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Banking industry pledges support during Covid but no more payment breaks

The banking industry has said it will continue to support customers through to the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, but has stopped short of offering further blanket loan repayment breaks.

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I'm A Celebrity crew given 'proximity monitors' as Covid-19 risks show's future

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Flying squirrels trapped in Central Florida, illegally shipped to Asia, FWC says

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Flying squirrels were being trapped in Florida, driven to Chicago and shipped to South Korea, Florida wildlife officials said Monday while announcing charges against seven people they say ran an illegal wildlife trafficking operation.Poachers set as many as 10,000 squirrel traps in Central Florida and captured as many as 3,600 flying squirrels over a three-year period. They sold the squirrels to a licensed wildlife dealer who claimed they were bred in captivity and not wild, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a press release.

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Pop-up birthing centre will not open in 'near future' due to Covid concerrns

A pop-up birthing centre that would have seen maternity services return to Rochdale for the first time in nearly a decade will not open in the ‘near future’.The facility - for women having low-risk pregnancies - was due to open at Rochdale Infirmary after bosses signed off on a 12-month trial last year.Expectant mums in Rochdale have had to travel to Oldham to give birth since the former maternity unit was closed down in 2011.But the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has led to the plans being shelved until further notice.The news comes as a blow to Friends of Rochdale Maternity Care (FRMC) and others who have campaigned to bring services back to the borough.Simon Mehigan, director of midwifery at the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), has

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Stafford, Swift, Lions protect big lead, pound Jaguars 34-16

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An elusive touchdown pass, a breakout performance, a defensive rebound and a reprieve for the head coach.This was a victory the Detroit Lions probably needed more than they would admit.

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Fire destroys Nova Scotia lobster pound used by Mi’kmaw fishers

One man is in hospital after a lobster pound used by Mi’kmaq fishers, in southern Nova Scotia, was destroyed in a fire investigators deemed suspicious. As federal leaders call for calm in the dispute over federal Indigenous fishing rights, critics say Ottawa should have intervened weeks ago.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Oct. 18

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Sunday:Public health units in Toronto, Ottawa, Peel Region and York Region reported higher increases in cases compared to other regions in the province. Of the 658 new cases in Ontario, 197 were in Toronto, 155 were in Peel Region, 94 were in York Region and 45 were in Durham Region.St.

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Authorities investigating body found in vacant lot in Point Breeze

POINT BREEZE - Philadelphia police are investigating after a man was found dead in a vacant lot Sunday morning in Point Breeze.Officers made the gruesome discovery on the 1600 block of South 20th Street just after 7:30 a.m. Police say the man was unresponsive and suffered stab wounds on his lower right side. He was pronounced dead on the scene by emergency medical responders.Authorities are trying to piece together the events that lead up to the man's death.

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Trump, Biden are campaigning across country from each other

LAS VEGAS – President Donald Trump made a rare visit to church Sunday as he and Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned across the country from one another in key states with the Nov. 3 election close at hand.Trump was attending services at the nondenominational International Church of Las Vegas before raising money in Newport Beach, California, and holding an evening rally in Carson City, Nevada.

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‘We’re at a breaking point’: Addressing mental health during COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on people’s well-being.According to a survey done in conjunction with CMHA, nearly 40 per cent of Canadians say their mental health has declined due to COVID-19. The impact is even worse for people who are already vulnerable.Atlantic Wellness, a charity organization in Moncton, offers free mental health services to people between 12 and 21 years old.“I think over the last few months, what we’ve seen is there’s certainly been an increase in anxiety and depression,” says Andrew LeBlanc, the centre’s executive director.

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Broadway Actress Doreen Montalvo Dies at 56, Was Starring in 'Mrs. Doubtfire' When Pandemic Started

Doreen Montalvo, a talented actress known for her work on Broadway, has died at the age of 56.

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Massive fire destroys Mi’kmaq lobster pound in southern Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaq lobster pound in Middle West Pubnico, N.S., early Saturday morning.Jonathan LeBlanc, a member of the Eel Brook Fire Department, told Global News that several local fire departments were called to the scene around midnight. It took over four hours to contain the fire, with crews later turning to a cleanup mode.No injuries were reported.

