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Coronavirus: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says COVID-19 exposed problems, says action needed

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Wednesday, following an address by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said that COVID-19 had exposed problems facing Canadians, but those are issues that existed before the pandemic and were not addressed.

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Venezuela's Maduro blasts US in speech to world leaders

BOGOTA – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro blasted United States sanctions in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, while avoiding any mention of a report accusing his government of crimes against humanity.

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London, Ont., businesses issue plea for local support amid pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic and issue a plea for local support.The news conference, which saw owners from a number of industries including restaurant, retail and optometry, comes as the city deals with three outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. Appointment bookings in the works for October amid massive COVID-19 testing demand in London, Ont.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says Canada can ‘bend the curve’ together again

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said that together Canadians can help “bend the curve” again, stressing they can “define the change” and while Canada is at a “crossroads,” they can get out of the pandemic.

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Breonna Taylor: Timeline of events in case

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Here is a timeline of events that began with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose killing by police in her home in Kentucky has encouraged a national reckoning on race:— March 13: Officers serving a narcotics warrant fatally shoot Taylor in her home in Louisville, Kentucky.— March 13, hours later: Police announce the arrest of Kenneth Walker in the wounding of an officer during an exchange of gunfire; Taylor is left unidentified at the news conference, described as “an unresponsive woman who was later pronounced dead.”— March, April: The shooting stays out of the headlines as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads in the U.S.— April 27, Taylor's family files wrongful death lawsuit against police department and city,

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14 people facing large fines for attending Toronto house party

Officials say 14 people were fined for attending a house party in Scarborough late Tuesday despite the coronavirus pandemic. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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Kids as young as 13 getting interested in terrorism during pandemic, expert says

coronavirus pandemic, a top counter-terrorism officer says. Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Neil Basu spoke to MPs on Wednesday about a worrying rise in extremism over lockdown.

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Quebec says protecting French language a priority

The National Assembly in Quebec has declared that protecting the French language is essential and must be a priority, even during a pandemic. The move comes months after a resolution was presented, insisting that businesses under federal jurisdiction adhere to provincial language laws.

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Alberta sees 143 new COVID-19 cases, 2 additional deaths connected to outbreaks

COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, Alberta Health said Wednesday.There are 59 people in hospital; 13 of whom are in intensive care units.Of the 1,520 current active cases, 821 are in the Edmonton zone and 481 in the Calgary zone.More than 12,317 COVID-19 tests were completed by Alberta labs in the last 24 hours. Coronavirus: 3rd patient dies, patient screening increased amid Foothills hospital outbreaks The province reported two deaths Wednesday, including one that Alberta Health Services confirmed Tuesday was linked to the outbreak at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.

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BCHL’s Okanagan teams prepping for upcoming tournament

Rejoice, Okanagan hockey fans. Live hockey is coming to the Okanagan starting Sept.

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Nine Inch Nails launch new range of ‘Pandemic 2020’ merchandise

Nine Inch Nails have launched a new range of ‘Pandemic 2020’ official merchandise – check out the images below.The Trent Reznor-fronted band have updated their website’s merch store, which for “a very limited time” is selling five new T-shirt designs reflecting “our anxiety and anger during this unprecedented time”.The tees boast lyrics from NIN’s back catalogue that carry a newfound relevance in our post-COVID world, including “New world/ New times/ Mutation feels alright” from 2018’s ‘Shit Mirror’ and “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, the title of the group’s third ‘White Teeth’ single.Two of the T-shirt designs feature the US flag: one plays on the burning artwork for 1992’s ‘Broken’ EP and reads “2020 broken”, while the other displays

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Steeply rising pandemic activity led by India, surges elsewhere

The pace of global COVID-19 cases showed no letup today, with an ongoing surge in India, some Middle East countries logging record numbers, and some European hot spots reporting more worrying developments.

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COVID-19 pandemic having ‘stark affects’ on opioid-related deaths in Alberta

COVID-19 pandemic has played a role in the increase.The province released new numbers Wednesday which show 301 people died of an unintentional opioid poisoning between April 2020 and June 2020 — after the coronavirus pandemic hit.Previously, the highest number of opioid-related deaths recorded in a three-month period in Alberta was 211, according to numbers in the province’s Q2 Opioid Response Surveillance Report which date back to 2015.The province said the report “highlights the stark affects that COVID-19 has had when it comes to unintentional opioid poisoning.”“The past few months have led to increased fear and anxiety, isolation, disruption to in-person services, job uncertainty and more.

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Throne speech: Conservatives ready for election if all Opposition parties vote against Liberals

Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Conservative MP Candice Bergen said Wednesday the party is ready for a federal election if the NDP does not support the throne speech, which was delivered on Wednesday by Governor General Julie Payette.

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Throne speech: Did Trudeau, Liberals play it safe?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a national childcare and early education system as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter gender equality gains by forcing Canadian women out of the workforce. But just how such an unprecedented national system could work is unclear and there were few concrete signs in the throne speech presented Wednesday.

