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An Alberta mother who alleges Starbucks Coffee Canada Inc. mistakenly thought her cancer symptoms were COVID-19 symptoms is now taking legal action against the company, arguing she was wrongfully fired over the mix-up.Lisa Pedersen has a rare type of blood cancer called myeloproliferative neoplasm and is undergoing chemotherapy treatments for it.

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COVID-19: MLHU adds 4 deaths, 190 cases over long weekend, LHSC caring for 64 COVID inpatients

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported four deaths and 190 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases from Saturday through to Tuesday, though case counts are considered an under-estimate due to testing restrictions and widespread transmission.London Health Sciences Centre, meanwhile, is caring for 64 inpatients with COVID-19, nine of whom are in adult critical care.As noted, LHSC is caring for 64 COVID-19 inpatients, with nine inpatients in adult critical care. Last Tuesday, LHSC was caring for 79 COVID inpatients with 17 adults in the ICU. Of the 64, there were seven patients in Children’s Hospital, with five or fewer in pediatric critical care.

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Quebec bar association wants government to justify continued COVID state of emergency

COVID-19: Quebec opposition says it’s time to end state of emergency The Barreau du Québec said Monday it’s time the government explain why it still needs emergency powers.“Does the current situation require keeping the state of emergency?” Catherine Claveau, head of the bar association, wrote in a statement. “Are the measures that will be maintained during the deconfinement plan justified? To answer these questions, the government must provide clear justifications for maintaining some ‘exceptional rules.”’Over the past two years, the Quebec government has used emergency powers to impose curfews, ban private gatherings and close businesses such as restaurants, bars and gyms.

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Hinshaw, Copping to provide Alberta COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Health Minister Jason Copping are expected to provide a COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon.The two are scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m.

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COVID-19: New Brunswick reports 4 more deaths, decline in hospitalizations

COVID-19 on Saturday.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths involve a person in their 70s and two people in their 80s in Zone 1 and one person in their 90s in Zone 4.A total of 286 people with COVID-19 have now died in New Brunswick. Anti-mandate demonstration in Fredericton enters Day 2 Since Friday, hospitalizations have dropped by 13, for a total of 122 people in hospital.

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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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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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Hinshaw to provide Alberta COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide a COVID-19 update for Alberta on Thursday afternoon.The chief medical officer of health will be joined by Dr.

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Wastewater analysis shows another massive COVID-19 surge in Saskatoon, more variants

University of Saskatchewan’s analysis of Saskatoon’s wastewater shows COVID-19 is surging in the city.The data shows between late July and Aug. 4, the virus spiked almost 400 per cent in two weeks, rising by 253 per cent and a further 118 per cent over the past two weeks.

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Delta COVID-19 variant now dominant worldwide, detected in 100 countries: Fauci

The Delta COVID-19 variant is now the dominant variant worldwide, accompanied by a surge of deaths around the U.S. almost entirely among unvaccinated people, top infectious disease expert Dr.

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Nearly 2,700 new COVID-19 vaccinations in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph

COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the region as of Friday morning.This is an increase of 2,692 doses over what was reported the previous day. 25 more out-of-region COVID patients transferred to hospitals in Waterloo Region, Guelph, Fergus Public health reports that 110,023 people are now considered vaccinated, having received at least one dose, which translates into 43.1 per cent of the eligible population.

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Hinshaw to provide Alberta COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

COVID-19 update for Albertans on Thursday afternoon.The province’s chief medical officer of health is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. Her news conference will be streamed live in this post.

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Waterloo Region COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration open for some teens

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approved for Canadians 12 and over, Health Canada says On Wednesday, Health Canada authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 12-15, meaning anyone over the age of 12 is now eligible to be vaccinated by it.COVID-19 pre-registration has also opened to anyone over the age of 49 as well.The region says the province opened the window for the age group as it is expecting an increased supply of vaccine.Other groups who recently got the green light to pre-register include pregnant women, those with at-risk health conditions, essential workers in specific sectors who cannot work from home and adults 18+ living in high-priority neighbourhoods.

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House of Commons debate over Alberta COVID-19 outbreak sees blame, no solutions

House of Commons debate on the worsening COVID-19 situation in Alberta Wednesday evening saw the Liberal government voice their concern, but offer no new funding or solutions to deal with the problem.The emergency debate was called by Edmonton New Democrat MP Heather McPherson to discuss how the federal government could help the province, which is seeing a higher rate of infection than any other jurisdiction in North America.But Minister of Health Patty Hajdu and other Liberal cabinet members only pointed to existing federal response programs and the steady growth of the vaccine rollout to help the provincial response, while repeating calls for the public to follow current health restrictions.

