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KIRKLAND, Wash. — Desperate to talk to their dad, Scott Sedlacek and his brother, Steve, stood outside his open nursing home window and shouted. They could barely hear his weak replies, but one came through clearly.

The TIFF Bell Lightbox in downtown Toronto will be closed for a month starting Saturday evening until mid-April. All events and programming at the theatre and film centre have been cancelled in an effort to help limit the spread of COVID-19.

TORONTO — Mirvish Productions has suspended performances at all of its Toronto theatres in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Cancellations take effect starting with Saturday's matinees and run until April 12.

TORONTO — Mirvish Productions has suspended performances at all of its theatres in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Founder David Mirvish says the decision represents a first for the entertainment giant and was made out of an "abundance of caution.

NEW YORK — Guests are jittery, travel is tangled, and soon-to-be brides and grooms are facing tough choices because of the coronavirus outbreak: postpone, cancel or forge ahead with their weddings? Uncertainty as virus cases grow in the U.S.

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Desperate to talk to their dad, Scott Sedlacek and his brother, Steve, stood outside his open nursing home window and shouted. They could barely hear his weak replies, but one came through clearly.

Some of the few entertainment entities that remained open and fully functioning were shutting down like much of the rest of the world on Friday, a day after institutions from Broadway to Disneyland closed their doors, TV shows including “The Price Is

Cultural institutions across the country are shutting their doors and calling off events because of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving some concerned for the health of Canada's arts scene.

U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients.

NEW YORK — You're washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs — your phone.