The 2020 IIHF Women’s World Championship was postponed on March 7, 2020 — about three weeks before it was slated to begin in Halifax and Truro, N.S.
Canadian women’s hockey team reunites after 10-month pandemic separation At the time, mounting concerns over the new coronavirus, which days later would be declared a global pandemic, were starting to take hold.“I think that was a point where many people in Halifax and Canada -– that tournament being cancelled -– where (COVID-19) became real,” said Halifax councillor Waye Mason.“And I think it will be a real triumph to restage it and do it successfully.”Organizers had originally been eyeing a rescheduled April 2021 date for the 10-team tournament, but IIHF president Rene Fasel indicated to.