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Sinclair says it won't air Fauci conspiracy theory segment

NEW YORK – The Sinclair Broadcast Group says it will not air a segment on its “America This Week” program in which a conspiracy theorist speculates about Dr. Anthony Fauci and the coronavirus.Over the weekend, Sinclair said it was delaying the story for a week after it attracted media attention.But in a tweet late Monday, Sinclair said that given the nature of Judy Mikovits' claims to correspondent Eric Bolling, the segment was “not appropriate” to air.“We also reiterate our appreciation for all that Dr.

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Canada reports 415 new coronavirus cases, 11 new deaths as global infections rise

coronavirus cases in Canada hovered just below 114,600 on Monday, as the country recorded 415 new cases.According to provincial and territorial health authorities, 11 more people have also died as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.In Ontario, health authorities reported 119 new cases of the virus on Monday, and said one more person had died.

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Alberta reports 8 new COVID-19 deaths, 304 new cases

In her coronavirus briefing on Monday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said five of eight deaths over the last three days were at a long-term care home in Edmonton. Julia Wong has more.

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Goodell sends letter to NFL fans explaining plans for season

NEW YORK – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has sent a letter to fans outlining the league's plans to play during the coronavirus pandemic.As veterans begin reporting to training camps this week, Goodell noted Monday how COVID-19 has “turned the world upside down.”“COVID-19 will continue to present a major challenge to nearly every area of American life. Football is no exception,” Goodell wrote.“Every step of the way, our focus has been on the safety of players, coaches, personnel, fans and our communities.

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Nova Scotia gunman allegedly smuggled guns and drugs from U.S.: court docs

Nova Scotia shooting that killed 22 people was alleged to have trafficked drugs and firearms from the United States, according to newly unsealed documents from the provincial court in Nova Scotia.“Gabriel Wortman smuggled drugs from Maine and had a bag of 10,000 oxy-contin pills and 15,000 dilaudid from a reservation in New Brunswick,” a witness told Halifax Regional Police, according to the documents.The same witness, who first met the gunman in 2011, also told police that the gunman “builds fires and burns bodies, is a sexual predator, and supplies drugs in Portapique and Economy, Nova Scotia.”The new allegations were made in search warrant documents that investigators filed following the shooting to collect evidence on the gunman’s

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Hub city hockey fever taking over Edmonton

The playoffs are about to get underway in Edmonton — one of the two hub cities hosting NHL teams. As Vinesh Pratap explains, many Edmontonians are looking forward to the distraction of hockey, but the COVID-19 pandemic remains an ongoing concern.

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Coronavirus: B.C. introduces new group size limits in short-term vacation rentals

British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Monday announced that she had amended a provincial health order to address short-term vacation rentals.

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Area 506 festival to stream 2020 New Brunswick Day celebrations

New Brunswick not yet following Nova Scotia’s lead in making masks mandatory Happening on Monday, Aug.

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Taylor Swift’s new track Epiphany references coronavirus pandemic and honours healthcare workers

Taylor Swift seems to have taken inspiration from the global coronavirus pandemic for her latest track Epiphany. The singer, 30, has been busy working on new music and recently surprised fans with a brand new album titled Folklore.

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Peachland Mayor Cindy Fortin wants everyone to wear a mask to prevent COVID-19 transmission

COVID-19 pandemic.“You don’t want to be on a ventilator,” Fortin told Global News on Monday.

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New bylaw mandates masks in indoor public spaces in Sarnia, Ont.

mask bylaw that will come into effect at 12:01 a.m. July 31, mandating that people wear a mask or face covering before entering and while inside establishments.The bylaw is set to expire at the end of the year, but can be reexamined if case numbers are found to be “on the right track,” said the city’s mayor, Mike Bradley.It comes just days after the county entered Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plans on Friday, allowing for larger gathering sizes and more businesses to be open.

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Nova Scotians and New Brunswick split on use of mandatory face masks

Nova Scotians will have to wear face masks in indoor public spaces at the end of the month, while in New Brunswick, it’s only recommended, not mandatory. Megan Yamoah takes a look at pandemic rules between both provinces.

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Many still not satisfied with travel 3 weeks into Atlantic bubble

Many say the border checkpoint between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is inconsistent. While the bubble brings benefits to the economy, some say it’s not always a trouble free trip. Callum Smith reports.

