Year in review: A look at news events in January 2020
Debris is seen from an Ukrainian plane which crashed as authorities work at the scene in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran s main airport, killing all onboard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ebrahim Noroozi December 31, 2020 - 11:30 AM
A look at news events in January 2020:
02 - The U.S. Pentagon announced a military airstrike at Baghdad s International Airport killed a top-ranking member of Iran s elite Revolutionary Guard. It happened at the direction of President Donald Trump, who tweeted an image of the American flag as the news broke. The U.S. Defence Department said Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. Iran s supreme leader vowed there would be harsh re
A look at news events in January 2020:
02 – The U.S. Pentagon announced a military airstrike at Baghdad’s International Airport killed a top-ranking member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard. It happened at the direction of President Donald Trump, who tweeted an image of the American flag as the news broke. The U.S. Defence Department said Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani “was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.” Iran’s supreme leader vowed there would be harsh retaliation.
03 – Australia launched one of the largest evacuations in its history, as more than 200 wildfires burned across the country. The Victoria state government ordered as many as 140,000 permanent residents and tens of thousands more vacationers to leave the region before fires closed roads and trapped them.
Published Tuesday, December 15, 2020 10:29AM EST Here s a timeline of key developments in the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada since the first presumptive case was reported on Jan. 25:
Jan. 25: A Toronto man in his 50s who returned from the Chinese city of Wuhan the epicentre of the outbreak becomes the first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in Canada. The man is placed in isolation in Toronto s Sunnybrook Hospital.
Jan. 26: The man s wife, who had travelled with him from Wuhan, also tests positive, becoming the country s second presumptive case. The woman is allowed to self-isolate at home.
Jan. 27: The National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg confirms that the Toronto man being treated at Sunnybrook Hospital is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Canada.
A timeline of events in Canada s fight against COVID-19
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 10:14 am EDT
Here’s a timeline of key developments in the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada since the first presumptive case was reported on Jan. 25:
Jan. 25: A Toronto man in his 50s who returned from the Chinese city of Wuhan the epicentre of the outbreak becomes the first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in Canada. The man is placed in isolation in Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital.
Jan. 26: The man’s wife, who had travelled with him from Wuhan, also tests positive, becoming the country’s second presumptive case. The woman is allowed to self-isolate at home.
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