Are increasing numbers in B.C. a sign of a new COVID-19 wave?

Celine Dion had an emotional message for her fans on Friday. The 54-year-old singer regretfully announced in an Instagram video that she would have to cancel and postpone some of her upcoming European tour dates due to her ongoing health issues.While Dion assured fans that she's «doing a little bit better,» she said that she's «still experiencing some spasms,» and that her recovery is taking longer than expected.«Well, here we are again and I’m so sorry we have to change our tour plans for Europe one more time,» she began her message.

COVID-19 as the province logged 26 new deaths linked to the disease Friday.Pandemic-related hospitalizations came to a total of 2,290, a net decrease of 36. This comes after 182 admissions and 218 discharges in the last day.There were 81 people in intensive care units.

COVID on Friday, with 209 in intensive care.This is down by 73 for hospitalizations and a decrease of nine for ICUs since the previous day.Last Friday, there were 1,591 hospitalizations with 214 in ICU. This is a 5.5 per cent increase and a 2.3 per cent decrease, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest data for hospitalizations from the weekend, 56 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

The number of patients with coronavirus in hospital has fallen to 378, according to figures from the Department of Health.

Moderna has asked Health Canada to approve its COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as six months old, a day after requesting U.S. regulators do the same.

Covid cases in the state is low, but we cannot discontinue surveillance or become less vigilant," said the state’s Covid task force member Dr Shashank Joshi. “All districts therefore should promote voluntary indoor masking, not let their testing numbers fall and conduct genome sequencing wherever necessary," he said.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended an invitation to all political parties represented in Parliament to form an All-Party Government.A statement from the President’s Media Division noted that the President extended the invitation during a meeting with leaders and representatives of political parties that represented the government after the 2020 General Elections but have now decided to remain independent.It noted that attention was drawn towards the establishment of a National Council comprising the leaders of political parties represented in Parliament as the first step towards preparing a National Consensus Government to carry forward the government process.The President had noted that if all political parties reach common ground on the proposals put forward by the political party representatives at this meeting, he would agree to such a proposal.

COLOMBO (News 1st); 96.2% of Sri Lankans believe that all politicians should be audited and all their unaccounted wealth should be confiscated by the state, a recent poll has found.According to this poll by the Center for Policy Alternatives, nine out of ten Sri Lankans hold the opinion that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign, and that the Rajapaksa family should leave Sri Lankan politics, with 87% supporting the demand that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should also resign.Nearly 75% believe the Executive Presidency should be abolished with more than half the country (55%) wanting all 225 MPs to resign.The poll also shows that 88% of Sri Lankans have either been a queue or had a family member stand in queues for essential items such as gas, fuel, milk powder, and fertilizer over the past one month.According to the Confidence in Democratic Governance Index prepared by the Center for Policy Alternatives 90% of Sri Lankans have had their income or their family’s income affected as a result of the current economic crisis, with 58% believing that the return of the nations economy to normalcy will take a long time.Only 2% of those polled believed Sri Lanka’s economic woes could be attributed to the current world economic situation, with 90% attributing the crisis to political reasons.The Index (Wave 2) was carried out using a semi-structured questionnaire with 1200 sample respondents from the four main ethnic communities.The sample distribution captured men and women from both urban and rural localities in all districts, said the CPA.A multi-staged random stratified sampling technique was used to select the sample locations, and therespondents were selected using the snowball sampling technique within sample

Suspect in custody after man dies in his home, police say.

Olivia Attwood has revealed she suffered a "really sad end to sport" as a teenager following a serious health problem. The ex-Love Islander competed in long-distance running at county and national level before having to confront a 'horrible' and 'sudden' end to her days in athletics. The 31-year-old TOWIE star admitted she overtrained which saw her lose weight.

The dream of ever owning a home is looking bleak for a majority of Canadians shut out of the housing market, according to new polling from Ipsos.

Mary Fitzgerald is not buying Christine Quinn's COVID-19 diagnosis.The Selling Sunset star, 41, told TMZthat she didn't believe Quinn, 33, really tested positive for the deadly virus.When asked point blank if she though Christine really had the disease, Fitzgerald replied, 'I mean me personally, no because we all tested on Tuesday and again on Friday.' As if:Mary Fitzgerald isn't buying Christine Quinn's COVID-19 diagnosis either (pictured earlier this month in La Quinta, California)She responded simply with 'yep' to follow up questions on whether Quinn also tested and if she tested negative.As for her motivation, Fitzgerald guessed that Quinn did not want to face the music for her own actions during the reunion. 'Probably because she didn't want to face everything she's done,' The Oppenheim Group real estate agent said. 'I honestly don't know.

