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Ontario doctors are advising people to keep up with vaccinations ahead of the fall, when illnesses including COVID-19 and influenza are expected to spread amid health system challenges.Physicians spoke at a virtual panel hosted by the Ontario Medical Association to for a lookahead discussion about the pandemic and other health-care issues in the coming months.Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Zain Chagla says other countries have seen influenza spikes this year and Ontario should brace for something similar, as well as a likely increase in COVID-19 cases in the fall.

Fanshawe College is lifting its mandatory masking and vaccine policies as students are set to return to in-person learning for the fall semester.The college reports that 65 per cent of classes will be in-person, and on-campus residences will be close to full capacity.School officials say the decision to lift requirements is based on current advice from the Middlesex-London Health Unit.“Students and employees are strongly encouraged to mask indoors and stay up to date on recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccine,” says Peter Gilbert, chief infrastructure officer at Fanshawe.“We will continue to follow the advice and recommendations from our regional public health authorities, which may include reintroducing some COVID-19 protocols during the academic year as they become necessary.” Fanshawe College partners with rental website to help students returning to in-person learning Staff say the college continues to communicate with local public health officials to monitor COVID-19 in the region.All scheduled events for students and staff are going ahead as planned this fall, including student orientation and varsity athletics activities.Students can also access student services both on campus and virtually.A vaccination clinic will be set up during orientation for all staff and students on Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 1 p.m.

COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close for weeks at a time and shifted education online, which he says led educators to lower academic standards.

COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign but there are no plans to bring back restrictions, the province’s premier said Tuesday.François Legault made the announcement alongside Health Minister Christian Dubé and Luc Boileau, director of Quebec public health.“We have to remain prudent,” he said, adding that the novel coronavirus is still present in the province.The idea is for Quebecers to get a booster shot if it has been at least five months since their last dose. The effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine starts to wean after that period, Legault said.The announcement comes as a vaccination rollout got underway this week to administer a fifth dose to residents in long-term care homes and private seniors’ residences.

COVID-19 viral RNA load found in Saskatoon‘s wastewater has gone up 43 per cent for the reporting period up to Aug. 10.That’s according to University of Saskatchewan and Global Water Future researchers, who said this is based on averages of three individual daily measurements compared with the weekly average of the previous week.It was noted in the weekly wastewater report that the amount of viral particles listed in Saskatoon, North Battleford and Prince Albert are considered large because they’re greater than a 10-week average recorded in those cities.

COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care homes and private seniors residences.The Health Department says it launched the new vaccine campaign for at-risk people because it expects infections to rise in the fall after schools reopen.It says the recommended interval between booster doses is at least five months. Quebec to begin new COVID-19 vaccination booster drive in mid August Public health director Dr.

Anne Heche crashed her car into a Los Angeles home, a spokesperson for the Hollywood actor said she suffered a brain injury and is not expected to survive.In a statement released on Thursday on behalf of Heche’s friends and family, the spokesperson said the actor may become an organ donor. Ellen DeGeneres reacts for 1st time to ex Anne Heche’s hospitalization after car crash “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” the statement reads.Heche, 53, has reportedly suffered an “anoxic” brain injury.

Walmart Inc WMT.N could face an uphill battle to reclaim U.S. shoppers who opted for the neighborhood dollar store or Aldi rather than driving farther to a Walmart Supercenter when gasoline was $5 a gallon.

A B.C. woman is advocating for better care for her mother at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.

Peel Regional Police say the victim of a violent axe and machete attack in the driveway of his Brampton home last week had a “safety plan” put in place after receiving a death threat just days before the incident.Supt. Sean Gormley held a press conference Thursday on the “targeted” Aug.

Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres shared a few words about her ex’s fiery crash and hospitalization for the first time in a brief interview.

GO Transit warns of cancellations this week due to staff illnesses “For the next few weeks, some schedules will be temporarily adjusted to provide a reliable customer experience based on the crews we have available,” they said.Metrolinx is advising passengers to check schedules ahead of time to prepare for any trips on the service.The issues have been brought on by rail crew shortages caused by staff getting ill, most of whom are suffering from COVID-19.

