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Survey: US manufacturing slides in March
WASHINGTON - American manufacturing slid last month for the first time since December, dragged down by economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. The Institute for Supply Management, an associati...
Apr 01, 2020
Wimbledon cancelled for 1st time since WWII because of virus
Wimbledon was cancelled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won't be played. The All England Club announced...
Apr 01, 2020
US construction spending down 1.3% in February
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 1.3% in February with housing and nonresidential construction both showing weakness even before the coronavirus struck with force in the United...
Apr 01, 2020
Stage 2 water restrictions come into effect early for RDN communities
NANAIMO - Many mid-island communities are jumping right into alternating water days after a dry beginning of the year. Stage 2 water restrictions are now in place for the City of Parksville and nine s...
Apr 01, 2020 Restrictions are now in place about when you can water your lawn, depending on where you live in the Regional District of Nanaimo. (Pixabay)
Global stock markets skid as coronavirus infections soar
NEW YORK - U.S stocks joined a worldwide downdraft Wednesday as more signs piled up of the economic and physical pain being caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The S&P 500 dropped more than 3% in ...
Apr 01, 2020
1st virus death in Senegal is ex-French soccer club boss
DAKAR, Senegal - Pape Diouf, a former president of French soccer club Marseille, died Tuesday in Senegal after contracting the coronavirus. It was the West African country's first COVID-19-related dea...
Apr 01, 2020
Fan boycotts put Belarus soccer plan under scrutiny
MINSK, Belarus - Soccer fans from two clubs in Belarus will boycott games because of the coronavirus, putting more scrutiny on the country's decision to keep playing despite the outbreak. Fans of Shak...
Apr 01, 2020
Teck Resources slows steelmaking coal and Highland Valley operations
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it has temporarily slowed operations and reduced its crews by up to 50 per cent at its steelmaking coal and Highland Valley Copper operations in response to the CO...
Apr 01, 2020
NATO says its role not hit by virus as Russia drills troops
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the organization's security capabilities have not been diminished by the coronavirus, amid suspicion that Russia might try to use...
Apr 01, 2020
Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to remain at sea where they may be sequestered "indefinitely" during the coronavirus pandemic and be prepared to send any sev...
Apr 01, 2020