Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province's associate chief medical officer of health, said the confirmation came through earlier in the day following tests at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
Volatility on the S&P/TSX Composite Index spiked as stocks posted their biggest drop since October, joining a world-wide equity rout. The loonie weakened against the greenback and Canada’s two-year and 10-year bonds rallied for a fifth straight day.
The report points out that the "shockingly low" enforcement of foreign bribery laws among economically developed countries was reflected in the case against SNC-Lavalin.
While no cases of the new SARS-like virus have been confirmed in Canada, a major spread of the disease couldn’t come at a worse time for the nation’s economy.
Canadian public health agencies are ramping up preparations to deal with a new viral illness that has killed 17 people and infected more than 400 in China and has spread to other countries, including one case in the United States.
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