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CP NewsAlert: Masters postponed due to virus
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Augusta National decided Monday to postpone the Masters because of the spread of the coronavirus. Club chairman Fred Ridley says he hopes postponing the event puts Augusta Na...
Mar 13, 2020
Large cultural, social events cancelled in Vancouver, Surrey, to battle COVID
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's two largest cities, Vancouver and Surrey, are complying with the latest directions from the provincial health officer to cancel all gatherings of more than 250 people, i...
Mar 13, 2020
Spain to declare state of emergency over virus outbreak
MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez says the government will declare a two-week state of emergency in a bid to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. Snchez said Friday that Spain will "mobili...
Mar 13, 2020
Surprise retirement leaves military searching for sixth vice-chief in four years
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is searching for its sixth second-in-command in less than four years after Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier's surprise decision to retire this summer. The turnover in vice-ch...
Mar 13, 2020
Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid virus concerns
BOSTON - Organizers of the Boston Marathon, the planet's most celebrated footrace, are postponing the event until Sept. 14 because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh a...
Mar 13, 2020
Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid virus concerns
BOSTON - Organizers of the Boston Marathon, the planet's most celebrated footrace, are postponing the event until Sept. 14 because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh a...
Mar 13, 2020
Asian shares sink after Dow hits bear level on pandemic news
TOKYO - Asian shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dived 4.9% to 18,468.99. Austral...
Mar 13, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020: - Ontario: 60 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 53 confirmed, including ...
Mar 13, 2020
Point-in-time count hopes to accurately portray homelessness crisis in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Outreach workers and service providers were in the field taking surveys of Nanaimo's homeless population in an effort to better understand the crisis they're trying to fix.The second point-i...
Mar 13, 2020 The basement of St. Peter's church was home to a magnet event where those experiencing homelessness received clothes, food, a haircut and more. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Stocks surge on Wall Street; Dow jumps 800 points, or 4%
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 800 points, or 4% early Friday. That's far less than half of ...
Mar 13, 2020