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Some Edmonton businesses taking a cautious approach to easing COVID-19 restrictions

While many COVID-19 restrictions are lifting in Alberta, some businesses are taking a cautious approach, including Edmonton’s Varscona Theatre. This comes as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is reminding us that people have different risk tolerances.

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COVID-19: B.C. health officials report virus-related hospital numbers in decline

B.C. health officials release a written report Wednesday, Feb. 16, with the daily COVID-19 case numbers. Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has analysis and how the province is looking as most restrictions are dropped tonight at 11:59 p.m.

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Nine-year-old attacked by dog in Pennsauken reunited with Good Samaritans who saved her

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. - A nine-year-old girl who was attacked by a dog at a Pennsauken park on Monday has reunited with the three Good Samaritans who rescued her.On Tuesday, Erika Rivera spoke to FOX 29 after she rushed her daughter to Cooper University Hospital the day before.PREVIOUS: Mother searching for strangers who saved her daughter from dog attack in PennsaukenRivera was so focused on her daughter that she didn't get a chance to thank the three people who saved her and drove her to her aunt's house.The power of social media helped them connect and on Wednesday, Billy Jackson and his friends met with Rivera and brought Toni balloons.Jackson said he was sitting in the car with his friends when he saw the dog wrestling with the girl. After realizing Toni was not playing with the dog and was instead being attacked, he quickly jumped into action.Rivera's social media post searching for the Good Samaritans was sent to him by a family friend and he commented to make the connection."Glad I was there to help her," he said.

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Officials: Conestoga High School parent snuck into locker room, told wrestling team to defy mask rules

Conestoga High School switched back to remote learning on Feb. 14 after the school received threats over its mask policy. BERWYN, Pa. - A Chester County high school banned a parent who officials say snuck into the locker room and delivered a speech to members of the wrestling team about defying the school's mask rule.Officials at Conestoga High School said the incident happened last Friday and the parent has since been banned from being on Tredyffrin/Easttown School District property. The school said police were contacted about the incident, but no charges have been reported. "Entering the locker rooms by anyone other than authorized students or staff is prohibited," the district said in a short statement.

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‘Stay on the line’: Philadelphia Police Commissioner responds to concern of long 911 wait times

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said residents should stay on the line when calling 911, even if the wait time gets lengthy. Outlaw addressed the issue of 911 wait times on Wednesday during a bi-monthly gun violence response briefing. FOX 29 obtained data that shows about 2.3 million 911 calls were made in 2020. More than 11,000 of those calls had a wait time anywhere from one-and-a-half to more than two minutes for a dispatcher to answer the phone.

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COVID-19: Some Concordia University students say they don’t feel safe on campus

Concordia University student unions say students don’t feel safe about heading back to campus.They say they believe the university is not doing enough to keep them safe from COVID-19 transmission since they returned to in-person classes on Feb.

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Staff firing over protest donation yields calls for more transparency

The firing of a senior staff member in the Solicitor-General’s office over an apparent donation to the ‘Freedom Convoy’ has opposition members demanding more answers from the Ford Government. Matthew Bingley reports.

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Ontario opposition calls for more transparency after Ford staffer fired over protest donation

Ford government to provide more details after the leak of donations made to the so-called “Freedom Convoy” GiveSendGo campaign cost a senior staff member her job.The solicitor-general’s now-former director of communications, Marion Isabeau-Ringuette, reportedly donated $100 to the online fundraising platform on Feb. 5.First reported by QP Briefing, the alleged donation came a day after GoFundMe suspended another fundraising campaign over concerns the protest in Ottawa had become an occupation, and just ahead of blockades at the Ambassador Bridge.Ontario’s attorney general eventually stepped in to seek an injunction, freezing the funds for the GiveSendGo campaign several days later.

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Vaccine effectiveness in Manitoba

The province has released more numbers showing just how effective the vaccine has been in Manitoba.

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DeLorean to make grand return as electric sports car

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Great Scott! After almost forty years on the shoulder, the DeLorean is coming back to the roads. It's going to be all electric and, yes, according to the company's CEO, it will have the iconic doors.The DeLorean is one of the most iconic, albeit shortlived, cars ever to be made in American history.

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Prosecutors: New Jersey man used Snapchat to lure underage girl, mom alerted police

Hazelton Newman, 30, is accused of using Snapchat to try to coax an underage girl to meet up for sex, according to prosecutors.

