Top 5 news stories - Week of March 9th to March 15th 2020

Influence Communication has published the Media Prominence Score - Top 5 news stories across Canada, Week of March 9th to March 15th 2020 and the weekly ranking of keywords of most trending topics on Twitter

Event #1 Score : 7,76 %
Top 5 news stories across Quebec
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls the new coronavirus a pandemic

Event #2 Score : 6,76 %
Premier of Quebec, François Legault, announces the cancellation of all gatherings of more than 250 people at the provincial level

Event #3 Score : 5,90 %
The government of Quebec tables its 2020-2021 budget

Event #4 Score : 5,57 %
Quebec announces the closure of all schools for a period of two weeks

Event #5 Score : 5,06 %
North American sports leagues like the NHL, NBA and MLS suspend their activities for an indefinite period

Event #1 Score : 3,91 %
Top 5 news stories across Canada
North American sports leagues like the NHL, NBA and MLS suspend their activities for an indefinite period

Event #2Score : 3,68 %
The pandemic hit the United States and Donald Trump has declared the state of emergency

Event #3 Score : 2,54 %
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls the new coronavirus a pandemic

Event #4 Score : 1,92 %
Provinces across the country take drastic measures to curb the pandemic, including closing schools

Event #5 Score : 1,80 %
Stock markets continue to tumble all over the planet

Top 5 Twitter - Week of March 9th to March 15th 2020

Quebec

#COVIDCanada

1,77 %

#CoronavirusPandemic

1,33 %

#coronapocalypse

1,09 %

#Covid_19

1,00 %

Sophie

0,92 %

Canada

#COVIDCanada

1,77 %

#TheBachelor

1,59 %

#CoronavirusPandemic

1,33 %

#coronapocalypse

1,09 %

#MAR10Day

1,07 %

United States

#CoronavirusPandemic

1,54 %

#coronapocalypse

1,53 %

#StayTheFHome

1,49 %

#TheBachelor

1,37 %

#coronapocalypse

1,28 %

World

#TheBachelor

1,53 %

#Covid_19

1,48 %

#coronapocalypse

1,36 %

#HeartreakWeather

0,90 %

Tom Hanks

0,81 %