- “Federal ministers announce international travel restrictions to prevent coronavirus spread” (National Post)
- “Justin Trudeau urges Canadians to curtail travel as he self-isolates due to his wife’s positive coronavirus test” (CNN)
- “Justin Trudeau announces sweeping steps to tackle coronavirus in Canada” (The Guardian, UK)
- “Canada’s Parliament Suspended After Parties Agree To Focus On Coronavirus” (HuffPost Canada)
- “Canadians should postpone, cancel non-essential foreign travel amid coronavirus: officials” (Globalnews.ca)
- “Coronavirus: Canada temporarily bans all large cruises” (Miami Herald)
- “Government of Canada announces intention to defer the start of cruise ship season in Canada as COVID-19 response measure” (Transport Canada)
- “Canada’s House of Commons suspending for 5 weeks as officials battle coronavirus spread” (Globalnews.ca)
- “Ottawa to allow federal bureaucrats to work from home if possible to prevent coronavirus spread” (National Post)
- Canadian Armed Forces scales back ops while remaining ready to help (links to Chief of Defence Staff letter to troops)
- “Canada’s cyber agency dismantling fake government coronavirus pandemic response websites” (Globalnews.ca)
- “Coronavirus leads Bank of Canada to make second emergency interest rate cut” (Yahoo Finance Canada)
- “Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target to ¾ percent” (Bank of Canada)
- “Canada will fall into recession amid coronavirus impacts, RBC predicts” (The Canadian Press via Globalnews.ca)
- “… Canada will experience a technical recession in 2020, as economic activity contracts in the second and third quarters of the year. The slowdown will limit growth for all of 2020 to 0.2%, a sharp decline from growth of 1.6% last year. Forecasts for the U.S., Europe and the U.K. are also weaker … We expect the impact of the coronavirus to fade after the end of the first half, though low oil prices will constrain Canada’s recovery for the rest of the year …” (RBC)
- “Fiat Chrysler workers Canada refused work possible coronavirus case” (Business Insider)
- “Fears grow Sophie Grégoire Trudeau picked up coronavirus on London trip” (The Guardian, UK)
- “Here’s how Air Canada and WestJet are updating policies amid coronavirus” (Mapped)
- “Coronavirus: Rogers says no data overage fees for home internet customers” (Globalnews.ca)
- “Muslim groups urge mosques to suspend Friday prayer services amid coronavirus fears” (CBC News)
- “Ontario confirms 19 new cases of coronavirus, bringing provincial total to 79” (Globalnews.ca)
- “2nd case of coronavirus confirmed among repatriated Grand Princess passengers” (Globalnews.ca)
- “CN Tower to close until April 14 amid coronavirus concerns” (Globalnews.ca)
- “Quebec to shutter daycares, schools, post-secondary institutions for 2 weeks due to coronavirus” (Globalnews.ca)
- “Drive-thru coronavirus test centres could help reduce spread in Canada: expert” (The Canadian Press via Globalnews.ca)
- “Testing For Coronavirus In South Korea: Just Pull Up At A Drive-Through Center” (NPR)
- “Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year” (BBC News)
- “Coronavirus: Food shortages unlikely despite Canadians’ grocery panic, experts say” (Globalnews.ca)
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