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COVID-19: Quebec opposition says it’s time to end state of emergency

Quebec opposition parties call for end of COVID-19 state of emergency In another volatile question period, the leader of the Official Opposition lobbed stinging accusations.“The premier has forgotten what it means to govern in a democracy,” said Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade.“(The state of emergency) allows the premier to decide there will be a curfew without debate at the National Assembly, without the opinion of public health,” she continued.However, the government says it needs the state of emergency to uphold things it has already brought in by decree, like salary bonuses for nurses and mask mandates. Premier François Legault said the government intends to lift the state of emergency in a few weeks.

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Further decline in global COVID cases as deaths stabilize

COVID-19 cases across the globe declined last week for the second week in a row, with illness levels dropping in every region except the Western Pacific, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its weekly pandemic snapshot.

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Quebec City gives local police more powers ahead of COVID-19 protest

Quebec health experts stress COVID-19 booster shot still necessary despite vaccine passport removal The other puts in place a ban on outdoor cooking and consuming alcohol in parks and in public spaces that Marchand says will be revisited this summer.Quebec City police issued 170 tickets and made three arrests during protests in front of the legislature during the first weekend in February.

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Ottawa’s Emergencies Act cracks down on convoy crypto. Experts warn that’s not easy

The federal government’s move to invoke the Emergencies Act marks an attempt to cut off funds directed to the “Freedom Convoy,” including new cryptocurrency channels.

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COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant women may protect newborns, study shows

ATLANTA - COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is already recommended to prevent severe illness and death in pregnant women, but a new study shows the vaccine may also protect a mother’s newborn baby. According to the study, published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, completion of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination series during pregnancy may help prevent hospitalization from the virus among infants who are less than six months old.A group of researchers at the Overcoming COVID-19 network conducted the study at 20 pediatric hospitals in 17 states between July 1, 2021 and Jan. 17, 2022. Among 176 hospitalized infants with COVID-19 aged less than six months, 84% were born to mothers who were not vaccinated during pregnancy. A pregnant woman holds her belly on September 27, 2016 in Cardiff, United Kingdom.

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Gojira reschedule UK and European tour due to COVID-19

Gojira have rescheduled their upcoming UK and European tour due to COVID-19 restrictions.The French metal titans were supposed to hit the road last month, beginning in Helsinki, with stop-offs in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Prague, Budapest and other cities throughout January into February and March.However, they’ve announced that they will now kick off their European tour on July 5 in Brussels and conclude it in Milan on July 31 at Carroponte.The UK and Ireland leg of the tour, meanwhile, has moved to 2023 and will begin on February 11 in Dublin and conclude at London’s Alexandra Palace on February 22.Gojira will then play rescheduled shows in Bordeaux, Paris, Luxembourg and Lyon between February 24 and 28, 2023.“We cannot express how much we appreciate your continued patience and support while we worked through last month’s postponement,” the band said in a social media post.“Despite our best efforts to resume touring this month, the continued uncertainty in various territories has left us with no other choice but to reschedule the remaining dates of the tour as well.“In light of this unfortunate news we are pleased to share the rescheduled dates for the entire European Tour below.”A post shared by Gojira Official (@gojiraofficial)Original tickets for the tour – which sees support from special guests Alien Weaponry and Employed To Serve – remain valid.

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Rate of US COVID-19 cases continues to drop

Today during a White House press briefing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, said she was cautiously optimistic about the trajectory the United States was currently on, 2 months after the Omicron variant became the dominant strain in the nation.

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2 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Waterloo Region, death roll reaches 387

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New projections indicate number of COVID-19 patients in Quebec will continue to drop

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec is expected to continue to decline over the next two weeks, a government health-care research institute projected Wednesday.By the end of the month, the number of people in Quebec hospitals with COVID-19 should drop by about 500, to 1,500 patients, according to the Institut national d’excellence en santé et services sociaux. There should be about half the number of intensive care patients by that time, or about 60, it added.“For all of Quebec, the projections suggest a slight decrease in new hospitalizations,” INESSS said in a news release, adding that it expected the number of new hospitalizations to reach around 90 per day within the next two weeks.The research institute said its projections should be interpreted with caution as it cannot forecast the effect of changes to COVID-19 restrictions. Quebec reopened gyms and spas on Monday, shortly after lifting restrictions on private gatherings and limits on the number of people who can dine together at restaurants.A separate health-care research institute said Wednesday that preliminary results from a vaccine study indicate three doses of COVID-19 vaccine offer more protection compared with two doses against severe and mild forms of the disease caused by the Omicron variant.“The effectiveness is highest against serious COVID-19 infections — those that lead to hospitalizations,” the Institut national de santé publique du Quebec said in a news release.

