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Hurricane and tropical storm warnings have been issued across eastern Canada as Hurricane Fiona hurtles toward the region, slated to make landfall in Nova Scotia as a powerful post-tropical storm early Saturday morning.

into Atlantic Canada over the weekend.The threat of the powerful storm has prompted Hurricane Warnings and Tropical Storm Warnings to be issued for hundreds of miles of coastline from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland.Fiona has weakened slightly but remains a powerful Category 3 hurricane in the western Atlantic with maximum sustained winds around 125 mph. It peaked at Category 4 intensity for much of Wednesday and Thursday, which made Fiona the Atlantic's strongest hurricane of the 2022 season so far.Any hurricane that is rated Category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is classified as a major hurricane.As of Friday morning, Hurricane Fiona was centered about 150 miles northwest of Bermuda and about 750 miles south-southwest of Nova Scotia.

SAN SALVADOR, Puerto Rico - President Joe Biden said Thursday the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona, while Bermuda and Canada's Atlantic provinces prepared for a major blast from the Category 4 storm.Speaking at a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials in New York, Biden said, "We’re all in this together."Biden noted that hundreds of FEMA and other federal officials are already on the ground in Puerto Rico, where Fiona caused an island-wide blackout.More than 60% of power customers remained without energy on Thursday, and a third of customers were without water — and local officials admitted they could not say when service would be fully restored.Biden said his message to the people of Puerto Rico who are still hurting from Hurricane Maria five years ago is: "We’re with you. We’re not going to walk away."US President Joe Biden and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell take part in a briefing on Hurricane Fiona's impact on Puerto Rico at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 2 Office in New York on Sept.

The passing of Queen Elizabeth II has put a renewed focus on the future of the Commonwealth, with some experts predicting more realms — particularly those in the Caribbean — will hasten to sever their ties with the monarchy.Although there are 56 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, only the United Kingdom and 14 other nations share the British monarch as their head of state, including Canada. That number has been dwindling since the organization was first formed in 1926, and experts say it will continue to do so regardless of who sits on the throne.“I think (the queen’s death) may simplify the discussion, but it doesn’t change the fact that this has been an ongoing process of nations becoming more independent over time,” said Francine McKenzie, a professor of history at Western University in London, Ont.

Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre faced off over affordability and cost-of-living in question period on Thursday — their first direct confrontation since the new Conservative leader was crowned on Sept. 10.Poilievre, speaking in French, opened with a jab at Trudeau for missing the first two question periods of the session.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to scrap the country’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate at the border and make the ArriveCAN app optional for travellers entering Canada, Global News has learned.

Provincial and municipal officials are urging Nova Scotians to take precautions ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Fiona, which is expected to bring heavy rainfall and wind gusts approaching 140 kilometres an hour.

Two studies published today in the European Respiratory Journal describe long-COVID findings, one revealing signs of autoimmune disease in 41% of blood samples taken 1 year after recovery, and the other showing that 23% of patients still had exercise intolerance a year after hospital release.

A study has said that most coronavirus-infected patients who experience long Covid recover within 12 months, irrespective of the severity. The study said that while 75 per cent of the patients recovered within 12 months of getting infected with the virus, the rest (25 per cent) of the patients still experienced one of the three most common symptoms. Long-Covid-19 conditions can include many ongoing health problems that can last weeks, months, or longer.

Hurricane Fiona shaping up to be ‘potentially severe event’ for Atlantic Canada “This storm is shaping up to be a severe event for Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec,” read a 9 a.m. update from Environment Canada.“Most regions will experience some hurricane force winds.”Fiona is expected to to turn to the northeast and then accelerate, reaching Sable Island on Friday night as it transitions to a post-tropical storm.It is then forecasted to make landfall over eastern mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island on Saturday morning.

slam into Atlantic Canada this weekend as a powerful post-tropical cyclone.Fiona remains a Category 4 hurricane in the western Atlantic with maximum sustained winds around 130 mph, an intensity it first achieved early Wednesday, which makes Fiona the Atlantic's strongest hurricane of the 2022 season so far.Any hurricane that is rated Category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is classified as a major hurricane.As of early Thursday morning, Hurricane Fiona was centered less than 500 miles southwest of Bermuda and was moving north-northeastward at 13 mph, a track which will take the major hurricane near Bermuda and then into Atlantic Canada.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVTracking Hurricane Fiona.(FOX Weather) Bermuda has been placed under a Hurricane Warning.A Hurricane Warning means sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are expected within the warning area and is typically issued 36 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds (39-plus mph). These high winds are likely to be accompanied by storm surge, coastal flooding and/or river flooding.According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane or Tropical Storm Watches will likely be required for portions of Atlantic Canada by later Thursday morning.WHAT TO DO WHEN HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR TOWNA Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bermuda.(FOX Weather) According to the FOX Forecast Center, the peak impacts in Bermuda are expected between Thursday night and Friday morning as the center of Hurricane Fiona passes to the west of the archipelago.Those impacts in Bermuda will include hurricane-force winds (74-plus mph) and 2 to 4 inches of rain, as well as large, pounding surf and storm