LinkedIn following the layoff of several employees.Braden Wallake, the chief executive officer of a marketing agency called HyperSocial, uploaded a post to LinkedIn on Wednesday, outlining his guilt about having to lay off some members of staff. The post finished with a close-up photo of the CEO teary-eyed, covering his mouth with one finger.

Moderna says construction of its new mRNA vaccine factory in the Montreal area will begin later this year, with production expected to begin by the end of 2024.The vaccine manufacturer is announcing that it has agreed to purchase land in a biotechnology park in Laval, Que., a northern suburb of Montreal, to serve as the site of its biomanufacturing facility.The Massachusetts-based company says the site is ideal due to its proximity to a renowned research institute, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique.Moderna announced in April that it would build a factory in the Montreal area that would be able to produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines a year. Montreal chosen as location for new Canadian Moderna vaccine-manufacturing plant The facility is expected to produce vaccines not only against COVID-19 but also targeting various respiratory viruses, including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.The company says the facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2024, “subject to planning and regulatory approvals.”“This location offers tremendous synergies to Moderna due to its proximity to a renowned research institute, in addition to fitting the requirements of the project and its importance to all Canadians and Quebecers,” the company said in a news release.

home price in Canada will decline by nearly 25 per cent by the end of 2023 from the peak reached in February of this year.In its latest residential real estate outlook published on Thursday, Desjardins says it’s expecting a sharp correction in the housing market, adjusting its previous forecast that predicted a 15-per-cent drop in the average home price over that same period.Desjardins says the worsened outlook stems from both weaker housing data and more aggressive monetary policy than previously anticipated.The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point in July, pushing up the borrowing rates linked to mortgages, and further increases are expected this year. Here’s how high interest rates are impacting Canada’s condo demand The report also notes housing prices have dropped by more than four per cent in each of the three months that followed February, when the national average home price hit a record $816,720.Despite the adjustment in the forecast, prices are still expected to be above the pre-pandemic level at the end of 2023.Regionally, the report says the largest price corrections are most likely to occur in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, where prices skyrocketed during the pandemic.“While we don’t want to diminish the difficulties some Canadians are facing, this adjustment is helping to bring some sanity back to Canadian real estate,” the report said.The authors also note that the upcoming economic slowdown will ease inflationary pressures enough for the Bank of Canada to begin reversing interest rate hikes.

Ben Stelter, the six-year-old Edmonton Oilers fan who captured the hearts of not only the team, but all Edmontonians, has died.“The world lost the most special boy and an absolute hero last night,” his dad Mike Stelter said in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday.“Ben, you were the best son we could ever hope for and you were my best bud ever.“Your sisters were so lucky to have you as such a sweet brother. You fought so long and hard and beat so many odds.”When he was four, Ben was diagnosed with glioblastoma — an aggressive type of brain cancer.

COVID-19 continues to rise.New numbers released by the Alberta government on Wednesday revealed there were 748 patients in hospitals with COVID-19 on Aug. 8, up from 702 a week earlier.

Ottawa police said Wednesday.In a news release, police said the family of Dale Nancy Wyman was recently contacted by a third party who told them the news.Police said Wyman went missing on July 16, 1980.She was 22 years old and lived with her family on Washington Avenue in what as then the City of Vanier. Richmond RCMP seek missing man not seen since beginning of August Police said she told some family members that year that she was thinking of leaving home and on July 16, left the residence just before noon with a suitcase.Wyman hailed a taxi and went to the Voyageur bus station on Catherine Street.

As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and a concerning monkeypox outbreak, a new zoonotic virus likely transmitted to humans from animals has caught the attention of scientists.