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New Brunswick teachers say details on back to school plan still pending

New Brunswick has already released its back to school plan, but a teacher’s association says there are still a lot of details that need to be worked out with only a month to go. Silas Brown has more.

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New Brunswick not yet following Nova Scotia’s lead in making masks mandatory

coronavirus.In New Brunswick, on the other hand, masks are only recommended.“You put that order in place, well, then you have to enforce it, and how exactly do you go about enforcing mandatory masks?” said Kris Austin, People’s Alliance N.B. leader.Nova Scotia police will be able to enforce orders under the Health Protection Act and Emergency Management Act, but on July 17 the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr.

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And then there were 8: CONCACAF hexagonal becomes octagonal

NEW YORK – CONCACAF is changing its World Cup qualifying hexagonal to an octagonal in response to the coronavirus pandemic and delaying the start until next June.The United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Honduras receive byes directly to the octagonal, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football announced Monday.CONCACAF’s other 30 nations will compete for three additional spots in the final round.

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‘Come on, folks,’ gov pleads after police break up big party

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey police needed about five hours on Sunday to break up a party of more than 700 people, Gov.

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Coronavirus: No new cases for Peterborough area; new cases in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County

coronavirus on MondayOf the health unit’s 95 coronavirus cases, 93 have been resolved with two deaths reported due to COVID-19 complications. That means there are no active cases.

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Day-use passes now required at six popular B.C. Parks

Starting Monday, day-use passes will now have to be reserved on the day you want to visit one of six of B.C.’s most popular parks. Grace Ke explains how this works and why some people are not happy with the move.

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1 new case of COVID-19 bring’s Kingston region’s active cases to 4

coronavirus on Monday, bringing the region’s active case count to four.Public health says a man in his 20s tested positive for the virus. They say he caught the disease after travelling.

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NHL COVID-19 testing not expected to delay lab work for Albertans, Dynalife CEO says

COVID-19 testing on NHL players and support staff during the playoffs but the CEO says lab work for Albertans should not be affected.CEO Jason Pincock said the company has a dedicated team for NHL-related testing; coaches and players will be tested daily for the virus.“We brought in additional staff to do the swabbing of the players.

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Dr. Fauci opening pitch baseball card breaks record, sells over 51,000 prints in a day

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals on July 23, 2020.

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Florida infection rate now worse than New York as cases rise to 423,855

The number of Covid-19 cases in Florida has risen by 9,300 to 423,855 - making it the second worst-hit state in the US, just behind California with 448,497 infections.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba sees 6 new coronavirus cases Monday, possible exposure reported in Gull Lake

Health officials say six new cases of novel coronavirus have been identified in Manitoba.

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Calgary unveils new six-week winter festival slated to begin January 2021

City of Calgary announced a new event Monday to help boost the local tourism sector amid the city’s colder months.In partnership with 55 community organizations from the arts, non-profit, tourism and sports sectors, the city will be hosting its first-ever six-week winter festival.The Chinook Blast will premiere in the city starting mid-January 2021 and will run until the end of February.“Chinook Blast is our way of putting a stamp on the winter weather as a badge of pride,” Mayor Naheed Nenshi said.“These six weeks are going to be something special, whether you’re from here or coming to experience the best of Calgary in the winter.” Calgary’s Stephen Avenue to light up with 2020 GLOW Winter Festival The festival will work to highlight the

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London teachers await back-to-school plans from Ford government as Liberal Party releases its plan

COVID-19.The Thames Valley District School Board issued an update on its website on Friday, saying it will be “ready to welcome all students back to school with enhanced public health protocols,” but is also preparing to provide “a blend of in-school and at-home learning” if required.That same day, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said details about the plan to reopen schools would be coming “next week.” The province first announced in mid-June that it was looking at three potential options for the return to school.

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800-plus new cases in Pennsylvania as Phillies game postponed

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine speaks at a coronavirus press conference.

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‘Tenet’ reportedly slated for North American release Sept. 3, international debut scheduled for Aug. 26

LOS ANGELES - After multiple delays, “Tenet” is now reportedly slated for a North American release on Sept.

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Latest coronavirus rates for every UK area show potential new hotspots

New figures show Blackburn with Darwen has the worst Covid-19 infection rate in the country - and there has been a sharp rise in Oldham.

