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Canada: Major winter sport world championships cancelled

BY , Mar 12, 2020 10:37 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

All three major winter sport world championships scheduled for Canada this season have now been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Organizers have called off the world women's curling championship in Prince George, BC, which was scheduled to start Saturday.

The world women's hockey championship in Nova Scotia was called off over the weekend and the world figure skating championships in Montreal were cancelled yesterday.

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