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Asian shares sink after Dow hits bear level on pandemic news
TOKYO - Asian shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dived 4.9% to 18,468.99. Austral...
Mar 13, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020: - Ontario: 60 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 53 confirmed, including ...
Mar 13, 2020
RBC predicts economy will fall into a recession due to COVID-19 and drop in oil
TORONTO - Royal Bank is predicting Canada will fall into a recession later this year as the economy is weighed down by the impact of COVID-19 and the plunge in oil prices. The bank is predicting Canad...
Mar 13, 2020 CANADIAN PRESS PHOTO
Stocks surge on Wall Street; Dow jumps 800 points, or 4%
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 800 points, or 4% early Friday. That's far less than half of ...
Mar 13, 2020
Philadelphia officer shot and killed while serving warrant
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed early Friday as he served a homicide warrant at a home. Cpl. James O'Connor, 46, was shot around 5:45 a.m. in the city's Frankford sect...
Mar 13, 2020
Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeT...
Mar 13, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Chinese allow Michael Kovrig telephone call to sick father
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Canada says Michael Kovrig has been allowed to have a telephone conversation with his father who is very ill. The embassy says in a statement that they allowed this for...
Mar 13, 2020
World Cup cross country ski event cancelled in Quebec City due to COVID-19
QUEBEC - The World Cup cross-country ski event this weekend in Quebec City has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The move ends the cross-country season. Races for next week in Minneapol...
Mar 13, 2020
Polar Plunge cancelled due to risk posed from COVID-19
MEDICINE HAT - Special Olympics Alberta and the Law Enforcement Torch Run have decided to cancel tomorrow's Polar Plunge fund raising event.The decision was made in light of the ever-evolving infectio...
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Cancellations, suspensions rule the day in Canadian sports
The Canadian sports landscape changed dramatically on Thursday because of the COVID-19 outbreak, with the country's top teams and athletes nearly all affected by the worldwide pandemic. One by one, ev...
Mar 13, 2020