Boating industry booms as coronavirus restrictions ease in Nova Scotia There have been 1,007 resolved cases and 64 deaths reported.The province says cases have been identified in all parts of the province.

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Sri Lanka to consider vaccinating kids below 12

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said that it is conducting a study on the possibility of vaccinating children below the age of 12.Deputy Director-General of Health Services, Dr. G.

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International tensions causing higher gas prices stateside, experts say

PHILADELPHIA - Gas prices continue to climb across the nation as experts claim rising tensions at the Russia-Ukraine border is pushing up the cost of crude oil. According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of gas jumped roughly 7 cents last week. Closer to home, AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.44."Financially, yeah, it hurts," said Fatima Robinson, a Lyft driver from Fairmount.

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CHOP endorses optional masks in school districts with low COVID-19 numbers

PHILADELPHIA - As a winter surge of COVID-19 cases brought on by the highly-infectious Omicron variant continues to recede, some states have set a deadline for lifting mask mandates in schools. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stood by its recommendation for students to wear masks in school, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said this week that individual districts will have the power to set mask rules after Mar.

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DWP updates PIP guidance for assessments involving people with mental health conditions

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced significant changes to its guidance for health professionals carrying out Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments across the UK.

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India adds 71,765 new cases of coronavirus, 1,217 deaths in 24 hrs

coronavirus cases have surged to 41,610,976. On the other hand, the fatalities count has surged to 5,05,279, which accounts for 1.19% of the total caseload.

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With declining Covid-19 cases, restrictions to be eased in Kerala, Mumbai soon

Mumbai will be unlocked by the end of February, mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Tuesday, according to news agency ANI. "We have made up our minds," she also said, while stressing not to show laxity in adherence to Covid protocol. "It is essential for the people to wear masks and observe social distancing," Pednekar also said.

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Mahindra Lifespaces offers group health insurance for homebuyers

₹3 lakh and ₹5 lakh. The Group Care 360 policy is underwritten by Care Health Insurance. This scheme will ensure access to quality healthcare services for all homeowners in the project.

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COVID-19: Alberta doctors, mayors react to Kenney removing vaccine passport, restrictions

announced plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions in phases on Tuesday. COVID-19: Kenney announces Alberta vaccine passport program ending at midnight “It’s time for us to learn to live with COVID-19,” he said at a press conference, listing the challenges of the pandemic: disrupting livelihoods, dividing people and hurting mental health.“It’s time to let kids be kids.”Kenney said the restrictions exemption program has “outlived its useful purpose,” announcing that after Feb.

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COVID-19: Kenney announces Alberta vaccine passport program ending at midnight

Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine passport program will cease to exist when the clock strikes midnight on Feb. 9, and almost all public health restrictions will be lifted March 1 if the situation in hospitals continues to improve, Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday.

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Killer cop Wayne Couzens 'suffering badly' and 'seriously ill' with Covid in prison

Murderer Wayne Couzens has been placed in isolation after catching Covid in prison. The rapist cop who served as an officer for the Metropolitan Police force is currently serving a full life sentence for the murder of Sarah Everard.The 48-year-old is said to have caught the virus while serving time in HMP Frankland in Durham, with reports stating he is "seriously ill".Wayne is one of less than 20 prisoners in the Durham jail who have contracted Covid.It's been reported that a section of the prison has been closed off to stop the spread of the virus, with food and drink being left at the foot of the door of Wayne's isolated cell.A source told The Sun: "People have been talking about karma, but it looks like he will be OK.

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Suns hold off Sixers 114-109 for NBA-best 44th victory

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - FEBRUARY 08: Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns and Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers look on during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center on February 08, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User ex PHILADELPHIA - Devin Booker never tires of watching Chris Paul do his thing to lift Phoenix to big wins.Paul did his part for the Suns in back-to-back nights on the road against top teams in the East — first, Chicago and then Philadelphia — and gets to try it again next game in a rematch with the NBA champs."You’re a cold piece of work, CP3," Booker said.Booker scored 35 points and Paul had 16 points and 12 assists to lead the Suns to their NBA-high 44th win, 114-109 over the 76ers on Tuesday night.The Suns rallied from a 14-point deficit to win for the 14th time in 15 games, raising their record to 44-10.Up next this week for Phoenix, an NBA Finals rematch at home against the Bucks."Our goal is what everybody knows it is," coach Monty Williams said.