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Calgary doctor calls for urgency in hospital COVID-19 outbreak reports to prevent future situations

COVID-19 outbreak at the Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton could help put a stop to “recurring” outbreaks in the province’s primary health-care facilities.Dr.

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Calls to change rules of point of entry for coronavirus quarantine

Air passengers arriving in Canada start their mandatory two-week quarantines once they reach their final destination, regardless of how many connecting flights they took, as long as they’re symptom-free.

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Hamilton company turns shipping containers into mobile hospital units

pandemic or crisis event.Fero International is turning shipping containers into portable ICUs and operating rooms with the help of the UHN, which has tested the units to ensure they’re up to hospital standards. Experts predict innovation in medicine, education, remote work spurred by coronavirus pandemic Sabrina Fiorellino, CEO of Fero, said she was motivated to do something to ease the burden on the health-care system due to her own family’s experiences.“My mom is a double-transplant recipient, and my brother and sister-in-law are front-line workers,” said Fiorellino.

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Ontario reports 712 new coronavirus cases, 9 more deaths

coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 62,908.Friday’s case count is a decrease from Thursday’s which saw 783 cases and Wednesday’s at 721.According to Friday’s provincial report, 213 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 135 in Peel Region, 108 in Ottawa, 62 in York Region, 46 in Halton Region and 27 in Durham Region. All other public health units in Ontario reported under 25 new cases.Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said more than 38,500 tests were processed in the last 24 hours.

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Trump appears to admit to $400M debt, calls it ‘a peanut’

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to confirm he owes $400 million dollars to unknown sources during a town hall television event on Thursday. Trump said he doesn’t owe the money to Russia or any “sinister people.”

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Levi Roots shares heartbreaking news that his mum Doreen died during pandemic

Celebrity chef Levi Roots has revealed that his mum Doreen Graham has died.

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2 boaters found dead after falling into Lums Pond in New Castle County

SKYFOX flew over the scene Thursday afternoon. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL. - Delaware State Police say two men have died after falling into Lums Pond in New Castle County.It happened in the area of Red Lion Road and Bear around noon Thursday.According to police, they recovered the bodies of a 65-year-old and 63-year-old. The investigation is ongoing.Anyone with information regarding the incident should contact Delaware State Police Cpl/D.

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Durham Region sees spike in COVID-19 cases over 2 days

COVID-19 cases.This comes after weeks of steady increase.“It’s largely in the community,” says Durham’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Kyle.“Either people are unaware of how they are contracting it or they are spreading it in their households, that sort of thing.”Wednesday’s 42 cases marked the highest daily jump in the region since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, with another 28 reported Thursday.Kyle says what we are seeing now is the effects of schools being open.“It’s children, it’s students, it’s teachers, health-care workers.

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Electric cars, homes and shops: NJ's clean energy future?

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Gasoline-powered vehicles would become a thing of the past, and nine out of every 10 buildings in New Jersey would be heated and cooled by electricity instead of natural gas or oil, under an ambitious plan laid out Thursday by the state's environmental regulators.It is an effort so far-reaching and transformative of the way everyday life is lived in the state that its cost is sure to be great — so great that authorities did not even try to estimate it.Officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection released a report Thursday outlining the state's progress in meeting goals to reduce the emission of planet-warming greenhouse gases.Shawn LaTourette, the DEP's deputy commissioner and chief of staff,

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Coronavirus outbreak at Durham University as almost 1,000 infected in one week

Almost 1,000 students and staff at Durham University have tested positive for coronavirus in just one week in a major outbreak.

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Ontario reports 783 new coronavirus cases, 5 more deaths

coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 62,196.Thursday’s case count is a slight increase from Wednesday which saw 731 new infections and Tuesday’s with 746.According to Thursday’s provincial report, 239 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 136 in Peel Region, 127 in York Region, 89 in Ottawa, 40 in Durham Region and 28 in Halton Region. All other public health units in Ontario reported under 25 new cases.Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said nearly 40,000 tests were processed in the last 24 hours.

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Covid gives tourism chance to curb future environmental damage

Covid-19 gave him the chance.Now, able to see the benefit of giving nature a respite, Varawut is going further. He has decreed that all national parks in Thailand will close for an annual average of three months, beginning in 2021.

