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OTTAWA/QUEBECEDITION ■ FRIDAY,MARCH13,2020 ■ GLOBEANDMAIL.COM

‘Theseareextraordinarytimes’

Ontarioshutsschools,extendsMarch

break;B.C.issuestravelwarnings

Professionalsportsleaguessuspend

seasonswhileJunoAwardscancelled

Severalprovincesbanlargegatherings,

postponeparadesandevents

SamHess,partoftheWashingtonCapitals'operationsteam,skatesaloneatCapitalOneArenaThursdaybeforetheteam’sgamewithDetroitwascancelled.PATRICKSMITH/GETTYIMAGES

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the

wife of Prime Minister Justin Tru-

deau, has tested positive for the

new coronavirus and the couple

are isolating themselves for at

least 14 days.

The Prime Minister’s Office

said late Thursday that Ms. Gré-

goire Trudeau was feeling well

and will remain in isolation for

the time being.

Mr. Trudeau’s office said he

would continue to fully assume

his duties, working remotely,

adding he is exhibiting no symp-

toms. Based on doctor’s advice,

Mr. Trudeau can continue daily

activities and he spent the day in

telephone briefings, a statement

from deputy director of commu-

nications Chantal Gagnon said.

He is not being tested for the

virus at this time. Ms. Grégoire

Trudeau began exhibiting mild

flu-like symptoms on Wednes-

day, Mr. Trudeau’s office said.

“I’d like to say a big thank you

to all of you who have reached

out to me asking how I’m doing,”

Ms. Grégoire Trudeau said in a

statement.

TRUDEAU, A

Trudeau’s

wifecontracts

coronavirus,

PMinisolation

MARIEKEWALSH

KRISTYKIRKUPOTTAWA

Canadian stocks plunged Thurs-

day, with the benchmark index

suffering its biggest one-day loss

since 1940 and closing at the low-

est level in four years, as fear en-

veloped trading desks worldwide

over the economic toll of the

growing coronavirus crisis.

The S&P/TSX Composite

plummeted 1,761.64 points, or

12.34 per cent, to 12,508.45 with

every sector in the red.

Since the index’s peak on Feb.

20, $830-billion of market value

has now been wiped out in Cana-

da.

The impulse to sell left few

safe havens; even gold and bit-

coin tumbled.

The energy sector was blood-

ied again, with the U.S. crude

price falling 6 per cent.

Not since May, 1940, the

month when Germany invaded

France during the Second World

War, has the Canadian stock

market had a greater loss on a

percentage basis in one day.

The losses in Canada on

Thursday even outpaced Wall

Street.

MARKETS, A

TSXsuffers

worstone-day

plungein

80years

DARCYKEITHTORONTO

BRENDABOUWVANCOUVER

HEALTH

Doctorssayofficials

aren’talwaysclear

onwhichpatients

qualifyfortests A

FOLIO

Scenesfromlives

interruptedby

thecoronavirus

outbreak A

Ontario closed its schools and suspended
jury trials, B.C. advised against foreign
travel, several provinces banned large
gatherings and most of North America’s
professional sports leagues shut down as
the response to the spread of COVID-19 es-
calated with awave of restrictive measures
Thursday.
Dozens of cancellations and postpone-
ments were announced as organizers of
awards shows, conferences and political
campaigns concluded that large gather-
ings can no longer safely go ahead.
TheNationalHockeyLeaguesuspended
its season, putting hundreds of employees
in limbo, as did Major League Baseball and
Major League Soccer, a day after the Na-
tional Basketball Association’s suspen-
sion. St. Patrick’s Day and Vaisakhi Day pa-
rades were called off, and candidates for
the Conservative Party leadership can-
celled events.
“These are extraordinary times and we
have to take every measure possible,” fed-
eral Health Minister Patty Hajdu said

Thursday, calling COVID-19 “an unprece-

dented public health crisis.”

Ms. Hajdu said Canadians should con-

siderstayinghomeduringtheMarchbreak

period to help stall the progress of the dis-

ease. B.C. went a step further, as Public

Health Officer Bonnie Henry strongly ad-

vised against all travel, even to the United

States.

Public health experts describe many of

these steps as social distancing measures.

Their purpose is to reduce contact with

others and slow the speed of transmission.

Officials hope that such measures will

ward off a spike in coronavirus cases and

thereby prevent the health system from

being overwhelmed. But the decisions on

what to close and what to keep open vary

wildly across the country.

The city of Montreal said it will close

pools, arenas and libraries while schools

remain open. In Ontario, schools will be

closed for three weeks but public services

remain open, as do most universities. Offi-

cials said the risk of transmission remains

low, despite the total number of COVID-

cases rising to more than 140.

CORONAVIRUS,A

Canadiansurgedtostayhometo

helpstallspreadofcoronavirus

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