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How NJ cops broke up a fight between Black and white teens under investigation

SOMERSET COUNTY, N.J. - Authorities in New Jersey are investigating what the governor called a "racially disparate" response by police to a fight between two teens at a mall in Bridgewater Township over the weekend.Video captured and shared by Sienna Freidinger shows two teens arguing and then physically fighting at the Bridgewater Commons Mall on Saturday, Feb. 12.

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Police: Suspicious death investigation underway in Coatesville after woman found dead in bedroom

Stock image of generic crime scene tape. COATESVILLE, Pa. - Police in Coatesville and Chester County are investigating the "suspicious death" of a woman. According to police, 59-year-old Donna Louise Taney was found dead on the floor in her bedroom on Tuesday morning. A search warrant was issued allowing authorities to search her residence. Authorities are investigating as they wait for results from the autopsy. Police believe this is an isolated incident that presents no danger to the community. Anyone with information is urged to contact the police at 610-384-2300 ext.

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Presidents Day 2022: What’s open and closed on the national holiday

The Lincoln Memorial is seen on President's Day in Washington, DC. President's Day was first observed in 1796 in recognition of George Washington's birthday.

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Review: Unfortunately, ‘Uncharted’ isn’t quite a national treasure

Mark Wahlberg stars as Victor "Sully" Sullivan and Tom Holland is Nathan Drake in Columbia Pictures' UNCHARTED. Photo by: Clay Enos Chicago - Here’s the assorted loot you’ll find in the treasure chest of "Uncharted": Two slam-bang action setpieces, some lackluster plotting, a charming leading man turn from Tom Holland, an ensemble of wasted supporting players and a woefully miscast Mark Wahlberg.

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Mum who quit job to make £30k a month on OnlyFans says Covid helped end sex work stigma

mum who quit her banking job to become an OnlyFans star says Covid-19 has helped tackle sex work stigma with the rise of virtual living.Australian Lucy Banks makes a staggering £30,000 each month from adoring subscribers to her exclusive raunchy content online. In 2019 the mum-of-two from Perth sacked in her unfulfilling job and marriage to launch an OnlyFans account, which she has seen boom throughout the pandemic.Lucy believes the impact of lockdowns and isolation has helped to shift old attitudes towards sex work because so many more people 'craved intimacy'.

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Physician survey reveals cracks in the US drug supply chain

Seven of 10 US physicians say that the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened drug supply chain problems, limiting their ability to provide quality patient care, according to a new US Pharmacopeia (USP) survey.

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‘People in London have shown they know what to do’: Trudeau talks local COVID-19 response

Justin Trudeau praised the heroics of health-care workers across Canada and added that Londoners “have shown that they know what to do” in response to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.Trudeau spoke on The Morning Show with Devon Peacock on Global News Radio 980 CFPL a day after his virtual visit with health-care workers in London, Ont., on Thursday.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau, Qualtrough announce $1.5 billion for Workforce Development Agreements

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough announced the government is investing $1.5 billion through the Workforce Development Agreements to provide additional funding to all 13 provinces and territories to help provide training, employment counselling and other services for Canadians working in sectors impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says what’s done now will determine Christmas get-togethers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday spoke about the ongoing surge of COVID-19 in the country, stressing that what “we do in the coming days and weeks will determine what we get to do at Christmas.” He urged people to continue to wear masks but to also reduce contacts and understand even if people see cases “flattening” it’s not the time to say “we don’t have to stay tight anymore.”

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says Ottawa will help provinces, territories but stressed resources not unlimited

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that the federal government would continue to help provinces and territories as they combat COVID-19, including dispatching the Red Cross to help in long-term care facilities in Manitoba, but stressed to premiers that federal “resources are not infinite.” He said there is a threshold, should the cases spike too much, they may have to make decisions about where to deploy the resources.

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Trudeau says holiday gatherings are on the line unless people act now

Justin Trudeau says action needs to be taken immediately to preserve any chance Canadians will be able to gather over the holidays, “even in a restrained way,” as daily counts of new COVID-19 cases have spiked in Canada since Nov. 7.He also said that he’s made it clear to provincial governments that Ottawa is there to “encourage them to make those difficult decisions to shut things down now so things don’t get too bad in the coming months.” Canada adds nearly 5,000 coronavirus cases, setting new daily record New COVID-19 case counts have risen to about 4,000 a day since Nov.

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Trudeau to renew call for provinces to impose stricter coronavirus measures

Justin Trudeau will continue Friday to prod premiers towards more stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, even as he offers up more federal funding to help provinces retrain workers left jobless by the pandemic.Trudeau is expected to announce hundreds of millions of dollars more for provinces to plow into skills training, on top of some $3.5 billion in previously announced funding.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau, premiers to meet in December to address health care funding

Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers have agreed to meet next month to address requests to increase long-term funding for provincial health care systems, sources tell Global News.News of the meeting comes amid a call between the First Ministers Thursday evening, in which the prime minister also told premiers that the federal government was ready to assist provinces now dealing with new lockdown measures amid a record-breaking second wave of the novel coronavirus.