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Durham District School Board cancels exams for the year

TVDSB announces upcoming schedule changes for high school students Now students’ final marks will be based on their course work throughout the semester.While it’s unconventional, some teachers agree with the change under the current circumstances.“The fact that they will have more opportunities to submit a variety of work will make it a lot more manageable for them,” says Sally Panavas, a virtual teacher with the Toronto District School Board.However, support for the new model is not unanimous.Some students say regardless of exams, this year has proven more difficult than years past.“It feels like more work than it normally would,” says Madisen Forgie, a student at O’Neill.

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Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Testing

this brochurepdf iconexternal icon. There are four different types of CLIA certificates, any one of which is appropriate for POC testing.

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Covid-19: CBSE extends deadline for 2021 board exam fee payment till Oct 31

NEW DELHI : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday extended the deadline for payment of examination fees for classes 10 and 12 students till October 31, according to officials."Looking into the problems faced by schools and parents, the last date for submission of List of Candidates (LOC) for classes 10 and 12 for 2021 board exams without late fees has been extended from October 15 to 31 and with late free from November 1 to 7," said Sanyam Bhardwaj, CBSE's Examination Controller."From various sources it has come to the notice of CBSE that schools and parents are facing problems in completing LOC because of the situation created due to COVID-19 pandemic," Bhardwaj added.The Delhi government last week wrote to CBSE

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Why India needs to invest for safeguarding education from Covid-like crisis in future

CERC) under the Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday may help education systems to fight the health crisis emerging out of situations such as Covid-19.The CERC would enable it to be more responsive to any natural, man-made and health disasters. It will help the government respond to situations leading to loss of learning such as school closures or infrastructural damage, inadequate facilities and use technology for facilitating remote learning, etc, the government said.

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Building The Dream’s Charlie Luxton says compared to environment damage, coronavirus will be a ‘walk in the park’

Host of All 4’s Building The Dream, Charlie Luxton has said that there’s no time to waste in saving the planet, because environmental damage will make coronavirus look like a ‘walk in the park.’ The architectural designer, 46, has partnered with energy provider E.ON to show how easy it is to make your home more sustainable - before it’s too late. He said: “We can carry on like this for another 30, 40 years, but it’s quite quickly going to change - our way of life is going to become massively impacted.

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Lebanon, Israel to begin indirect talks over maritime border

NAQOURA – Lebanon and Israel are to begin indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks that both sides insist are purely technical and not a sign of any normalization of ties.The U.S. has been mediating the issue for about a decade, but only earlier this month a breakthrough was reached on an agreement on a framework for U.S.-mediated talks.The development comes against the backdrop of Lebanon's spiraling economic crisis, the worst in its modern history, and following a wave of U.S.

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Brazil Catholics drawn to worship despite downsized services

APARECIDA – Inside, there was nothing massive about the Mass: Just 1,000 people were spaced carefully across the pews of a vast basilica that normally holds 35,000 as the Roman Catholic Church tried to protect parishioners from the COVID-19 pandemic.Yet such caution wasn't apparent outside the doors.

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Scotland face fresh Czech Republic drama as their manager and one player test positive for Covid

Scotland on Wednesday despite another bout of Covid-19 chaos.But they will be without head coach Jaroslav Silhavy after he and one unnamed player recorded positive tests, with four players set to be added to the squad on Tuesday morning.Assistant Jiri Chytry will take charge of the visitors at Hampden for the Nations League clash.Last time the sides met in the reverse fixture in Olomouc, a full reserve squad and coaching staff were drafted in with only two previously capped players.But there won't be a repeat this time for Wednesday's clash, with the likes of West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek and Burnley striker Matej Vydra available.Meanwhile, Hibs defender Paul Hanlon has received a call-up to Steve Clarke's squad.Hanlon's defensive

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Louisiana's back-to-back hurricanes: Future unsure for many

CAMERON, La. – Michele Vincent’s home was largely intact in spite of hurricanes Laura and Delta. But tears streamed down her face as she looked at her church’s broken windows and shattered pews.“It’s hard to come back and see it again and then to know there’s another (hurricane) that’s out there,” Vincent, of Cameron, told The Advertiser of Lafayette.

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11% rise in Pandemic Unemployment Payment claims

The number of people claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment has risen by more than 23,000 in the last seven days, according to the latest figures from the Department of Social Protection.