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New Brunswick beekeepers expect 2020 to be a sweet year for honey production

Social enterprise and Salvation Army bring beehives to Halifax’s Uniacke Square But he says the bee population this year is more stable and New Brunswick’s hives are heavy with honey.Golden says there are about 13,000 colonies of honey bees in the province – fewer than half the number needed for the pollination of blueberry crops.He adds the rest of the insects have to be brought in temporarily from other provinces such as Ontario.Golden says getting new queen bees from places such as California and Hawaii was almost impossible last spring because the pandemic had slowed postal services.

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6 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, 4 of which are in Bradford

coronavirus cases since Friday, bringing the local total number of cases to 652, including 36 deaths.Four of the new cases are in Bradford, Ont., while the two of the new cases are in Clearview and Severn, Ont. Two new coronavirus cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, local total now at 647 Two of the Bradford cases involve boys aged 17 or under.

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NHL says no positive COVID-19 tests over final week of Phase 3

NHL is reporting that no player tested positive for COVID-19 over the final week of training camps.The league said in a release Monday that 4,256 tests were administered to more than 800 players during the seven-day period from July 18-25. NHL teams arrive in Canadian bubbles of Toronto, Edmonton ahead of league restart The NHL had announced two positive cases from July 13, when Phase 3 of the league’s return-to-play plan commenced with the start of training camps, through July 17.

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New coronavirus cure could be days away, says White House Chief of Staff

Moderna today started the final phase of trial of its coronavirus vaccine today, involving about 30,000 participants. Moderna joined Oxford University-AstraZenica and two other Chinese companies whose covid vaccines are already undergoing the phase 3 trial.The trial, named COVE, is the first to be implemented under the US government's Operation Warp Speed that aims to accelerate the development, manufacturing and distribution of therapeutics and vaccines for COVID-19.The US has has suffered more than 1.46 lakh coronavirus-related deaths, the highest in the world even as the number of new cases has continued to surge.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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Covid-19 impact: Swiggy to lay off 350 employees

New Delhi: Food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy on Monday said it is laying off 350 employees as part of the realignment exercise it started in May on account of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.Swiggy in May had laid off 1,100 employees across grades and functions in cities and head office as part of its exercise to realign resources to create capacity in higher potential areas with the optimism of the business attaining pre-Covid levels in the near-term."However, with the industry still only having recovered to about 50 per cent of its peak, we have to, unfortunately, go ahead with this final realignment exercise, which will result in the net loss of 350 jobs," Swiggy said in a statement.The company is concluding the exercise it

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New travel curbs imposed as world tackles second Covid-19 wave

SYDNEY/LONDON : Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday and an abrupt British quarantine on travellers from Spain threw Europe's vaunted summer reopening into disarray, as the world confronted the prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 infections.In the United States, where infection rates have climbed since June, President Donald Trump's national security adviser Robert O'Brien became the most senior official to test positive. The White House said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were not at risk.Surges were reported in a number of countries previously singled out as places where the virus was under control.Australia recorded a record daily rise.

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Govt operationalised 13,657 more wellness centres for non-covid services

New Delhi: In a bid to deliver non-covid essential health services during the Covid-19 pandemic, an additional 13,657 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB - HWCs) were operationalized between January to July 2020, the union health ministry said on Monday.As of 24th July, 2020, a total of 43,022 HWCs are operational across different parts of the country.“In the week starting 18th July till the 24th of July, a total of 44.26 lakh people have benefitted from the health and wellness services being provided by the AB-HWCs," the health ministry said in a statement.The cumulative total footfall among the HWCs since their inception (i.e.

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India readies 5 sites for final phase of human trials of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine

New Delhi: Five sites across the country are ready for the third and final phase of human trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Secretary Renu Swarup said on Monday.This is an essential step because it is necessary to have data within the country before the vaccine is administered to Indians, Swarup told PTI.The Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine maker in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it is ready.

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Covid-19 testing capacity to reach 10 lakh tests per day: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that efforts are underway to increase covid-19 testing capacity to 10 lakh per day in the coming weeks.Modi was speaking at the launch of three 'high throughput' covid-19 testing facilities via video conferencing. These facilities are located at the national institutes of Indian Council of Medical Research, at Kolkata, Mumbai and Noida.While the country had only one COVID testing centre in January, Modi said, there are almost 1300 such labs now.

