Local baseball team, the Kelowna Falcons, has announced the cancellation of its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Despite the planned easing of restrictions to come before the season was set to start in early June, the club doesn害羞草研究所檛 expect to be playing baseball until late summer or sometime in the fall.

害羞草研究所淧lus most of our road games take place in the United States and without any ability to really predict when it will be safe and responsible to return or watch, a number of teams have made the difficult decision to cancel the season. We would like to thank our fans and corporate partners that purchased tickets and sponsorship packages for this season.害羞草研究所�

The WCL has postponed its tentative start date to early July. Initially, the season was meant to begin on June 5. The league anticipates the Bend Elks, Corvallis Knights and Victoria HarbourCats will join Kelowna and the Bellingham Bells in cancelling their seasons.

害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 obviously a big blow to the league,害羞草研究所� WCL commissioner Rob Neyer said. 害羞草研究所淏ut we know Kelowna will be back in 2021, so we害羞草研究所檙e considering this just a brief pause in the Falcons害羞草研究所� wonderful history, with better things to come.害羞草研究所�

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