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NHL evaluating options and Emergency departments feeling strained; 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 ... &nb...
Mar 14, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Alberta public sector union case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court won't hear a case involving the rights of public-sector workers in Alberta in a labour dispute with that province's government. The high court was deciding whether to h...
Mar 14, 2020

Stock markets recover after turbulent trading
BANGKOK - European stocks rose Friday and Wall Street was set to gain on the open after turbulent trading in Asia and a day after the market's worst session in over three decades. Shares rose in Paris...
Mar 14, 2020

Toronto Raptors players, staff advised to go into self-isolation
TORONTO - Three days after the Toronto Raptors played in Utah, the players, coaches and travelling staff have gone into self-isolation amid the threat of COVID-19. The Raptors' 14-day isolation c...
Mar 14, 2020

NHL suspends season due to COVID-19 pandemic: 'An appropriate course of action'
NHL arenas will be dark for the foreseeable future. And when teams can return to the ice is really anyone's guess in the wake of commissioner Gary Bettman's announcement Thursday t...
Mar 14, 2020

No visitors: Congress hunkers down against coronavirus
WASHINGTON - The notes started popping up on Congress' office doors this week. Elbow greetings only. A six-foot radius. And that's for lawmakers who are taking visitors at all. "No offence," read one,...
Mar 14, 2020

Local school donates $1,000 to Make-a-Wish Foundation
The emotional story of a Grade 10 student at their school, prompted staff and students at Ecole Valois to give back in a big way.On Friday, Anthony Chester and Kayli Delisle helped present a cheque fo...
Mar 14, 2020 Make a Wish Regional manager Allyson Toye, accompanied by Ecole Valois students Anthony Chester and Kayli Delisle. (Submitted pic/ Allyson Toye)

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)

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