revenues indicative of other drops on the market.

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‘A lot of suffering’: Frontline health-care workers describe the moments before death by COVID-19

COVID-19 and is feeling optimistic since the residents have now received their shots as well.But it was not that long ago, that an outbreak of COVID-19 led to a total of 64 deaths, including a personal support worker, at the North York facility. Coronavirus vaccinations in Ontario long term care homes saved hundreds of lives: report “It was rough, it was sad.

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How the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping Canada’s economy

The true financial impact of COVID-19 will take years, if not decades, to ascertain. Restaurant owners are still struggling, as are airlines and the travel industry.

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Belleville, Ont., woman claims Service Canada employee mocked her after asking for CERB, EI support

A Belleville, Ont., woman recorded a video of what appears to show a Service Canada employee swearing and belittling her after asking pandemic support payment questions.

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Smithsonian obtains vial from 1st US COVID-19 vaccine dose

WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has acquired the vial that contained the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the United States as part of its plans to document the global pandemic and “this extraordinary period we were going through.”

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AP-NORC poll: Many in US still face COVID-19 financial loss

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Roughly 4 in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one year into the coronavirus pandemic.

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Walt Disney World sold out as spring breakers head to Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. - Spring breakers from across the country are heading to Central Florida and many of them are hoping to get into Walt Disney World and other Orlando-area theme parks. Starting this weekend there are very few tickets left for select parks. But next Monday through Friday, Disney's website shows that there are no tickets available for any of the four parks. Disney’s Hollywood Studios is sold out for the rest of the month. RELATED: Disney World shares first look at newly-renovated Polynesian Village Resort roomsVisit Orlando says parks like Disney continue to operate on a reduced capacity and are maxing out ticket sales at those levels.

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Gwyneth Paltrow says she 'gained a lot of weight' during covid due to being perimenopausal

Gwyneth Paltrow is known for her healthy lifestyle and openness to trying out alternative therapies.

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Spring break visitors starting to return to Brevard, but not in pre-pandemic numbers

Spring break tourism is likely to be a little more subdued than usual along the Space Coast this year, with a number of people remaining wary of traveling, as the yearlong coronavirus pandemic lingers, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.

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Happy campers: More overnight camps to reopen this summer

PORTLAND, Maine – There are going to be more happy campers this summer as more camps choose to reopen despite the pandemic, providing millions more kids an opportunity to gather around a campfire.

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How one Lakeland-native found her path in the music industry

Growing up in Florida, Deborah Fairchild loved music and everything that went with it, but she didn’t know how she would make her way in the industry without a musical talent.

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North York Catholic elementary school temporarily closed due to COVID-19

COVID-19 outbreak, says the Toronto Catholic District School Board.St. Francis Xavier, located on Gracefield Avenue, has 11 confirmed cases.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

NCAA bubble trouble: Pandemic pushes mid-majors to margins

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