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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
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
Show goes on: DiDonato, Beczala sing opera from apartment
NEW YORK - Joyce DiDonato and Piotr Beczala made sure the show went on, albeit in an unusual format and venue - from the living room of DiDonato's New York City apartment. The American mezzo-soprano a...
Mar 16, 2020
Stocks nosedive on Wall Street, triggering trading halt
NEW YORK - THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story is below: Global stocks fell sharply Monday after central bank moves to shore up economic growth failed to dispel investor's fears over vi...
Mar 16, 2020