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Excitement in Alberta COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands to general population

Alberta is opening up vaccines to everyone 12 years and older. While medical experts say it’s great news, they warn that we still need to buckle down and follow restrictions to get the third wave of COVID-19 under control.

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Alberta’s current COVID-19 status worse than every province and state: Former top doctor

COVID-19 pandemic, Alberta is heading in the wrong direction.The province reported more than 2,000 daily cases for three consecutive days last week, reaching the highest single-day total since the start of the pandemic on Saturday, at 2,433, with a positivity rate of 12 per cent.

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Hamilton’s top doc ‘not convinced’ new lockdown would impact disease or deaths from COVID-19

COVID-19 infections.Dr. Elizabeth Richardson told councilors in a virtual committee meeting on Wednesday that she doesn’t believe a move into the ‘grey-lockdown’ level of the province’s reopening framework will provide “a significant impact’ in limiting the disease or mortality from it.“It will have a significant impact on business in terms of what happens for them, especially as rules were changed to do some opening up last week and then potentially to do some more closing down,” Richardson said during the city’s general issues committee meeting.

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COVID-19: New cases in Northumberland and Haliburton counties; variants up to 45

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported two new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and two additional variant cases.In its update, the health unit reported single new cases in both Haliburton and Northumberland counties. The health unit remains in the yellow-protect zone under Ontario’s provincial COVID-19 response framework.

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Hamilton schools reporting 57 COVID-19 cases over 3 days

COVID-19 cases among staff and students over the last three days.As of Sunday, the Hamilton Wentworth District School board (HWDSB) says it has new cases with 43 students and two staffers, while the Catholic school board has 11 among students and a staffer over the same period of time.Last week, Hamilton public schools recorded 64 total COVID-19 cases, with 53 at the HWDSB and another 11 at the HWCDSB. Dr.

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COVID-19: 4 new cases for Peterborough area, presumed variant cases climb to 166

Peterborough Public Health reports four new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and additional presumed variant of concern cases.The health unit’s jurisdiction — Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation — has been designated “red control” zone under the provincial COVID-19 response framework since March 8.The number of presumed variant of concern cases continues to climb, now at 166, up from 161 reported on Monday. The first confirmed variant of concern was reported on Feb.

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COVID-19: 22 new cases in London-Middlesex; 16 patients in hospital, LHSC says

Health officials in London-Middlesex reported Tuesday that 22 new coronavirus cases had been confirmed in the region.In addition, the number of screened variant positive cases has risen by two.It brings the region’s pandemic case tally to 6,637, of which 6,263 had resolved — an increase of 19 from the day before. At least 185 deaths have been reported, most recently on March 8.As of Tuesday, the region has at least 189 active coronavirus cases, the health unit says.

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Limiting community spread could be key in avoiding Hamilton COVID-19 lockdown

COVID-19.”In a pandemic update on Monday, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson said although the city has it’s share of current outbreaks, the case numbers from those surges are not as large as the previous two waves of the pandemic and that most new cases are coming from other sources.“So it’s a bit of a trade off in those two different aspects of the outbreaks, but certainly the majority of our cases at this point are coming from the community broadly,” said Richardson.

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COVID-19: 4 new cases for Peterborough area; outbreak at Empress Gardens, 12 active at Trent University

COVID-19 on Monday, a new outbreak and additional variant casesThey follow six new cases reported over the weekend (three each on Saturday and Sunday). Late Friday afternoon, the province announced Peterborough Public Health’s jurisdiction would remain in the “red — control” zone under the provincial COVID-19 response framework announced on March 8.The health unit serves Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation.

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COVID-19: 4 new cases for Peterborough area; 9 active at Trent University, hospitalized cases up

COVID-19 on Monday and additional variant casesThey follow six new cases reported over the weekend (three each on Saturday and Sunday). Late Friday afternoon, the province announced Peterborough Public Health’s jurisdiction would remain in the “red — control” zone under the provincial COVID-19 response framework announced on March 8.The health unit serves Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation.

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COVID-19: Active cases fall to 29 for HKPR District Health Unit, variants jump to 41

COVID-19 cases since Friday and additional variant cases.In its Monday update, the health unit reported seven cases since Saturday (three in Northumberland County and four in Haliburton County). One new case on Saturday was also reported in Northumberland County.

