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The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic, Friday March 13 (all times Eastern);3;30 p.m. Manitoba will suspend classes for three weeks beginning on ...

LOS ANGELES - California's two largest school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, will close starting March 16 because of the coronavirus threat, officials announced Friday. The decision was announc...

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog urged federal politicians to ask the government why it is holding on to an extra $105 million that it collected on U.S. steel and aluminum during its trade figh...

OTTAWA - Shoppers across Canada face long lines and empty store shelves in some grocery stores as the novel coronavirus outbreak has prompted people to stock up on toilet paper, cleaning products and ...

GENEVA - The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic and urged aggressive action from all countries to fight it, as U.S. stocks plunged into bear market territory and several Ame...

TORONTO - Canada Soccer has called off international friendlies against Trinidad & Tobago and Australia in March and April due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Canadian men were slated to host Trinid...

Montreal Impact president/CEO Kevin Gilmore is in wait-and-see mode. Gilmore says Major League Soccer is trying to determine if the schedule will be condensed or if the end-of-season date will be push...

TORONTO - Like many North American sports teams, the Toronto Arrows woke up Friday and wondered what's next. Major League Rugby has joined other leagues in suspending play for 30 days because of&...

SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it will hold a major conference in April that features speeches by top leaders without any attendees because o...

WASHINGTON - The glad-handing, confetti-and-skimmer-hat spirit of North American retail politics is on a collision course with the realities of life in a pandemic. In both Canada and th...