Does your home or office hold the key to solving the climate crisis? Experts say yes Siddall made the comments Wednesday during an interview in Calgary, where he was attending the grand opening of AIMCo’s new office in that city.AIMCo — which is responsible for the investments of pension, endowment and government funds in Alberta, with $163.8 billion of assets under management as of the end of last year — has approximately 600 employees spread across offices in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, London, U.K., and Luxembourg.Since the lifting of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, those employees have been able to decide within their individual teams how often they want to come into the physical office — with the company suggesting that two days a week be the “starting place” for that conversation, but no firm rules to that effect.“Our philosophy at AIMCo is we’re all adults,” Siddall said. “Where you do this work doesn’t matter.

Hurricane Fiona, which is expected to bring pounding rain, severe winds and storm surges to the province.In a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Jason Mew, the director of the province’s Emergency Management Office’s incident management division, had a simple message: be prepared. Hurricane Fiona shaping up to be ‘potentially severe event’ for Atlantic Canada “I cannot stress this enough … prepare today, continue to prepare tomorrow for a very intense event Friday evening into Saturday,” he said.EMO is advising Nova Scotians to prepare by doing the following:Mew said it’s important that everyone takes the storm, which is expected to bring a lot of rain and strong winds to the region, seriously.“We will definitely see impacts from the storm,” he said.“They’re going to vary depending on what part of the province you’re in, but definitely, now’s the time to make those preparations.”Mew said EMO has been in contact with municipalities around the province to ensure comfort centres are ready, and asking them to reach out to people who may be living in tents and direct them to the appropriate resources.

TORONTO - Canada will likely drop the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for people who enter Canada by the end of September, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.Canada, like the United States, requires foreign nationals to be vaccinated when entering the country. It is not immediately known whether the U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - Home Depot workers in Philadelphia have filed a petition with the federal labor board to form what could be the first store-wide union at the world's largest home improvement retailer.The petition, filed with the National Labor Relations Board this week, seeks to form a collective bargaining unit for 274 employees who work in merchandising, specialty and operations. The federal agency's database shows no other attempts to form a store-wide union at the company, though a group of Home Depot drivers successfully unionized with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 2019.Sara Gorman, a Home Depot spokesperson, said the company is aware the filing and "we look forward to talking to our associates about their concerns.""While we will of course work through the NLRB process, we do not believe unionization is the best solution for our associates," Gorman said in an email.Vincent Quiles, a store employee who is leading the petition, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Environment Canada said Fiona is now expected to impact the eastern shore on Friday, as it transforms into a strong post-tropical storm.The weather agency said there are indications of a deep hybrid low-pressure system, which possesses both tropical and intense winter storm-type properties. Fiona could bring very heavy rainfall and severe winds.“We’ll see some very strong, possibly damaging winds, probably a lot of heavy rainfall over some areas,” said Canadian Hurricane Centre meteorologist Ian Hubbard on Tuesday.“And we are expecting to see some coastal flooding, in terms of large waves and storm surge at some point.“ Tropical cyclone statement issued for Atlantic Canada as Fiona tracks north Hubbard said there was still a large cone of uncertainty on Tuesday, meaning there wasn’t enough detail about where Fiona would go.

As Canada’s loonie falters against the surging U.S. dollar, experts say the effect could worsen inflation on some goods imported from south of the border.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is investigating scores of cases handled by a disgraced former B.C. immigration lawyer, in a probe that could lead to deportations.

Also Read: US tourist visa waiting period goes over 2 years for India The removal of the vaccine requirement, according to infectious disease expert Dr. Andrew Morris, should have been done way back. According to him, there is no value to making sure individuals are immunised because it neither prevents cases nor variants from spreading.

COVID-19 vaccine mandate at the border, a senior government source has told Global News.However, the source said the plan still needs to be “finalized” by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before it can be officially announced. ArriveCAN: A look at the federal government’s plan for the contentious app A spokesperson for Transport Canada referred questions about the decision to the Public Health Agency of Canada, which did not immediately reply to an email.The current border measures are set to expire on Sept.