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Will Alberta further ease COVID-19 restrictions on Monday?

Step 3 of a government plan to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions.Step 3 is based on a benchmark of Alberta having fewer than 300 COVID-19 hospitalizations and declining.As of Sunday, the provincial government was reporting 5,971 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, with 282 people being cared for in hospital, including 47 people in intensive care.

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Alberta reports 555 new COVID-19 cases, 2 additional deaths on Sunday

COVID-19 cases and two more deaths from the disease on Sunday.The province said 282 people were in hospital, with 47 of those individuals in intensive care.The province now has 5,971 active cases, 134,000 recoveries and 1,963 deaths.As of Sunday, the Calgary zone has 2,465 active cases, the Edmonton zone has 1,374, the North zone has 778, the South zone has 762 and the Central zone has 575.

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Hamilton COVID-19 deaths reach 300 after city reports 226 new cases on the weekend

COVID-19 cases over the weekend, with 121 on Saturday and 105 on Sunday.Public health also reported another death involving a person in their 80s.The city now has had 11,839 total coronavirus cases since the pandemic began last year and 300 virus-related deaths.Active cases are up by 81 to 702 as of Friday. Ontario reports nearly 1,800 new coronavirus cases, 18 more deaths The city’s two hospitals have a combined 111 patients being treated for COVID-19, 94 at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) facilities and 17 at St.

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Alberta reports 556 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths on Saturday

Alberta hospitality industry requests inclusion in next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations The 556 new cases came from 9,979 tests, resulting in a provincial positivity rate of 5.2 per cent, according to Alberta Health.As of March 19, Alberta Health confirmed 99 new cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant. There were no new B.1.351 (South African) or P.1 (Brazilian) variant cases confirmed over the previous 24 hours.

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Alberta engineer suggests province adopt federal COVID-19 contact tracing app

COVID-19, the app is not being used the way it was intended.Contact tracing is critical in fighting against the virus and Calgary engineer Ziad Fazel said Alberta’s tracing app, ABTraceTogether, has been a failure.“I think the Alberta app should be thrown in the garbage and I think the province should do what was promised last summer, which is move over from the Alberta app to the federal app,” Fazel said.The app has been under fire since it launched in May. This week, Global News reached out to Alberta Health for updated contact tracing numbers but not none were made available.According to the most recent numbers released on Jan.

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Over 5,000 people in Waterloo Region now vaccinated against COVID-19

Waterloo Region COVID-19 task force says that a total of 5,079 people have now received their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.This means that about 0.86 per cent of the population of Waterloo Region has been vaccinated against the virus. Ontario begins phased reopening Wednesday, majority of regions to remain in lockdown On Friday, the task force’s head, Waterloo Regional Police Deputy Chief Shirley Hilton, said that number was around 3,000.The task force says a total of 18,237 shots of the Pfizer vaccine have been given thus far.

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Para Hockey athletes push for provincial COVID-19 exemption to return to ice

COVID-19: Hockey Alberta cancels minor hockey games for remainder of season “It’s been pretty tough for people with disabilities,” retired Team Canada sledge player Chris Cederstrand said from a southeast outdoor rink.“Me and Zach are pretty lucky, we’re able to walk around, we’re able to potentially get out to an ODR or something like that.“A lot of the guys that we know and that we train are in a wheelchair.

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Saskatchewan COVID-19 sports restrictions weigh on young athletes: ‘It’s mentally challenging’

Saskatchewan sports associations concerned over new provincial COVID-19 restrictions Sports in Saskatchewan were put on hold in the spring as the pandemic took hold. They restarted, modified, some as mini leagues, in the summer.

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Middlesex County expanding COVID-19 vaccination to 2nd facility in Mount Brydges

COVID-19 vaccination site will be ready to open in the London and Middlesex region at the Caradoc Community Centre in Mount Brydges later this month.The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU), in partnership with the County of Middlesex, the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc, Middlesex London Paramedic Service and the Middlesex Hospital Alliance, announced Thursday that the community centre was selected as the site of the region’s second COVID-19 vaccination clinic.This follows a release of the Middlesex-London COVID-19 vaccination plan late last month, which outlined the plan to create three more mass vaccination clinics in the region with the goal of eventually reaching a capacity of 3,000 vaccinations per day.