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Asda to introduce coronavirus safety marshals to ensure Scots are wearing face coverings

supermarkets to ensure that all customers are wearing face coverings as they enter the store. The supermarket giant announced that 1,000 members of staff will take the roles across all of its shops in the UK.They will be mainly based at the front of the store, while some will be dotted up and down in aisles at larger supermarkets.

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Throne speech: Trudeau government addresses COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on women, pledges to create national action plan

Governor General Julie Payette addressed how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women in Canada during Wednesday’s throne speech, pledging that the government would create a national action plan for getting women back into the workforce, which she said would be guided by a task force of diverse experts.

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Throne speech: Payette touts coronavirus job creation, wage subsidy extension

During Wednesday’s throne speech, Governor General Julie Payette said that “there is still more to be done” to help Canada’s economy and unemployment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which is why she said that the federal government will be launching a campaign to create over one million jobs.

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Throne speech: Governor General outlines ‘4 foundations’ of Trudeau government’s approach to COVID-19 pandemic

Governor General Julie Payette outlined four “foundations” of the Canadian government’s approach to COVID-19 in the throne speech on Wednesday, which included the need to fight the pandemic, the need to support people and businesses through the crisis, the need to “build back better” and the need to “stand up for who we are as Canadians.”

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BTS Return to the UN to Deliver Powerful Speech Amid Pandemic (Video)

BTS are returning to the UN to inspire and encourage us through a difficult time.

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Emma Stone secretly marries Dave McCary after postponing wedding due to coronavirus pandemic

EMMA Stone has secretly married Saturday Night Live director Dave McNary. Days after the pair were pictured wearing matching gold bands, a source told Page Six "they have definitely tied the knot." The couple had wedding plans for March but due to coronavirus their plans were halted.

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Find Out More About Your Dog's Breed & Health With This DNA Kit!

If you’re one of the many Americans who brought home a dog during the pandemic, you’ve probably already spoiled your new BFF to no end. A lot of pet parents love to go the extra mile for their furry buddies, but not everyone can afford to pull a Barbra Streisand and do something really major, like clone their dogs so they can live forever.

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Disney delays Black Widow and West Side Story release dates to next year amid global pandemic

Disney announced another delay to their programming schedule amid the ongoing global pandemic, according to Deadline.The television and film giant revealed Marvel's Black Widow will debut in May after initially scheduled for a November release.Steven Speilberg's West Side Story is being pushed back by an entire year and will now see screens in December 2021. Moving back:The television and film giant revealed Marvel's Black Widow will debut in May after initially scheduled for a November releaseThe moves follow disappointing efforts to get Americans back into movie theaters after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered theaters worldwide in March.

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Prue Leith, 80, 'felt guilty about being old' ahead of Bake Off return amid coronavirus

The Great British Bake Off has risen to the challenge with a record audience on Channel 4, but at one stage this year Prue Leith feared she wouldn't be part of it.

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Coronavirus: Most MPs to participate in House of Commons via video this fall

COVID-19 pandemic.Government House leader Pablo Rodriguez introduced a motion to set the rules for “hybrid” sittings as the Commons sat for the first time in months this afternoon. As coronavirus cases spike, Trudeau must strike throne speech balance: strategists Those include having MPs vote via video conference until a secure remote voting application for smartphones is ready.The Conservatives have argued for in-person sittings only, with limited numbers of MPs in the chamber.But the MPs present, including Tories, approved the plan unanimously.The arrangement is to stay in place until Dec.

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Want to Go to a Drive-In During the Pandemic? Pack Jumper Cables

Forget fancy food menus. The must-have amenity for drive-ins? Jumper cables.

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Americans load up on candy, trick or treat - or not

if the coronavirus clamps down on trick or treat. Fifty-five percent of Mars Wrigley's Halloween candy sales usually happen in the last two weeks of October, says Tim LeBel, the company's chief Halloween officer and head of U.S.

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Trump tightens Cuba sanctions as he woos Cuban-American vote

WASHINGTON – Americans won't be allowed to bring home cigars and rum from Cuba under measures President Donald Trump announced Wednesday to financially starve the island's government, a move taken as he tries to boost his appeal among Cuban-Americans, a crucial voting bloc in the battleground state of Florida.The action comes as the Republican president reaffirmed his administration's “ironclad solidarity” with the Cuban people, whose descendants in the U.S. often vote for the GOP.

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'West Side Story' Delayed an Entire Year, 'Black Widow' Moves to May 2021 Amid Pandemic

Two more major movies are being delayed amid the very slow box office as the COVID-19 pandemic is still going on.

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Florida school district scrambles to find substitute teachers amid coronavirus pandemic

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida school district is scrambling to find substitute teachers after a large number of full-time teachers chose to stay home as students returned to brick and mortar classes for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.The Palm Beach County school district said 944 teachers did not show for work on Monday when students who chose the in-school option returned to classrooms. The number was slightly lower — nearly 894 teachers, or roughly 1 of every 13 — on Tuesday, the Palm Beach Post reported.Officials said 387 substitute teachers were called in to assist on Tuesday across the district, which consist of 180 campuses.