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No new COVID-19 cases linked to Edmonton’s Misericordia Hospital since July 17

Misericordia Community Hospital has not recorded a new case of COVID-19 related to its outbreak since July 17, according to numbers released this weekend.On Sunday, Covenant Health said there have been 58 total cases related to the outbreak, including staff, patients, discharges, deaths and visitors, and represents both active and recovered cases.Of those cases, nine people have died. A total of 24 staff members were affected, and as of Sunday, there were still 14 patients who remain in the hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: 3 new cases in London-Middlesex, 7 reported in Elgin-Oxford

coronavirus, officials with the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported Monday.The new cases bring the region’s total case count to 667. No recoveries were reported, keeping that tally at 582.There are now at least 28 active cases in the city and county.At least 57 people have died during the pandemic due to the coronavirus, with the most recent death reported on June 12.All three cases reported Monday are from London and involve a man in his 20s and two women in their 40s and 60s.

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'Tenet' to open internationally first, in US a week later

NEW YORK – In the latest plan for Hollywood’s hopeful return to moviegoing during the pandemic, Warner Bros. will release Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” in an unprecedented fashion, opening it internationally first on Aug. 26, with a U.S.

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Coronarivus: Free day passes now required for six popular B.C. parks

will now need to reserve a free day pass.Launched Monday, the province wants the program to help slow the spread of COVID-19, though the Ministry of Environment has said it’s also being tested as a crowd-management tool.The reservation system opens at 6 a.m. each day.

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Brevard small business owners can now apply for CARES Act grants

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard County small businesses and nonprofits that have been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic can now apply to receive a grant of up to $10,000.The $10 million in grant funds comes from money the county received from the federal CARES Act and now, it’s available for distribution.To be eligible, a small business must:In order to be eligible, a nonprofit must be a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(6) or a 501(c)(19) as designated by Internal Revenue Code.The application period began Monday and will run through Aug. 10.

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COVID-19: Quebec reports no new deaths as caseload stabilizes

Coronavirus: Grace period ends for mandatory masks on public transit in Quebec On Monday, 145 new cases of COVID-19 were reported, bringing the total caseload in Quebec to 58,728 since the beginning of the pandemic.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Over the last week, infections of COVID-19 have been averaging nearly 160 cases a day, according to provincial figures.The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus remains unchanged at 5,667. It is the second time in less than a week that no new fatalities were reported, the last time being July 22.

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No new cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick on Monday

COVID-19 on Monday.The province says 51,244 tests have been completed and there are currently no New Brunswickers in hospital due to the novel coronavirus.In total, the province has confirmed 170 cases and has seen 165 recoveries. COVID-19 stalls fundraising for Saint John church renovations There have been two deaths in the province resulting from COVID-19 complications, both in the Fredericton area.The entire province is now in the yellow stage of its reopening and continues to be part of the Atlantic bubble.The bubble permits interprovincial travel between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador without self-isolation.However, restrictions will be in place.

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Trends and New Directions for AAAs: 2020 National Survey Report and Toolkit

REGISTER NOWJoin n4a for a webinar about the findings of the AAA National Survey Report. The AAA National Survey, conducted every three years and funded by ACL, tracks and documents the key trends and issues occurring across the Aging Network and provides valuable insight into how AAAs are adapting and evolving to meet the needs of older adults in their communities.

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India has more than 11,000 COVID facilities, over 11 lakh isolation beds:PM Modi

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that it was imperative for India to develop coronavirus-specific health infrastructure at a fast pace and the country now has more than 11,000 COVID facilities and more than 11 lakh isolation beds.Launching the three new high-throughput labs of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) at Noida, Kolkata and Mumbai through video conference, he said the country had only one COVID testing centre in January and there are almost 1300 such labs now.He said that at present, more than 5 lakh tests are being conducted in the country daily and efforts are underway to increase this capacity to 10 lakh in the coming weeks.Noting that the country has has become the second-largest PPE kit

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Southwest passengers now need masks to fly

ORLANDO, Fla. – The largest airline carrier at Orlando International Airport is strengthening its mask policy for passengers.Starting Monday, all Southwest Airlines passengers over the age of two are required to wear face coverings if they wish to fly with the airline.In a statement, the company said there will be no exemptions to the requirement and customers are expected to wear a face mask not only onboard a flight, but also while moving through an airport.Ed Zak was checking in to his flight on Monday and said he just learned about the updated policy.“You’ve got do what you’ve got to do so that we can get beyond this,” Zak said. “The disease does not discriminate.

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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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