I can sort of see the reasoning why the sports were shutdown though. I'm assuming minor hockey leagues were playing games against each other, with multiple games from multiple leagues going on throughout the days, especially weekends. When you have grandma and grandpa, mom and dad, brothers and sisters coming to watch little Johnny play hockey it's people in an enclosed, chilly area where the virus allegedly thrives. Rinks and arenas likely have a spectator maximum right now (my kids don't play arena sports so I don't know) but the point is there are still spectators converging amongst random strangers which is no different than a mall or grocery store really, except you're in a generalized area for longer instead of constantly moving about in a store. The difference between rinks and schools is where my kids go to school, that building is on lockdown. If you're not a student or staffer, you don't go in.
Another reason schools won't be closed across the province (unless things get way, way out of control and will be the last option) is it will put too many people out of work (again), whether it's a leave of absence or otherwise which will affect household finances. Plus the quality of education of having parents try to educate will show in the younger students later down the road. A good example is my daughter struggles with math. I try to teach her the way I was taught over 30 years ago. That way is different, the terminology, methodology...everything. So I wind up confusing her way more.
