Several major highways remained closed Tuesday morning, after a storm moved through southern B.C. Sunday and Monday causing traffic confusion across the province.

Many of the routes in and out of the Lower Mainland remain cut off. UPDATE – <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCHwy1?src=hash&ref_src=» https: globalnews.ca>#BCHwy1 – CLOSED in both directions from Sumas Way (exit 92) to Yale Rd (exit 109) in <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/AbbotsfordBC?src=hash&ref_src=» https: globalnews.ca>#AbbotsfordBC due to flooding.

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U.S. & U.K. Announce Travel Ban Due to New COVID Variant Omicron

The United States, the European Union and the UK are putting travel restrictions in place for visitors from southern Africa upon the discovery of a new COVID variant, being called Omicron, via BBC.

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New COVID-19 variant is ‘huge international concern,’ UK health secretary says

LONDON - A worrying new variant of the coronavirus that has been detected in South Africa is causing concern among health officials worldwide. The U.K.‘s health security agency has classified B.1.1.529 as a new variant under investigation, and the country has identified the potential threat of the new variant and alerted international partners. While there are currently no detected cases of the variant in the U.K., the country’s health secretary told Parliament on Friday that the new COVID-19 variant was "of huge international concern" and that it was "highly likely" that it has spread to countries beyond where it has been detected.Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid speaks during a press conference at Downing Street on October 20, 2021

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Stocks sink on new COVID variant; Dow loses 1,000 points

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 16: A Wall St. sign next to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) September 16, 2008 in New York City.

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Man jailed over bomb hoax at UK COVID-19 vaccine factory

CHATHAM, United Kingdom - A man convicted of causing a bomb scare at a factory making the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the U.K. earlier this year has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.According to the Kent Police Department, Anthony Collins, 54, mailed a suspicious package to Wockhardt Factory in January.

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Community leader sells own car so he wouldn't have to cancel Thanksgiving food giveaway

TUSTIN, Calif. - There are an estimated 38 million Americans suffering from food insecurity, including some 12 million children. It’s why holiday food handout events are so important. That includes "Unity in the Community" in Peppertree Park in Tustin where there is music in the air.

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Newlywed couple forced to return after arriving on £7k honeymoon due to new Covid strain

Covid regulations have ruined one couple's honeymoon after their destination was added to the UK red travel list while they were in the air.Cat and Grant Norton spent £7,000 on their post-wedding holiday to South Africa – which has just been added to the list by the UK Government due to a new Coronavirus variant of concern.It means that, from Sunday, 4am, anyone returning back to the UK will have to isolate for 10 days.Mr Norton is originally from South Africa, but the couple live in Edinburgh together.Having landed in South Africa this morning, they now have to get the earliest flight back to the UK next week, where they'll have to fork out another £3,700 for a 10 day stay in a quarantine hotel.They didn't even get to enjoy one day of

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VLCC Health Care IPO gets Sebi nod, may float public issue by Dec-end: Report

PTI reported on Friday citing market sources.

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Israeli PM warns of state of emergency due to new Covid variant

Israel has reported one case of the new strain in a traveller returning from Malawi.

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UK adds six southern African countries to ‘red list’ due to new Covid variant

new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 -- red-flagged by health experts as highly transmissible and effective at evading the body’s immune response -- was first detected in South Africa earlier this week.

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Boeing told its fighter jet doesn’t meet criteria to replace Canada’s aging fleet: sources

Boeing has been told that its bid to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s with a new fleet of the American company’s Super Hornet fighter jets did not meet the federal government’s requirements.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit B.C. flood zone Friday

atmospheric river.Trudeau is slated to visit Victoria and Abbotsford, the hard-hit Fraser Valley community which remains partially underwater and at risk of more flooding as a new system of three storms rolls in. Abbotsford, B.C.

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B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway could open to commercial traffic by January 2022: minister

B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation said Thursday they are cautiously optimistic that commercial traffic could be moving on the Coquihalla Highway in about two months’ time, by late January.

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Old Spice, Secret deodorant sprays recalled due to cancer-causing chemical

recalling all lots of Old Spice and Secret aerosol spray antiperspirants and Old Spice Below Deck aerosol spray products with an expiry through September 2023 due to the presence of the chemical benzene.The 18 recalled products, which were distributed nationwide in the United States through retail outlets and online, include:Exposure to benzene, which can occur by inhalation, orally, and through the skin, can result in cancers, including leukemia and blood cancer of the bone marrow, and life threatening blood disorders.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 CHICAGO APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTS"Based on exposure modeling and the cancer risk assessments published by the Environmental Protection Agency, daily exposure to benzene in the recalled products at the

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Portugal returns to COVID-19 restrictions, despite high vaccination rate

LISBON, Portugal - Portugal is bringing back some tight pandemic restrictions, less than two months after scrapping most of them when the goal of vaccinating 86% of the population against COVID-19 was reached.A recent rise in coronavirus infections compelled the government to act, Prime Minister António Costa said Thursday, though he noted that his country hasn’t seen a surge on the scale witnessed elsewhere in Europe.From Dec.

