People practice social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak at Woodbine Beach in Toronto, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Health and government officials have repeatedly asked people to stay at home and to practice physical distancing to help stop the spread of the coronavirus also known as COVID-19. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 10:47 p.m.
Canada urges US not to put troops at border during pandemic
TORONTO (AP) — Canada said Thursday it told the Trump administration that a proposal to put troops at the U.S.-Canada border amid the coronavirus pandemic was entirely unnecessary and would damage relations between the two longtime allies.