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O'Toole calls for 'war footing,' MacKay suggests tax changes to address COVID-19
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Erin O'Toole called Monday for the country to be placed on "war footing" to combat the spread of COVID-19, the latest escalation of rhetoric in the race now ...
Mar 16, 2020
NY, NJ, Connecticut to close bars, eateries to fight virus
NEW YORK - Bars, restaurants and movie theatres are being shuttered at 8 p.m. Monday throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut because of the coronavirus, the states' governors said. The governo...
Mar 16, 2020
Another Wolfpack player goes into self-isolation as rugby league ponder future
The governing body of English rugby league met Monday to decide the sport's future as news broke that a fifth member of the Toronto Wolfpack has gone into self-isolation after feeling possible COVID-1...
Mar 16, 2020
Kevin Koe curling team parts company with second Colton Flasch
CALGARY - The Kevin Koe curling team has split with second Colton Flasch. Flasch won a Canadian title and world championsihp silver medal with Koe in 2019. Koe was eliminated from this year's nat...
Mar 16, 2020
Millions holed up at home as U.S. routines shift profoundly
CHICAGO - Millions of Americans began their work week holed up at home against the coronavirus Monday as the escalating outbreak shifted the nation's daily routines in ways never before seen in U.S. h...
Mar 16, 2020
Study says few workers have paid leave, qualify for EI if off job due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - New research says broad swaths of the Canadian workforce won't have access to paid leave from their employers or existing federal help should they be forced off the job due to COVID...
Mar 16, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:26 p.m. Restaurant Brands International Inc. says it is asking Canadian Tim Hortons restaurant owners to provide take-...
Mar 16, 2020
Feds to unveil new measures to halt virus, aid Canadians later today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the nation Monday as governments and businesses take drastic measures to stem the spread of COVID-19.Canada is facing an unprecedented slowdown of d...
Mar 16, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Former special-forces commander named military's sixth vice-chief in four years
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces saw its top ranks shuffled Monday as former special-forces commander Lt.-Gen. Mike Rouleau was tapped to become the military's sixth second-in-command in four years,...
Mar 16, 2020
Border agency adds screening questions after complaints about airport disarray
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency announced new screening questions for travellers arriving Monday following a weekend of disarray at points of entry into the country, especially airports. Wh...
Mar 16, 2020