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Powell faces lawmakers' skepticism on some Fed aid programs

WASHINGTON – Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday defended the Federal Reserve's efforts to support the economy during the pandemic-induced recession from assertions that its programs bungled aspects of its response.A House subcommittee released a staff analysis that found that a program in which the Fed bought corporate bonds to try to support companies struggling in the pandemic included buying bonds of companies that laid off more than 1 million workers since March.The report from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis concluded that 383 companies whose bonds were bought by the Fed had continued to pay dividends to shareholders, with 95 of those companies also laying off workers.

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Over 15,000 flags in Austin yard for every Texan life lost to COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas - An artist has planted over 15,000 flags in his yard as a tribute for every Texan life lost to COVID-19. The North Austin artist is showcasing the deadly impact COVID-19 is having on the State of Texas by placing one flag for every Texan killed from the virus.Shane Reilly started the display back in May, when the state’s death toll was under 1,000.

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PM Modi asks states to evaluate impact of local lockdowns in combating Covid-19

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the states to evaluate efficacy of short and local lockdowns in combating the covid-19 pandemic. He was chairing a high-level virtual meeting with the chief ministers and health ministers of seven States/UTs to review the status and preparedness of virus response and management.“Some states which are imposing 1-2 days local lockdown.

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Terrorists 'could try to make weapon like coronavirus', warns ex-security chief

Coronavirus conspiracy theories were “inevitable”, Britain's former security chief admitted tonight, as he warned of rogue states and terror groups trying to “develop and deploy” biological weapons.

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Cong demoralising COVID warriors with baseless corruption, says BJP in Karnataka

₹2,000 crore.It has said that the government has procured equipment at prices way higher than the market rates.

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Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens '21-22

NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and intends to return from the pandemic layoff next September with the company’s first presentation of a Black composer, Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.”This season was to have started this week, but the company announced June 1 it had pushed back opening night until Dec. 31.

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A localized approach to address the economic fallout of covid-19

₹23,000 in Bengaluru and just about ₹17,000 in Patna.Very few households in the slums of both cities earned incomes in the first two or three months of the pandemic. Manual labourers, the majority, including maids and construction workers, were least likely to keep their incomes.

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Work from home culture to continue even after pandemic ends: Bill Gates

Mumbai: The work from home culture has worked well and many companies will continue with the system even after the coronavirus pandemic ends, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Wednesday.Various parts of the world have been under strict lockdowns following the COVID-19 outbreak, forcing organisations to let their employees work from home."It is amazing to see how well the work from home (WFH) culture has worked and I hope will continue even after the pandemic is over," Gates told an online business summit organised by financial daily The Economic Times."But once this pandemic ends, we will rethink on what percentage of time we spend in offices... 20, 30, 50 per cent.

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Covering the bases: Fenway Park expected as voting venue

BOSTON – There's the windup, the pitch — and the vote.Election officials in Boston are expected to approve Fenway Park as an early voting venue when they meet Thursday, after Red Sox owner John Henry offered the storied ballpark for voters hesitant to cast ballots indoors.City officials toured the park and have said it meets their guidelines. If formally cleared as a venue, Bostonians could vote at Fenway on Oct.

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Donald Trump claims coronavirus 'affects barely anybody' as US death toll passes 200,000

Donald Trump has downplayed the extent of the coronavirus pandemic as his own country passed the grim milestone of 200,000 dead.As the US presidential election in November approaches fast, America's Commander In Chief has looked to convince voters that the worst of the disease has passed.Speaking in an interview with a local Fox station in Detroit in the crucial swing state of Michigan, President Trump again tried to minimise the danger of Covid-19."I think we've done an amazing job...

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Simon Cowell's Syco Expects No Material Impact From Coronavirus

Simon Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment expects no material hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic. The company, whose TV hit franchises include The X FactorandGot Talent, said in a U.K.

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The Latest: Bosnia asks COVID-19 vaccine be available to all

TANZANIA – The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT):9 a.m.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry says she’s received abuse, death threats

British Columbia’s top doctor says she has been the target of abuse and death threats during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Throne speech, carbon tax case headline busy political week

From a throne speech to the federal carbon tax law in the Supreme Court of Canada, it’s a busy week in Ottawa. USask Environmental and Sustainability Professor Greg Poelzer joins us to break it all down.

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Gloucester City officials encourage safety precautions while trick-or-treating

GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. - With Halloween around the corner, towns across the region are weighing new guidance extended by the CDC that warns against classic fall activities like trick-or-treating.Gloucester City officials on Wednesday said trick-or-treating will continue as planned, but urged those who participate to take proper health and safety precautions."Parents should decide if they feel it is safe enough for their children to participate in going door to door to collect candy. Likewise, neighbors should decide if they feel safe in distributing candy to those trick or treaters coming to their door," a statement from Mayor Daniel T.

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Elton John announces new North American dates for final tour

NEW YORK – After postponing several shows because of the coronavirus pandemic, Elton John is saying hello to the yellow brick road of touring.The pop icon announced Wednesday that his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” will return to North America on Jan. 19, 2022, in New Orleans.

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Nicola Sturgeon announces a record 486 new coronavirus cases in Scotland as 2 deaths recorded

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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