Canada ramps up measures to combat virus, promises 'significant' stimulus

OTTAWA — Canada on Friday dramatically ramped up its measures to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, advising citizens against non-essential foreign travel and promising “significant” financial aid for Canadians in coming days. Legislators suspended the House of Commons, but not before ramming through the ratification of a new North American trade pact, and Quebec canceled school for two weeks. “We seem to be approaching a different phase right now” in the spread of the virus, said...