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Hinshaw to provide Alberta COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide another COVID-19 update for Albertans on Thursday afternoon.The chief medical officer of health is expected to speak at 3:30 p.m.

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COVID-19: Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board to close schools on ‘snow days’

COVID-19 directives, school board officials voted on Tuesday night.Trustees with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board agreed on the decision during their regular meeting. They cited the inability of schools to “keep established student cohorts separate” on inclement weather days amid the coronavirus pandemic as the main concern.

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‘All we’ve done is taken our foot off the gas’: doctor responds to new Alberta COVID-19 restrictions

new COVID-19 safety measures in Alberta target social gatherings, schools, restaurants, retail and gyms.“These mandatory measures will place new restrictions on social gatherings, worship services, businesses, schools and all Albertans,” Premier Jason Kenney said, adding the restrictions weren’t determined lightly.“We believe these are the minimum restrictions needed right now to safeguard our health-care system while avoiding widespread damage to peoples’ livelihood.”Schools across the province will see students in Grades 7 to 12 moving to online learning until the new year beginning on Nov. 30.

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‘All we’ve done is taken our foot off the gas’: doctor responds to Alberta COVID-19 restrictions

Calgary urgent care doctor Dr. Raj Bhardwaj joins Global’s Joel Senick to discuss the recent COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta.

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Fact check: Can COVID-19 tests be tricked by the influenza virus and other questions answered

coronavirus pandemic, but now that flu season is upon us, it’s time to fact check some myths. If you have influenza and get a COVID-19 test, that test will come back positive for COVID-19.The type of test that Canada is using, the nasal swab test, is specifically designed to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.The test does this by detecting a very specific genetic sequence in SARS-CoV-2, a genetic sequence that influenza and common cold viruses do not have.“These genes provide viruses with proteins that allow them to make more copies of themselves, dictate which types of cells they can infect, and can interfere with the circuitry that our cells use to mount immune responses against them,” said Dr.

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Despite no COVID-19 deaths reported Sunday, Alberta adds another record-breaking 1,584 cases

fourth consecutive day for the most COVID-19 cases reported in one day.On Sunday, the province saw 1,584 COVID-19 additional cases confirmed in Alberta.However, while Sunday marked a respite from fatalities with zero deaths, it followed what was a deadly week in the province. Alberta recorded its highest-single day of fatalities Monday with 20 deaths, and there were 70 deaths recorded from Nov.

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New school guidelines should reduce lineups at Hamilton COVID-19 testing centres

COVID-19 assessment centres says recent changes to screening guidelines for children attending school should help reduce large lines that have plagued the system in recent weeks.Dr. Tammy Packer says the centres have been under pressure testing more than 1,000 people per day up until now — with many of those being school kids.The province’s changes mean young ones displaying just one COVID-19 symptom at school will be asked to go home for at least 24 hours and return only “when they feel well enough to do so.”“Specifically, it states a negative COVID-19 test is not required to return to school.

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Alberta COVID-19 update: June 15, 2020

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, issues her update on COVID-19 for June 15, 2020.

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Coronavirus: Will COVID-19 help flatten the curve on climate change?

One thing that has benefitted from the pandemic is our climate. There’s less pollution because we’re flying less, driving less, and industry has slowed substantially.

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Hamilton COVID-19 survivor discharged from St. Joseph’s Hospital after 41 days

A survivor of COVID-19 is celebrating her discharge from St. Joseph’s Hospital with words of gratitude for the health-care workers who took care of her.

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Alberta COVID-19 cases pass 3,000 while meat plant-related cases reach 478

There were 187 news cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths in Alberta Tuesday, bringing the case total to 3,095 and the death toll to 61. Julia Wong has more on that, plus details on new rules surrounding the Kearl Lake oilsands outbreak and proper mask wearing procedures.

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Leduc letting local state of emergency lapse to avoid ‘redundancy’ with provincial COVID-19 measures

The state of local emergency that Leduc declared last month because of the COVID-19 crisis will be allowed to lapse on Monday, but a city official says residents should know that “does not mean the risk is gone.”

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City of Lethbridge urges against gas hoarding during COVID-19 pandemic

Reports of gas hoarding, changes to waste and recycling centre hours and provincial COVID-19 relief grant information were all addressed during Wednesday’s pandemic response update from the City of Lethbridge. Tom Roulston has the details.

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Health officials to update Alberta COVID-19 situation Wednesday afternoon

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health will be joined by other officials at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to provide an update on COVID-19 cases in the province and the public health response.

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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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