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Baby Yoda float delights Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade crowd

NEW YORK - Crowds once again lined New York City streets to watch the 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as it returned to its full glory, and there was one clear star of the show: Baby Yoda.At one point, all eyes were on the float modeled after the beloved "Mandalorian" character Baby Yoda — or Grogu — when it passed by. It was the float’s first appearance. Reaction quickly flooded social media. "I am thankful for that baby yoda float," one user posted. At one point NBC’s "TODAY" weatherman and parade co-host Al Roker could be heard shouting, "Baby Yoda! I love you!" RELATED: Macy's Thanksgiving parade returns in full forceThe parade, which began at 9 a.m., had 2.5 miles of public viewing along New York streets.

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Ontario opposition call for rapid tests sooner as more schools close due to COVID-19

COVID-19 tests for Ontario students sooner as more schools close due to cases of the virus, but the education minister says the situation is under control.Government figures as of Thursday said 16 schools were closed due to COVID-19 outbreaks or other operational considerations.Nearly 700 of the province’s 4,844 schools — or just over 14 per cent — had a reported COVID-19 case.In light of the school closures, Ontario Green Leader Mike Schreiner called on the government to make rapid tests free and accessible now, rather than wait for the December holiday break as planned.

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Delhi High Court seeks Centre's response on booster dose of Covid vaccine

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US travel hits pandemic high ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

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Lions take on Bears in Thanksgiving Day game on FOX

DETROIT - It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving Day without a Detroit Lions game.This year, the Lions host the Chicago Bears in an NFC North showdown. The kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.

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B.C. floods: Highway 1 Chilliwack to Abbotsford to reopen

Progress has been made on Highway 1 road closures is expected to reopen to traffic between Chilliwack and Abbotsford on Thursday. Aaron McArthur has the details.

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Pfizer vaccine efficacy wanes three months after second dose - study

Experts who have been tracking the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have found that the risk of Covid infection increases the longer it is since people had a second dose.

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Dairy Commission suggests rise in Canada’s already high milk prices

Canada’s surging dairy costs are expected to soar even higher in 2022. The Canadian Dairy Commission is proposing record hikes that will give the country’s dairy farmers a bigger payoff.

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B.C. floods: Highway 8 corridor devastation

One of the areas hardest hit by the catastrophic flooding in B.C. was the Highway 8 corridor between Spences Bridge and Merritt.As Emad Agahi reports, residents feel they have been largely forgotten.

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Highway 1 through B.C.’s Fraser Valley set to reopen to traffic on Thursday

Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.Transportation Minister Rob Fleming said Wednesday that crews are hoping to open Highway 1 through the valley on Thursday. ‘A monumental task’: B.C.

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14-day wait recommended between COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines in Alberta

As the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine is set to roll out in Alberta, some routine shots are currently being administered in schools. At least one Edmonton parent says they are surprised to learn it is recommended to wait another two weeks before her son is immunized against COVID-19.

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Lawsuit claims hazing injured California high school football player

SANTA ANA, Calif - A lawsuit claims a player on a highly ranked Southern California high school football team suffered traumatic brain injury, gashes and a broken nose in a locker room hazing ritual in which players punch each other until one gives up.The Orange County Superior Court lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the player’s family against Mater Dei High School and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, alleging a wide range of negligence, violation of the California penal code and intentional infliction of emotional distress, Southern California News Group reported.Mater Dei said in a statement to SCNG: "An independent, thorough investigation was conducted.

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COVID-19: N.B. reports 87 new cases as bookings for children’s vaccine flood in

COVID-19 on Wednesday and announced that more than 6,200 vaccine appointments have been made for children aged five to 11 since bookings opened up for that age group the day before.The province will begin vaccinating children of that age group on Friday. The vaccine will first be offered through regional health authority clinics, but they will be made available through participating pharmacies and some physicians soon.“It is wonderful to see so many appointments booked for the clinics, which are starting across the province on Friday,” said Dr.

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Expert says 'previously healthy people' aged in their 30s are dying with virus weekly

A Professor of Anaesthesia and Consultant in Critical Care at Beaumont Hospital has said previously healthy people aged in their 30s are dying each week with Covid-19.

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Lanarkshire residents go up to two weeks without post after Covid outbreak hits Royal Mail staff

Some Coatbridge residents have went up to two weeks without receiving any post following a Covid outbreak among Royal Mail staff.

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Quebec reports 882 new COVID-19 cases, highest single-day total in 2 months

COVID-19 on Wednesday and one new death, bringing the caseload since the start of the pandemic to 441,344.Health authorities, however, note that 423,075 people have recovered.The number of active cases has climbed to 6,703, with the seven-day average for daily infections remaining above the 700-mark at 751.Of the new cases reported on Tuesday, 537 are among people who are unvaccinated or less than 14 days removed from a first dose of vaccine.The last time new cases were this high in Quebec was on Sept. 11, when 995 new infections were reported.Hospitalizations are on the rise with 27 new patients admitted and 19 discharged for a total of 211– an increase of eight in the past day.

