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Reports: Spain locks down as coronavirus infections spike
MADRID - Spanish media are reporting that Spain's government will announce Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movement for the nation of 46 million people while declaring a two-week sta...
Mar 14, 2020
Trump declares emergency; world steps up fight against virus
WASHINGTON - The United States declared a state of emergency Friday as many European countries went on a war footing amid mounting deaths as the world mobilized to fight the widening coronavirus pande...
Mar 14, 2020
North Battleford woman self-quarantined, awaiting COVID-19 testing results
A North Battleford woman who showed early signs of COVID-19 said she and her family have been self-quarantined while she awaits results from tests taken this week. Renee Hemmerling said a friend from ...
Mar 14, 2020 Renee Hemmerling shown with her
children at her home in North Battleford. (submitted photo/Renee Hemmerling)
Charlottetown crow lovers show support after complaints, injured birds
CHARLOTTETOWN - Tensions between Charlottetown's crow foes and lovers have bubbled over this winter, with a number of the birds - which roost in the thousands in the thousands in t...
Mar 14, 2020
German intel deems part of far-right AfD party 'extremist'
BERLIN - German authorities are formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist, the country's domestic intelligence agency s...
Mar 14, 2020
AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel
CHANTILLY, Va. - In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a resid...
Mar 14, 2020
Most coronavirus patients recover, still anxiety, fear loom
SEATTLE - Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe. The ...
Mar 14, 2020
House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency
WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation early Saturday to provide direct relief to Americans suffering physically, financially and emotionally from the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump...
Mar 13, 2020
U of S suspending classes for three days then moving to remote classes
In a media release sent late Friday, the University of Saskatchewan said it will be suspending all classes on campus from Monday through Wednesday.The release said this is one part of additional guide...
Mar 13, 2020 University of Saskatchewan will move to remote classes in light of COVID-19 outbreak. (Brady Lang/CKOM)
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020
CP CanadaThe latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020: - Ontario: 79 confirmed (five cases resolved.) - British Columbia: 64 confirmed, inclu...
Mar 13, 2020
