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By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 28 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Five more countries reported their first cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, raising concerns that it could soon turn into a global pandemic. More events were being cancelled, including the Geneva car show in […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is asking all schools from elementary through high school in the country to close for the month of March in an effort to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Air Canada has cancelled all flights to mainland China until April 10 in the face of the spreading COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The airline already grounded flights for the month of February. The daily […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – New cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were reported in Croatia and Austria, with worldwide infections nearing 80,000, according to reports. The World Health Organization has not yet declared the outbreak a pandemic, but […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 24 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – An increase in new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus outside of China over the weekend has led to heightened fears over the outbreak, with Iran, Italy and South Korea all of ‘special concern’ […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 20 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – At least nine people are dead following an alleged terror attack in Hanau, Germany. A 43-year-old German man targeted patrons of two separate shisha lounges. The suspect then killed his mother and died […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 19 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Early Wednesday morning, hundreds of passengers were allowed to disembark a cruise ship docked in Japan. At least 621 passengers of the Diamond Princess have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, along with […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 18 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A head doctor at one of Wuhan’s main hospitals has died of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Liu Zhiming was the director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital. He died at 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 14 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian National Railway and Via Rail said they are drastically cutting back on their operations on Friday, due to the ongoing blockades set up by protestors. Yesterday, CN said it will cancel its […] Read more

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Feb. 13 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Demonstrations across Canada impeding rail traffic appear to have achieved their goal of disrupting the country’s economy. Dozens of protests across Canada have stopped or slowed hundreds of freight and passenger trains on […] Read more