Munro, Canadian biologist Jack W. Szostak and 40 other global winners from various fields signed a letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland urging them to deny the Teck Resources Ltd. plan.
Police said emergency crews were called to Sheppard Avenue East near Havenview Road, east of McCowan Road, just after 7 p.m. on Friday by a passerby who found the victim.
Via says it 'has no choice but to continue the cancellation of its services on a large part of its network' while rail lines in other parts of the country remain closed.
The new virus emerged in China in December. Since then, more than 70,000 people have been infected globally, with more than 2,000 deaths being reported, mostly in China.
New poll results find that nearly two-thirds of Canadians disagree with the ongoing Wet'suwet'en solidarity blockades that are interrupting rail and truck traffic across the country.
Hundreds are joining in with the other railway blockades and protests being held in solidarity with the Wet'sutwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose the 670-km Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Sylvain Charlebois, the director of Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab, says much of the food on shelves makes it's way to the East Coast by rail.