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Ozzy Osbourne reschedules UK/European tour to 2023 due to COVID restrictions

Ozzy Osbourne has rescheduled his UK and European ‘No More Tours 2’ shows for the second time due to COVID restrictions – see the new dates for 2023 below.The gigs in question, which were originally announced back in September 2018, have already been postponed a number of times due to Osbourne’s ill health and, more recently, the pandemic.Most recently, the gigs, which will see Osbourne supported by Judas Priest, were scheduled to begin in January 2022, but continued COVID restrictions in Europe have now pushed back the dates again.The shows will begin in Helsinki on May 3 next year, with European dates running throughout the rest of the month.

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Dairy farmers pushed record-breaking price hike for milk even higher

A record-breaking price hike for milk announced by the Canadian Dairy Commission would have been lower if the country’s dairy farmers hadn’t intervened.

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NY school district offers remote learning due to gun violence, not coronavirus

NEW YORK - In one New York City town, the gun violence is so bad that school officials are giving parents the option of remote learning for their kids this week.It's going on in Newburgh, about 60 miles north of New York City.There have been at least six incidents of shots being fired in the town since Nov. 17, 2021.

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'Lonely and bored' coronavirus obsessive jailed for bomb hoax at vaccine factory

A 'lonely and bored' man who was 'obsessed' with coronavirus has been jailed for sparking a bomb scare at a vaccine factory in North Wales.

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Ahmaud Arbery murder trial: Jury set for 2nd day of deliberations

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. - In just a few hours, jurors will return to deliberations in the trial of three men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery.The jury started its deliberations around noon Tuesday and spent about six hours before adjourning without a verdict in the trial of Gregory and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan.GET BREAKING NEWS EMAIL ALERTS FROM FOX 5The jurors first indicated they wanted to work into the evening, but were dismissed by the judge and told to reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday.Prosecutors spent much of Tuesday morning making their last case to jurors as hours of closing arguments by attorneys spilled into a second day.

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New Zealand sets date for reopening to tourists after nearly two years

New Zealand will keep its borders closed to most international travellers for a further five months, the government said, outlining a cautious easing of coronavirus border curbs that have been in place for nearly two years.

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Covid-19 update: India logs 9,283 new cases; active tally lowest in 17 months

COVID-19 cases have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday, further noting that the active cases in the country stand at 1,11,481, lowest in 537 days.

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No need for Covid booster dose for now, huge third wave unlikely: AIIMS Director

COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 118 crore on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said.

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‘It took a pandemic to take us down’: Local B.C. favourites lost due to COVID

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High COVID-19 demand in some Saskatchewan hospitals still delaying some health care

Saskatchewan Health Authority says it has resumed nearly half the health-care services that were cut during the province’s fourth wave of COVID-19.It says high hospitalization rates in urban areas are preventing the remaining services from returning.“We’re not out of the woods yet in terms of our fourth wave,” Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer, said Tuesday.“It will take a longer duration for our hospitalization numbers to go down.” Saskatchewan prepares for arrival of COVID-19 Pfizer pediatric vaccine As of this week, 193 of the 395 services cut since Sept.

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Ontario’s online booking system criticized for shortcomings on 1st day of 5-11 vaccine bookings

On the first morning parents were able to book children aged 5-11 for their COVID-19 vaccines, some parents were coming up against issues finding appointments. Ontario’s health minister was also facing criticism for the online booking portal’s inability to deal with families with multiple children.

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Thanksgiving travel has begun in the Northeast and many by car, despite high gas prices

NEWARK, Del. - Thanksgiving travel in the Northeast and across the country is underway and it’s only going to get worse as Thursday gets closer. AAA is predicting near pre-pandemic travel volume for the holiday weekend.There is tons of heavy metal moving down I-95, a lot of it driven by folks like Peter.

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'Unite the Right' civil trial verdict: Jury awards victims $25M in damages

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay more than $25 million in damages Tuesday over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.After a nearly monthlong civil trial, the jury in U.S. District Court deadlocked on two key claims but found the white nationalists liable on four other counts in the lawsuit filed by nine people who suffered physical or emotional injuries during the two days of demonstrations.Attorney Roberta Kaplan said the plaintiffs' lawyers plan to refile the suit so a new jury can decide the two claims this jury could not reach a verdict on.

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Racial minorities, psychiatric patients more likely to die of COVID-19

Two US studies in JAMA Network Open today detail disparities in COVID-19 deaths in 2020, one showing higher mortality rates among racial minorities, and the other finding fewer infections but more deaths among patients with schizophrenia and other mood disorders.

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Expert says 'previously healthy people' aged in their 30s are dying with virus weekly

A Professor of Anaesthesia and Consultant in Critical Care at Beaumont Hospital has said previously healthy people aged in their 30s are dying each week with Covid-19.

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Jodie Sweetin lost nearly 40 pounds during pandemic due to 'stress'

her waistline.While on the "Allison Interviews" podcast, the "Fuller House" alum said she was "a mess" for months, but rather than eating her feelings, she went the opposite way. "I was not a fully functioning person," the actress said. "I lost like 37 pounds during [quarantine], because I'm a stress starver, and not in a good way.

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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Reopening of Coquihalla Highway could take ‘weeks or months’ due to flood damage

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