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Couple tests socially-distanced Halloween candy delivery system using drone

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UK at 'tipping point:' England braces for more COVID-19 restrictions

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Britain is at a coronavirus tipping point, says deputy chief medical officer

LONDON : Britain is at a "tipping point" in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England said on Sunday, urging people to follow the rules.With the number of cases rapidly rising particularly in the north of England, ministers are readying a new set of rules to try to tackle the crisis that will include handing more power to local leaders to track the virus' spread.Jonathan Van Tam said in an opinion article that the spread of COVID-19 was now moving from younger adult age groups to older people in the worst affected areas, and "just as night follow day, increases in deaths will now follow"."In our national fight against COVID-19, we are at a tipping point

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Millions face new UK curbs with coronavirus at ‘tipping point’

Government criticizedStill, the government’s approach is coming under criticism from lawmakers in the north of England, with Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham bemoaning a lack of communication from officials.“To be called to a meeting with 10 Downing Street on a Friday evening, to be effectively presented with proposals that needed to be agreed over the weekend, I mean that isn’t adequate or acceptable consultation to me," he said on Times Radio on Sunday. “That is being railroaded into a position.

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Expert warns Britain at 'tipping point' in coronavirus pandemic

Britain is at a "tipping point"in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England said, urging people to follow the rules.

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UK at 'tipping point': England braces for more restrictions

LONDON – Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government's leading medical advisers warned Sunday that the country is at a crucial juncture in the second wave of the coronavirus.England's deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said the U.K. is at a “tipping point similar to where we were in March” following a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases.“But we can prevent history repeating itself if we all act now,” he said.

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Donald Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say whether Trump had tested negative.

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'We are at a Covid-19 tipping point, but can prevent history repeating itself'

One of the country’s top scientists has said we can “prevent history repeating itself” in the fight against Covid-19 if we all act now.Professor Jonathan Van-Tam says the country is at a “tipping point” similar to where we were in March.But England's deputy chief medical officer says there may be a time when we need to learn to live with coronavirus “but now is not that time” as we look ahead to winter.Prof Van-Tam was speaking as Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows that an estimated 224,000 people have the virus.He said the best way to keep transmission low and stop the NHS being overwhelmed was for people with symptoms to self-isolate and get a test, and for people to wash their hands, wear face coverings and maintain social

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Inhaled vaccines aim to fight coronavirus at its point of attack

vaccine makers are counting on some of the unique features of the lungs, nose and throat, which are lined with mucosa. This tissue contains high levels of immune proteins, called IgA, that give better protection against respiratory viruses.Activating these immune weapons, they theorize, can protect areas deeper in the lungs where the SARS-CoV-2 does the most damage.

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Covid-19 patient warns 'it's trying to drown you' after not taking it seriously

Mirror Online reported that Trevor is now recovering from the virus, but is still out of breath just brushing his teeth and described his illness as "the worst time of my life by far." Speaking to Manchester Evening News, he said: "It's an evil thing and it feels like it's trying to drown you. You're fighting non-stop and you feel like if you don't fight you're going to die.

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'Evil thing trying to drown you’: Chilling warning from patient who didn’t take Covid-19 seriously

coronavirus patient admits he dismissed the seriousness of the virus - before nearly dying from what he called the "evil thing" of Covid-19.Trevor Jones, 57, gave a stark warning to others about the killer bug after he was left fighting for his life in a hospital bed and gasping for breath just days after contracting the disease.The business owner said he originally did not take coronavirus seriously, never thinking it would hit him.Now recovering from the virus, Trevor is still out of breath just brushing his teeth.Trevor, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, said the illness was “the worst time of my life by far.”Speaking to Manchester Evening News, he said: “It’s an evil thing and it feels like it’s trying to drown you.

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'It's trying to drown you': Stark warning from patient who didn't take Covid-19 seriously

A coronavirus patient who admits he did not take Covid-19 seriously before contracting the virus described it as an "evil thing" that is "trying to drown you."

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Coronavirus: Trudeau warns Canada has reached a ‘tipping point’ in COVID-19 fight

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that the nation has reached a “tipping point” in it’s fight against COVID-19.

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'It's an evil thing... it's trying to drown you': Stark warning from Covid-19 patient who admits he didn't take the pandemic seriously - until it left him struggling to breathe

M.E.N."I knew there was something wrong. I went home and my wife told me I should go for a test.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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