Niagara Falls, Ont., says he keeps dreaming of an event with the prime minister and Ontario’s premier cutting a “massive ribbon” at the Canada-U.S. border signaling Canada is once again open for business.Jim Diodati made that suggestion as a number of Canadian MPs and border-city mayors published another open letter to Ottawa demanding the elimination of all remaining COVID-19 restrictions still in effect along the northern border.“It’s been a long haul, especially in a border community that relies on tourism specifically,” Diodati told 900 CHML’s Bill Kelly Show.

Thousands have lined up for gruelling hours to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II in London, U.K., and one Montrealer is standing out among them.

COVID-19 vaccination campaign gets underway.The campaign is launching with a focus on vulnerable groups, including health-care workers, the clinically extremely vulnerable, Indigenous people and seniors.And for the first time, a bivalent version of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine will be available to adults. When can you get an Omicron booster? Here’s how provinces are rolling them out “It’s a vaccine that was specifically designed to be more effective against Omicron variants.

Justin Trudeau singing at a gathering in London, England, on Saturday — days before Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral — has sparked debate on social media.In the video, Trudeau can be seen singing the Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody as Quebec musician Gregory Charles plays piano. Charles is a member of the Canadian delegation and walked in the queen’s funeral procession on Monday.The clip was shared on Twitter, when it garnered over 500,000 views.

Great Britain and the world said goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday during the state funeral for the 96-year-old British monarch.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated calls for a full investigation into potential Russian “war crimes” in remarks to reporters on Sunday.

Canada’s governor general says she believes King Charles III is committed to working on reconciliation between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples as he takes over as monarch from his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.

inflation in Canada are likely to peak in the fourth quarter of this year, economists told Reuters, though most see signs fast rising prices are becoming entrenched and warn a recession may be needed to avoid a spiral.Canada’s inflation data for August will be released on Tuesday, with analysts forecasting the headline rate will edge down to 7.3 per cent, from 7.6 per cent in July and a four-decade high of 8.1 per cent in June.But all eyes will be on the three core measures of inflation – CPI Common, CPI Median and CPI Trim – which taken together are seen as a better indicator of underlying price pressures.The average of the three hit a record high of 5.3 per cent in July. Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in August as interest rate hikes ‘bite’ Six of eight economists surveyed by Reuters see core inflation peaking in the fourth quarter as underlying domestic and global pressures start to ease, though the path back to the two per cent target will not be brisk.“Rapidly cooling growth, the pullback in housing prices, and less pressure on supply chains will help cap core inflation relatively soon,” said Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.“However, we believe that it will be sticky, and will descend only slowly through 2023,” he added.The broadening of price increases, increased wage settlements, as well as rising consumer and business inflation expectations are signs that inflation is becoming more entrenched in the economy, economists told Reuters.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stopped to view Queen Elizabeth‘s casket ahead of a meeting with King Charles III in London.

The Bank of Canada’s rising interest rates have some variable-rate mortgage holders thinking about the upside of locking in a fixed rate, according to experts who spoke to Global News.

One of Canada’s big banks is calling for the country’s cooling housing market to hit a low point in the spring before fully adjusting to rising interest rates.

the British monarchy, a new poll suggests — despite nearly equal support both for and against preserving those ties.The Ipsos poll, conducted exclusively for Global News just days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, found support for a referendum on the future of the monarchy has gone up since last year, from 53 per cent in 2021 to 58 per cent today.“(Canadians) would like to have their say,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.Whether support continues to grow for holding a vote on the issue will likely depend on “the performance of King Charles III and what people feel about him after we get out of this period of mourning” for the queen, Bricker added. Canada ‘came of age’ under Queen Elizabeth II, Trudeau says as MPs offer tributes Ipsos interviewed over 1,000 Canadians online earlier this week for the survey.The results suggest King Charles has a lot to prove with the Canadian public.While 82 per cent of respondents said they approve of Queen Elizabeth’s performance as monarch, just 56 per cent agree Charles will do a good job in her place.

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Restaurants are facing a bumpy road to recovery after years of pandemic-related challenges. They’re now dealing with rising expenses, low customer counts, high debt and low profitability, according to Restaurants Canada.

In preparation for an expected fall COVID-19 wave, Canada has started rolling out updated vaccines to target the Omicron variant.

Queen Elizabeth.The four Atlantic provinces, British Columbia and Yukon all declared Monday a holiday for provincial and territorial public-sector employees, including teachers and school staff. Canada announces a holiday to mark Queen Elizabeth’s death.