COVID-19 activity as “high and stable” with the possibility of an uptick in infections among residents come the fall.During the city’s Board of Health meeting on Wednesday, epidemiologist Ruth Sanderson told councillors the city has seen small increases in transmission since mid-June but hospitalizations tied to the affliction remain steady.“Wastewater signals, COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions indicate that we are in a stable state overall,” Sanderson said. Is the pandemic over? What to expect from COVID-19 in the months ahead In recent weeks, the seven-day average of hospitalizations has been above one new admission per day in the city, reaching as high as two new admissions on a few occasions in late July and early August.Over the past two weeks, specifically, that average hit 1.9 on July 22, 1.7 on July 29, and 2.0 on Aug.

Ukraine’s air force said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in massive explosions at an air base in Crimea amid speculation they were the result of a Ukrainian attack that would represent a significant escalation in the war.

Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole.

Authorities in South Dakota have located two Saskatchewan children who went missing and were believed to be in the company of a convicted sex offender.

ArriveCAN app that sent fully vaccinated travellers erroneous messages saying they needed to quarantine affected more than 10,000 people, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).The extent of the glitch, which was revealed in a statement sent to Global News by the CBSA, represents 0.7 per cent of the typical number of cross-border travellers each week.Global News has also learned it took the government 12 days to notify travellers of the error. Federal privacy commissioner investigating controversial ArriveCAN app This is troubling to some data and privacy experts who say the app may be violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects the right to move freely.There’s also a debate among experts about whether ordering people to remain in their homes for two weeks without justification is a form of unlawful detention.“It creates direct harm for people who are receiving this incorrect notification and following it,” said Matt Malone, a law professor at Thompson River University in Kamloops, B.C., who specializes in trade secrets and confidential information.“The government hasn’t provided sufficient transparency about why that happened.

Ashton Kutcher said he is “lucky to be alive” after suffering from a rare disease that left him unable to see, hear or walk.Kutcher revealed his struggle with vasculitis, an autoimmune disorder, for the first time in an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge, which airs on National Geographic.In the episode, Grylls asked Kutcher where his strength comes from, to which the actor responded: “Two years ago, I had this weird, super rare form of vasculitis that, like, knocked out my vision. It knocked out my hearing.

Keffals, had been doxxed — with harassers sending false death threats with her name, address to London, Ont. city councillors, leading to Sorrenti being arrested at gunpoint.“When I went into the hallway and then saw that assault rifle, I screamed and I thought I was going to die,” Sorrenti told Global News in a sit-down interview.Swatting is a tactic of calling the police to a live streamer’s home, as armed police show up on their doorstep in an attempt to intimidate them.

only recently released the first, second and third place pieces.The Opposition NDP has since called out the third-place selection as racist, sexist, misogynistic, transphobic and fascist.Dubbed Her Vision Inspires, the essay contest asked Albertan women between the ages of 17 and 25 to submit a short essay describing, “their unique vision for Alberta and, specifically, what they would do if they were a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,” according to a news release dated Feb. 3.

Anne Heche has remained in critical condition since shortly after she crashed her vehicle into a Los Angeles home on Friday, said a spokesperson for the actor.Michael McConnell, a member of the Los Angeles talent management company Zero Gravity Management, which represents Heche, told Reuters the actor was still comatose and connected to a breathing machine on Monday. Olivia Newton-John dead: ‘Grease’ star dies at 73 McConnell also told the outlet that Heche, 53, has “significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention.”Initial reports claimed the actor was in “stable” condition after the crash, but her spokesperson now says Heche became unconscious after being put into an ambulance.Heche was seen speeding through Los Angeles in a blue Mini Cooper Clubman on Friday before she crashed into a single-storey home.

Donald Trump assembled outside Mar-a-Lago on Monday evening to protest the FBI’s raid of his Palm Beach estate.Word that the FBI was executing a search warrant of Trump’s Florida residence got out when the former president posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, that his “beautiful home” was “under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”“They even broke into my safe!” the statement read. Trump says FBI executed search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago home One protester made a three-and-a-half hour drive to Mar-a-Lago to show support for Trump as soon as he heard the news.“As soon as I saw it, I drove here from Tampa. This is nuts,” J.D.