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Doctors divided on tougher pandemic response from Ottawa

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing some pressure to invoke federal emergency legislation in a bid to flatten the COVID-19 curve. But not everyone agrees. David Akin looks at the push and the pushback.

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Coronavirus has made health-care shortfalls ‘obvious’ to Canadians: poll

coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soar across Canada, a new poll shows that a majority of Canadians want a boost in the health-care system and innovation.A survey of 1,150 Canadians conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), found that 88 per cent said there need to be more beds, personal protective equipment (PPE), medical staff, hospitals and clinics, to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 93 per cent of those aged 55 and above agreed.

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Coronavirus benefits likely won’t become permanent, Trudeau says

Justin Trudeau says the more generous benefits being provided to out-of-work Canadians during the novel coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t be seen as permanent changes to the social safety net.Millions of people have received emergency benefits since March, when the first wave of COVID-19 struck Canada and led to widespread lockdowns and historic job losses.A new round of $500-a-week benefits for the unemployed has since been put in place and extended to next summer.

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Canada adds over 4,000 new coronavirus cases for 3rd straight day

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Trudeau urges provinces to impose tougher COVID-19 rules

As COVID-19 infections skyrocket across Canada, Toronto and all of Manitoba are entering code red restrictions.

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Iveson: Mayors generally support stronger COVID-19 measures but cities’ ‘tool kit is limited’

COVID-19 restrictions are required but said it’s difficult for any one city to make rule changes that would be effective.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau urges local leaders to ‘do the right thing’ by imposing more restrictions as cases surge

On Tuesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada is seeing a “significant rise” in COVID-19 cases and that the federal government is making it possible with supports for businesses and local jurisdictions to “do the right thing” by shutting down and imposing restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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‘Act now’: Trudeau urges provinces to strengthen coronavirus restrictions

Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged Canadian provinces and territories to “do the right thing” and protect public health as coronavirus cases continue to surge across much of Canada.Trudeau’s advice comes as Manitoba announced tightened restrictions on Tuesday — forcing non-essential stores, gyms and places of worship to close and banning social gatherings in an effort to stop a spike in COVID-19 cases.

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Feds create $20M fund for struggling veterans’ organizations amid pandemic

veterans’ organizations amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday.“To the women and men who have served our country I want to say this – you represent the best of who we are, and we will always be in your debt,” Trudeau said, speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill.The fund, which the government is calling the Veterans Organizations Emergency Support Fund, is aimed at veterans groups that have been struggling to raise funds amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Fewer Canadians plan to wear poppies this Remembrance Day, poll finds More than $17 million of the fund will go to the Royal Canadian Legion, ANAVETS, True Patriot Love and VETS Canada.

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Trudeau announces goal of having 98% of Canadians connected to high-speed internet by 2026

Another $750 million CDN is being added to a one-billion-dollar federal fund to expand high-speed internet to Canadians in rural and remote communities.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau reacts to news Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine may be 90% effective

Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19. And while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday the early data is encouraging, an eventual vaccine is no use to anyone who catches the virus now.

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Trudeau hopeful COVID-19 vaccine on track to start rolling out early 2021

Justin Trudeau says he hopes to see COVID-19 vaccines roll out in Canada early next year, but warns that won’t bring an immediate resolution to the pandemic currently seeing a resurgence in several provinces.The prime minister says news from Pfizer today that one of its vaccine candidates appears very effective in clinical trials is “very encouraging” but won’t help anyone who catches the virus in the meantime.

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COMMENTARY: Canadians should embrace the poppy — for the right reasons

usurped) is that we as a country care very deeply about this symbol and what it represents.Perhaps, then, we could avoid at least some of the outrage and controversy if we acknowledge that the poppy and Remembrance Day itself are not in imminent peril. Quite the opposite, in fact.As it turned out, the Great Poppy Controversy of 2020 was over almost as soon as it began.

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First COVID-19 vaccines will face distribution challenges in new year, Trudeau says

Justin Trudeau says some COVID-19 vaccine candidates expected in the new year will pose significant logistical and distribution challenges.Trudeau says he hopes a viable vaccine will be available to Canadians in the spring but notes some of the initial doses will require special handling that could complicate distribution efforts.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau announces extension of Innovation Assistance Program with investment of $155M

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that 84,000 jobs were added to the economy in October, and that they would be extending the Innovation Assistance Program with a new investment of $155 million.

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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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