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McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 'violent insurrection'

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from his office to the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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G. L. meets India’s Spy Chief Doval to conclude visit

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14-hour Water Cut for multiple areas in Gampaha on Wednesday (9)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said that a 14-water cut will be experienced from 4 PM on Wednesday (9) for many areas in the Gampaha District.The areas that will be affected are:Ekala, Kotugoda, Udammita, Thudella to 20th Mile Post along Raja Mawatha, Wahatiyagama, Delatura, Katunayake, Seeduwa, Udugampola, Minuwangoda, Katunayake Air Force Camp, Katunayake Free Trade Zone, and Katana South.

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2 men shot inside Overbrook bar, police say

OVERBROOK - Philadelphia Police are investigating after two men are shot inside a bar in Overbrook.The shooting happened Tuesday night, around 8:15, on the 6600 block of Lansdowne Avenue.Police were called to the bar on the report of gunshots inside the establishment.Arriving officers found a 31-year-old man with two gunshot wounds to his leg. He was taken to Lankenau Medical Center by police and placed in stable condition.A second man, 54, was found to be suffering from a gunshot wound to his buttocks.

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Alberta ending vaccine passport program and other COVID-19 public health restrictions

Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta’s vaccine passport will end almost Tuesday at midnight and most other big COVID-19 health rules will be gone in three weeks from now. Dan Grummett, Tom Vernon and Morgan Black have team coverage on what is happening, how the health-care system is doing and how Albertans feel about the changes.

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Alberta restaurants, gyms have mixed feelings about scrapping vaccine passport

Starting Wednesday, Alberta restaurants, gyms and concert venues will no longer be required to ask for proof of vaccination. As Morgan Black explains, owners have mixed feelings about scrapping the restrictions exemption program.

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Alberta removes Restrictions Exemption Program effective at midnight: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces the Restrictions Exemption Program will end at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 8, 2022.

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Kenney: Turning public health policy into ‘political football’ not helpful

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to a question about municipalities and the provincial governments being on the same page when it comes to COVID-19 policy.

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Businesses can continue using COVID-19 QR codes as long as they are issued: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says businesses who want to continue to use the Alberta COVID-19 vaccination QR code are allowed to do so as long as they are issued.

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Restrictions Exemption Program has been ‘extremely tough’ on rural Alberta businesses: Kenney

Premier Jason Kenney says the Restriction Exemption Program has been “extremely tough” on businesses in rural Alberta with low COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

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The COVID-19 trends that will decide B.C.’s path forward

Global’s Keith Baldrey looks at what COVID-19 trends B.C. officials will take into account, when deciding on which restrictions to ease.

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Philadelphia man accused of road rage shooting in Montgomery County

WHITEMARSH TWP, Pa. - A Philadelphia man is accused of shooting a driver in an apparent road rage incident last month on a highway in Montgomery County. Keith Choice, 31, was taken into custody on Tuesday after police said he shot another driver on the northbound side of State Route 309 in late January. According to investigators, a 65-year-old man was driving in the far left lane when Choice pulled up next to him and fired a single shot that hit the victim in the right upper arm. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESPolice said the bullet narrowly missed striking the victim's neck.

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Nova Scotia reports no new cases of COVID-19 Friday, state of emergency extended

coronavirus remains at five, as no new cases were reported Friday.Nova Scotia completed 641 tests on Thursday and there have been 70,315 negative cases to date.There is one person in hospital as a result of COVID-19 at this time, the province says. N.S.

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Rally calls for easing of strict visitor rules at Nova Scotia long-term care homes

coronavirus pandemic restrictions in long-term care homes across the province after a second rally was held this month outside the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building Thursday. NSGEU report lists factors union says contributed to Northwood COVID-19 outbreak Families are calling on the province and Nova Scotia Health to loosen visitor restrictions to allow family more time with their loved ones.

