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Virus lockdown means Italy's old are isolated from relatives
ROME - Natalina De Santis' three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn't let them in any more. Widowed a few months a...
Mar 12, 2020
New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19
FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...
Mar 12, 2020
Fate of NHL season unclear after NBA campaign suspended for positive coronavirus test
NEW YORK - The NHL says it is evaluating its options for the rest of the 2019-20 season after the NBA suspended its season until further notice on Wednesday night. The NBA made its decision after...
Mar 12, 2020
Beothuk remains returned to Newfoundland after almost two centuries in Scotland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remains of two Indigenous people have been returned to Newfoundland from Scotland after being stolen from a grave site on the island almost two centuries ago. Representatives fr...
Mar 12, 2020
Winter not done yet
SOUTHERN ALBERTA - A system expected to move into southern Alberta later today could bring as much as 40 cm of snow to some areas in the mountains and foothills of southwestern Alberta.Environment Can...
Mar 12, 2020 Environment Canada
Defence in Schlatter trial to call man they say could be alternate suspect
TORONTO - Defence lawyers for a Toronto man accused of strangling a young woman are expected to call as a witness today a man they suggest could be an alternate suspect. Lawyers representing Kale...
Mar 12, 2020
Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will recognize doctors and nurses who die combating the new coronavirus as "martyrs" like slain soldiers, the country's supreme leader announced Tuesday as the outbreak killed 54 m...
Mar 12, 2020
Trump's ban on travel from Europe poses questions for Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is slamming America's door on most foreign nationals who were recently in Europe - a drastic step in response to an accelerating global pandemic that, should i...
Mar 12, 2020
German intel puts part of far-right party under surveillance
BERLIN - Germany's domestic intelligence agency says it is formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist. Thomas Haldenwang...
Mar 12, 2020
A high-profile diagnosis and Canadian leaders to meet; In The News for March 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 12 ... Wha...
Mar 12, 2020