National News

TORONTO — Officials in Ontario are reporting a new case of the novel coronavirus that they say is linked to a cruise ship that left San Francisco in early February. Peel Public Health says the man in his 60s from Mississauga, Ont.

VANCOUVER — A private university in downtown Vancouver has closed its doors for three days after two of its students may have been exposed to the new coronavirus.

WINNIPEG — Caught between a federal government demanding a rising carbon tax and some Progressive Conservative supporters opposed to any such levy, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister offered a compromise of sorts Thursday.

VICTORIA — B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and will not seek re-election next year, but she intends to stay on in cabinet "as long as I can do the job 100 per cent.

Two major coffee chains have stopped serving beverages in reusable cups brought by customers amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Starbucks and The Second Cup Ltd.

OTTAWA — The federal cabinet has approved an agreement that will see Canada pay nearly $240 million in compensation to the Mohawks of Akwesasne to settle a land claim.

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, king among leaders of the conservative movement in Canada, is endorsing Erin O'Toole to lead the federal party.

OTTAWA — Nearly a third of members of the Canadian Forces should be women to bring about a real culture change in the military, says the admiral in charge of the Forces' human resources, while acknowledging the real trouble they're having getting the

KAHNAWAKE, Que.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Canadian National Railway says there was no danger to public safety after about 20 rail cars derailed in a small community in northern British Columbia.