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N.S. woman medically exempt from wearing face masks calls for compassion

Kaulback said it has forced her to make some changes in how she goes about some of her shopping, as certain stores maintain strict mask policies.“I don’t attempt the Walmart. I’ve heard direct stories from people who have been asked to leave,” she said.

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Students coming to Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic bubble to receive mandatory coronavirus tests

COVID-19 tests during their isolation period.Anyone coming from outside the bubble is already required to self-isolate for 14 days.But now all university and Nova Scotia Community College students will be tested for the novel coronavirus.“Testing university and NSCC students during their self-isolation periods can help with early detection and management of cases in the post-secondary population,” said Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, N.S.

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Nova Scotia reports 1 new case of coronavirus Thursday

novel coronavirus in the province on Thursday.The case is located in the Central Zone and the cause remains under investigation. There are now six active cases in Nova Scotia.The QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab completed 575 Nova Scotia tests on Tuesday, moving the province’s total number of tests to 70,839.

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Union leaders raise safety concerns over Nova Scotia’s back-to-school plan

Nova Scotia seeing drastic increase in homeschooling interest Unions representing school nurses, custodians and bus drivers joined in on Wednesday to say there isn’t enough work being done by the province to satisfy the concerns they’ve raised by Sept. 8, , the day that classes are set to resume.“There’s definitely a lot of things like the social distancing that was declared for us across the province since March and that is not available in the schools at all.

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Nova Scotia reports 1 new case of coronavirus Wednesday, cause remains under investigation

novel coronavirus in the province on Wednesday.The case is located in the Northern Zone and the cause remains under investigation. There are now five active cases in Nova Scotia.The QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab completed 448 Nova Scotia tests on Tuesday, moving the province’s total number of tests to 71,018.

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Nova Scotia reports no new COVID-19 cases Tuesday

coronavirus on Tuesday.There are four active cases in the province.The most recently reported case is related to one of the confirmed cases reported last week, which was travel-related and located in the northern part of Nova Scotia.To date, the province has confirmed 1,075 cases of COVID-19.There are now 1,007 resolved cases and there have been 64 deaths in the province resulting from COVID-19 complications.Nova Scotians are still encouraged to visit the 811 website if they have two or more of the following symptoms:

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Canada adds 338 new coronavirus cases as global total approaches 22 million

coronavirus Monday brought Canada close to 123,000 total infections since the pandemic began.Monday also saw additional data from provinces that took the weekend off from reporting, while adding six new deaths to the country’s death toll — nearly all of which occurred over the past three days. How many Canadians have the new coronavirus? Total number of confirmed cases by region To date, Canada has now seen 122,815 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, which has killed a total of 9,032 people.

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N.S. education minister faces backlash over comments on ventilation in schools

‘This year will be different’: N.S. to implement mandatory masks for Grade 4 to Grade 12 students “It rings alarm bells for people when it sounds like the best plan to keep kids in well-ventilated spaces is to just leave the windows open in the winter and crank the heat up,” said NSTU president Paul Wozney.“A lot of these ideas sound great on paper, but they don’t line up with what it’s actually like to go to school in Nova Scotia.”It’s been proven the novel coronavirus can spread by droplets that can stay in a room if air is not properly circulated.

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Nova Scotia reports 1 new coronavirus case on Monday

coronavirus on Monday and four active cases in the province.Province says the new case is related to one of the confirmed cases reported last week, which was travel-related.To date, Nova Scotia has confirmed 1,075 cases of COVID-19.There are now 1,007 resolved cases and there have been 64 deaths in the province resulting from COVID-19 complications.Nova Scotians are still encouraged to visit the 811 website if they have two or more of the following symptoms:

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COVID-19 cancellation can’t stop N.S. family from holding their own sandcastle competition

‘Things have really deteriorated’: Visitors say Clam Harbour facilities in need of repair But the cancellation wasn’t going to stop the Giza family from getting out on the Nova Scotia beach with the buckets and shovels and sculpt an impressive sandcastle, as it’s become an annual tradition.“We come out every year to the sandcastle festival,” said Courtney Giza.

