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Liberals must provide clarity, not more confusion on wage subsidy: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says confusion over who is eligible for the government's promised wage subsidy must be cleared up. Scheer says the legislation as written - and hastily passe...
Apr 01, 2020
'Signs of hope:' Scientists say ocean ecosystems can be restored within 30 years
We've saved the whales, at least some of them. Now, scientists say, we have a chance to save the rest of the life in oceans by expanding what's already happening around the globe. "A lot of us have ch...
Apr 01, 2020
Survey: US manufacturing slides in March
WASHINGTON - American manufacturing slid last month for the first time since December, dragged down by economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. The Institute for Supply Management, an associati...
Apr 01, 2020
Wimbledon cancelled for 1st time since WWII because of virus
Wimbledon was cancelled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won't be played. The All England Club announced...
Apr 01, 2020
US construction spending down 1.3% in February
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 1.3% in February with housing and nonresidential construction both showing weakness even before the coronavirus struck with force in the United...
Apr 01, 2020
Global stock markets skid as coronavirus infections soar
NEW YORK - U.S stocks joined a worldwide downdraft Wednesday as more signs piled up of the economic and physical pain being caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The S&P 500 dropped more than 3% in ...
Apr 01, 2020
1st virus death in Senegal is ex-French soccer club boss
DAKAR, Senegal - Pape Diouf, a former president of French soccer club Marseille, died Tuesday in Senegal after contracting the coronavirus. It was the West African country's first COVID-19-related dea...
Apr 01, 2020
Fan boycotts put Belarus soccer plan under scrutiny
MINSK, Belarus - Soccer fans from two clubs in Belarus will boycott games because of the coronavirus, putting more scrutiny on the country's decision to keep playing despite the outbreak. Fans of Shak...
Apr 01, 2020
NATO says its role not hit by virus as Russia drills troops
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the organization's security capabilities have not been diminished by the coronavirus, amid suspicion that Russia might try to use...
Apr 01, 2020
Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to remain at sea where they may be sequestered "indefinitely" during the coronavirus pandemic and be prepared to send any sev...
Apr 01, 2020