More than a third of Canadian households have been impacted by COVID-19 since public health measures were lifted where they live, a new survey has found.

Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and home in Palm Beach, Florida, according to a statement from the former U.S. president.Trump said in a statement released to reporters and posted on his Truth Social social media platform that his “beautiful home” was “under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”“They even broke into my safe!” the statement read.Trump did not say what the agents were looking for or if they removed any materials from Mar-a-Lago, the resort he has called his home and political headquarters since leaving the White House in 2021.

Bill Graham, former Canadian defence and foreign affairs minister, has died at the age of 83.News of the former interim Liberal leader’s death was shared by multiple senior Liberals, cabinet ministers, current and former Canadian politicians as well as members of the defence and security community on social media on Monday afternoon.Former Liberal MP John English told The Canadian Press that Graham died Sunday, according to a member of his family who shared the news with him earlier today.Foreign Minister Melanie Joly tweeted that Graham “paved the way for better foreign policy, dialogue and diplomacy.”“Canada and Canadians around the world are better because of Bill’s tireless work,” she wrote. “My heart is with his family during this time.”The news of Bill Graham’s passing in heartbreaking.

Grease actor and Grammy-winning singer Olivia Newton-John died on Monday morning, according to a statement posted to her official Facebook account. She was 73 years old.The statement said Newton-John “passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California” on Monday morning, “surrounded by family and friends.”“We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time,” read the statement.The singer and actor was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992 and underwent chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy.

Reports are suggesting Hamilton’s third homicide of 2022 is a founding member of Canadian punk rock group Teenage Head.

Britney Spears has responded to her ex-husband Kevin Federline‘s “hurtful” claims about her relationship with their sons.In a since-viral interview released Saturday, Federline said the relationship between Spears and their two shared sons, Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15, has become distanced. Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson break up after 9 months of dating: reports “The boys have decided they are not seeing her right now.

The Canada Revenue Agency says it will be sending e-notifications about uncashed cheques to 25,000 Canadians this month.The federal agency says it has approximately $1.4 billion worth of uncashed cheques in its coffers that have accumulated over the years, with some dating back to 1998.Each year, the CRA issues millions of payments in the form of benefits and refunds, but some cheques remain uncashed for various reasons, including misplacing a cheque or changing addresses.

Environment Canada has extended heat warnings in a number of provinces, as unseasonably hot conditions continue across the country.

nuclear weapons buildup and as fears grow of another such attack amid Russia’s war on Ukraine.“Nuclear weapons are nonsense. They guarantee no safety _ only death and destruction,” said U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who joined the prayer at the Hiroshima Peace Park.“Three quarters of a century later, we must ask what we’ve learned from the mushroom cloud that swelled above this city in 1945,” he said.

war in Ukraine received authorization Sunday to leave the country’s Black Sea coast as analysts warned that Russia was moving troops and equipment in the direction of the ports to stave off a Ukrainian counteroffensive.The body overseeing an international deal intended to get some 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine and to feed millions of impoverished people who are going hungry in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia said the loaded vessels were expected to depart Chornomorsk and Odesa on Monday.Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations signed agreements last month to create a sea channel that would allow cargo ships to travel safely out of ports that Russia’s military had blockaded and through waters that Ukraine’s military had mined. Implementation of the deal, which is in effect for four months, has proceeded slowly since the first ship embarked last Monday.

China announced suspension of dialogue with the United States in a number of areas on Friday, countering the recent visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Pride Montreal said the city’s iconic parade that closes the festival’s celebration of LGBTQ+ communities was cancelled on Sunday citing security concerns stemming from a lack of volunteers for the event.

Five provinces across central and eastern Canada continued to swelter in unseasonably hot conditions on Sunday, Environment Canada said as it extended a widespread heat warning into a second day.

Authorities investigating whether the killings of four Muslim men are connected said Sunday that they need help finding a vehicle believed to be connected to the deaths in New Mexico’s largest the city.