King Charles III, just like his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, is keeping his given name despite the historical baggage associated with it.Charles Philip Arthur George, who acceded to the throne Thursday after the death of his mother, could have chosen another name to be used during his reign. King Charles III’s name loaded with history But his decision to retain his birth name comes as no surprise, royal observers and historians say.“He’s quite comfortable in his own skin, his own name and his own identity,” said Keith Roy, a spokesperson for the Monarchist League of Canada.“His own reputation is strong enough that he can maintain his name,” he told Global News.As the longest-serving heir to the British throne, Charles has been in the public eye for as long as he’s been alive, so a name change at this point in his life would’ve been “quite jarring” according to Roy.The last time a British monarch changed their name was in 1936, when Queen Elizabeth II’s father, who was born Albert Frederick Arthur George and called Bertie by friends and family, chose King George VI as his title to honour the memory of his father, King George V.

Alberta has followed the federal government’s lead and declared Monday, Sept. 19 a provincial day of mourning “in solemn recognition of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”

Alberta should brace for fall flu and COVID-19 waves: Hinshaw “Please await official notification from the province on timing of when administration can start. Please do not vaccinate until this is confirmed,” the McKesson memo stated.“Vaccine is being distributed to pharmacies in advance in order to ensure that sufficient amounts of vaccine can be stored within the province in preparation for the next phase of the immunization plan.”On Wednesday, the Health ministry confirmed pharmacies in the province can begin ordering bivalent doses, with an announcement on appointments for the Omicron BA.1 subvariant-specific boosters “expected shortly.”On Monday, the province said it was still reviewing the Sept.

suspected gunman who killed two, including a Toronto police officer, and injured three others, had a lengthy criminal history, according to parole records obtained by Global News.A Parole Board of Canada decision from 2010 stated that Sean Petrie had previous convictions for violent crimes like robbery and illegally possessing guns, and also suggested he had alleged gang connections.“It is in the interest of public safety in terms of the specific risk you present that you be prohibited from any contact with your negative peers,” the board wrote.Peel police had identified a Shawn Petry, 30, as the suspect in a shooting rampage that spanned several cities Monday in the Greater Toronto Area. Sources and documents obtained by Global News have confirmed Sean Petrie, 40, is the man suspected of killing Const.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to roll out a six-month boost to the GST tax credit, a dental benefit for some children, and a one-time top up of the Canada Housing Benefit — all totalling $4.5 billion — to help Canadians cope with the soaring cost of living.

Queen Elizabeth II.Premier Doug Ford said Ontario will mark Sept. 19 — the day of the Queen’s funeral in London — “as a provincial day of mourning in lieu of a provincial holiday.”“The people of Ontario may observe a moment of silence at 1 p.m.

Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 bivalent vaccine is available for those who fall under certain groupings.“A booster dose of this bivalent vaccine will provide added protection during the fall and winter months when the community transmission of COVID-19 is expected to increase due to more time spent indoors and a seasonal increase in the circulation of respiratory viruses,” the region said in a release. COVID vaccine appointments to open July 28 for Ontario children under 5 years old The list of those who are currently eligible includes those who are in long-term-care or retirement homes, those over the age of 70, and those who are over the age of 12 and are immunocompromised.Those who identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis, as well as those who are over the age of 18, and those who are either pregnant or in health-care work also qualify.

Canada will mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II with a national day of mourning on Sept. 19.

Ford electric truck they pre-ordered went up in price with no price protection.“It kills all the excitement of getting a new vehicle and makes this whole process frustrating,” Jason Bean told Consumer Matters.Bean and his wife Melanie set their sights on owning a new 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck. The Vancouver Island couple says this past January, they contacted their local Ford dealership and got the green light to come in and build their vehicle.“It was very exciting to do something like this where we could get new technology, new truck and also do something positive in terms of our carbon footprint,” said Bean.The couple signed a “preview order” form which also indicated it was not an invoice.

Canadian cannabis industry eyeing U.S. push for marijuana legalization “A positive energy if ever there was one, a man who almost always flashed a winning smile, a man who spoke out about what he believed in,” Canadian fighter Sarah Kaufman said on social media.Theodorou took up MMA in 2009 after his first year at Humber College, where he studied creative advertising.He made his pro debut in June 2011 and was 8-0-0 in 2013 when he joined the cast of The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs.

The death of Queen Elizabeth II is sure to send shockwaves through the economies of both the United Kingdom and Canada as experts say the brand value of the British royal family is at risk with the loss of its longest-reigning monarch.