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Nova Scotia reports no new COVID-19 cases Sunday

coronavirus and three active cases in Nova Scotia on Sunday.The province says 438 tests were completed Saturday. To date, the province has completed 68,463 negative tests.There have been 1,074 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 1,007 cases are considered resolved.There have also been 64 deaths due to COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.The province said there is currently no one in hospital as a result of COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: 2 new cases identified in Nova Scotia related to travel

COVID-19 as of Saturday.The province said the new cases are in the Northern Zone and are currently under investigation by Public Health. These new cases and the one announced Friday, Aug.

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‘It’s been a busy summer’: Acadia University prepares for challenging academic year

COVID-19, the more we felt we could make strong decisions about what we should be doing in the fall.” Dalhousie students ‘appalled’ by upcoming 3-per-cent tuition hike amid pandemic Duguay says surveys were conducted with students and staff in May, and the “overwhelming” response was that they wanted to return to campus.“It helped us, I think, in establishing a good context to do our planning for the fall,” he said. “So it’s been a busy summer.”And those plans will result in some significant changes for students and staff.The date for classes to begin has been pushed back two weeks to Sept.

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Nova Scotia reports one new case of coronavirus, breaking 11-day streak

Nova Scotia to provide more details on province’s back to school plan The QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab completed 582 Nova Scotia tests on Thursday, moving the province’s total number of tests to 68,784.There have been 1,072 cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia and 64 deaths.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province reports that 1,007 of the positive cases are considered to be resolved.Nova Scotians are still encouraged to visit the 811 website if they have two or more of the following symptoms: Here’s what you’ll need to do to enter each province in the Atlantic bubble The Atlantic travel bubble remains operational.The bubble permits interprovincial travel between Nova Scotia,

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Nova Scotia to provide more details on province’s back to school plan

back to school plan is supported by public health, the IWK Health Centre and education partners. Nova Scotia seeing drastic increase in homeschooling interest The province’s approach includes staggered recesses and lunches, enhanced cleaning protocols, distancing in classrooms, and mandatory masks in hallways and on buses.A class will be treated as a bubble to minimize contact with other students.

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As coronavirus eviction bans end, advocates worry homelessness will rise

coronavirus pandemic hit Canada, will contribute to an increase in homelessness this year.Many provinces — including British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia — suspended residential evictions for unpaid rent in the spring as governments shut down economic activity and begged people to stay home to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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Boating industry booms as coronavirus restrictions ease in Nova Scotia

novel coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted many businesses and industries, but for some, it’s been the opposite.The boating industry is seeing a real boom in Nova Scotia as residents opt to explore the province in new ways.Donna Matthews and her husband had planned a trip to Mexico, but when that got cancelled due to COVID-19, the pair used their refunded money to purchase a membership to the Freedom Boat Club, a cost-effective alternative to boat ownership.“This year, I just wanted to try everything new.

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Slow start to Nova Scotia’s short-term rental registry as industry ravaged by COVID-19

short-term rental registry is off to a slow start as the province says it is focusing on education rather than implementing fines.The registry is the tool that Nova Scotia was going to use to regulate a booming short-term rental industry that’s been conducted through services like Airbnb or HomeAway.Data from Statistics Canada indicate that in 2018, the year with the latest available data, private short-term rentals in the province generated an estimated $70.85 million in revenue.

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P.E.I. reports 5 new cases of coronavirus linked to essential international workers

coronavirus, all of which are linked to essential workers who travelled to the province as essential workers.All of the cases are men who work in the same industry, two of whom are in their 30s and three of whom are in their 40s. No new cases of coronavirus in Nova Scotia on Wednesday All five individuals have been in self-isolation since they arrived on P.E.I.Public health officials are currently conducting contact tracing and they’ll know more in the next 24 to 48 hours.“The detection of these five new cases shows our systems are working well,” said P.E.I.’s chief officer of health, Dr.

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No new cases of coronavirus in Nova Scotia on Wednesday

coronavirus in the province on Wednesday.There remain no active cases in the province. Coronavirus took their lives.

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Cape Breton’s Route 19 brewery closed indefinitely after customer failed to self-isolate

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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

Nova Scotia reports no new COVID-19 cases Thursday

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