Less than four hours before departure, Ryan Farrell was surprised to learn his flight from Yellowknife to Calgary had been cancelled.

COVID-19 experience long-term symptoms or what is often known as long COVID.Long COVID refers to any of more than two dozens symptoms that linger, recur or first appear at least one month after a coronavirus infection. These can affect all parts of the body and may include fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog and blood clots.

Anne Heche reportedly suffered severe burns after her car crashed into a Los Angeles house on Friday morning, several media reports claim.According to a statement from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), “a solo passenger vehicle struck and came to rest well within a 738 square foot two-story home in the Mar Vista neighbourhood, causing structural compromise and erupting in heavy fire prior to LAFD arrival.”“Fifty-nine firefighters took 65 minutes to access, confine and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure,” the statement published on their website said. ‘The Brave’ TV show: Mike Vogel and team foray into world of undercover special ops The LAFD added that they rescued one female adult found within the vehicle, who was taken to an area hospital in critical condition by LAFD Paramedics.The LAFD told Global News they cannot provide further information about the woman involved in the incident due to privacy reasons.Media outlets such as CNN, Los Angeles Times and CBS suggest that the person involved was 53-year-old actress Anne Heche.She is now in stable condition, a representative for the actor told People magazine.Anne Heche is in the hospital severely burned from a car accident this is really tragic.

@GlobalBC— Rumina Daya (@rdayaglobal) August 6, 2022Justice Martha Devlin provided instructions to the jury before deliberations began, telling them to take “special care” with the statements given by Amanda Todd before her death.Devlin said because Todd died in October 2012 and therefore did not testify or face cross-examination by Aydin Coban’s lawyers, the jury needs to be aware of the limitations of evidence given.Jury members were told to carefully examine the statements Todd gave to her parents, police officers and in her electronic communications when they considered Coban’s verdict. Jury now deliberating in online extortion case of British Columbia teen The trial hinged on the identity of what the Crown has called the “sextortionist” that used 22 online aliases to sexually blackmail Todd over four “episodes” before she took her life in 2012.The Crown’s theory is built on two propositions: that one person operated all of the accounts, and that the one person is Coban.However, defence lawyer Joseph Saulnier told the 12-member jury that evidence from the two drives tells a different story.Facebook records for several of the aliases presented at trial showed the extortionist using operating systems and Internet browsers through 2012 and into late 2013 that were not found on either hard drive, he told the court.“This is a significant hole in Crown’s theory,” he said.

automated future sits inconspicuously off Baldwin Street in Toronto’s busy Kensington Market.The RC Coffee Robo Cafe, which juts out slightly from the brick wall by the sidewalk, bills itself as Canada’s first robotic café.As opposed to a vending-machine brew that dispenses coffee from hand-filled urns, the robotic barista makes each cup of coffee, espresso, latte and more by request, ready in just a few moments.For Jasmine Arnold, visiting Toronto from Providence, R.I., the iced matcha prepared at RC Coffee topped drinks dispensed by a vending machine and was on par with coffee served at a chain.While the drink went down smooth, she told Global News the experience was unique if a little jarring.“I have mixed feelings about a robot, from a jobs perspective,” she said, expressing some discomfort about what this means for the prospects of human baristas. Canada shed jobs for 2nd straight month in July, unemployment rate unchanged After trying his own robo-poured beverage, Arnold’s partner Eric echoed her sentiments but noted that with the pandemic changing our expectations of what work can be done from where, it seemed to align with recent shifts in work.“I think this is kind of where we’re going as a society,” he said.Workforce shifts driven by a tight labour market and the COVID-19 pandemic are opening the door to a faster adoption of automated solutions, but at least one expert is warning that Canada might not be prepared for how quickly robotic workers are set to transform the economy.Statistics Canada said Friday that though Canada shed some 31,000 jobs in July, the country’s unemployment rate remained at its lowest ever at 4.9 per cent last month.