RBI stated that India suffered among the biggest pandemic-induced losses in the world in terms of output, lives, and livelihoods, which may take years to recover. Economic activity has barely recovered to pre-COVID levels even after two years.

No decision has been taken during the NTAGI meeting on Friday regarding the vaccination of children between the age group of 5-12 years against COVID19. The meeting remained inconclusive about firming up SoP and detailed guidelines for vaccination. 

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - A suspect has been arrested after a boy on a bike was struck and killed in a Goodyear hit-and-run on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 26, police said.According to Goodyear Police, the crash happened near Estrella Parkway and Elliot Road around 2:45 p.m. Police say 13 year old, Dylan Buensuceso, died."Please join us in keeping this child's family, friends & community in our thoughts and prayers," police said.Late Thursday night, police announced the arrest of 44-year-old Richard Romo."This evening a search warrant was served on a home in the neighborhood in which the fatal hit and run occurred," police said in a statement. "Investigators took a male suspect into custody without incident."Romo was booked into jail."He was a caring kid.

PHILADELPHIA - A ride-share driver was on the job when police say he was shot in the back Thursday night.The shooting occurred at Cobbs Creek and Delancey streets in West Philadelphia around 9:58 p.m.The 50-year-old driver was shot in the back and arm by a man he was transporting, according to police.

PHILADELPHIA - The man charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a SEPTA train on Sunday is also facing charges in two other incidents, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office confirmed Friday morning. Quintez Adams, 28, was taken into custody earlier this week after authorities say he sexually assaulted a woman on SEPTA’s Broad Street Line Sunday afternoon between Erie and Girard stations.  Officials say Adams has also been charged in two indecent exposure incidents that occurred over the last two months.

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Moderna is set to announce its plans Friday to set up its promised Canadian biomanufacturing plant in Montreal.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault will be alongside Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel for the announcement in the city.A source close to Legault confirmed earlier this week that Montreal was selected as the location for the company’s Canadian mRNA vaccine-manufacturing facility.Last August, Moderna signed an initial agreement with the federal government to bring such a plant to the country. At the time, the details on where was to be worked out.Bancel said he believed the new facility would allow Canada to be ready for the next virus.The agreement includes both production and vaccine research components.

Robbie Anderson MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (FOX 9) - An Anoka County Judge has granted the request of a Maple Grove mother to exhume the body of her 19-year-old son, Robbie Anderson, whose unexplained death was the subject of a FOX 9 investigation.Robbie Anderson died on December 4, 2009, after an evening of underage drinking at a friend’s Maple Grove home.Judge John Dehen’s order on Thursday said the remains "shall be disinterred and exhumed from Forrest Hill Cemetery in Anoka, Minnesota as soon as practical."Three independent medical examiners and the Maple Grove Police Department support exhuming the body because of discrepancies and inconsistencies in the case.The original autopsy, performed by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, ruled the cause and manner of Anderson’s death as a "sudden unexplained death."In December 2019, the FOX 9 Investigators uncovered new details in the case, including inconsistent accounts from the two underage friends Robbie was drinking with that night, Paul Leclerc and Matthew Scouton.For a decade Bob and Sandy Anderson have been looking for answers as to how and why their 19-year-old son, Robbie, died during a night of drinking with friends. They may finally be closer to getting answers.The young men had been drinking in the basement of Leclerc’s parents’ home, when Paul Leclerc made a frantic and bizarre call to 911, saying Robbie was unconscious, not breathing, and they would be bringing his body to the front door.First responders arrived at a chaotic scene.  Police dashcam video showed an intoxicated Leclerc in the back of a police squad car screaming, "Oh God, Oh God, I killed Rob.  I killed him."Robbie’s mother, Sandra Anderson, has been assisted in her efforts by Sheila Potocnik, who

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4,000 calories in one sitting. The new regulation has been implemented as a way to tackle the obesity crisis – with over 60% of British adults now rated as overweight or obese.But, it has come under fire from some sectors as they worry that it may affect people with restrictive eating disorders or cause undue anxiety in diners.We spoke to a number of nutritionists and health professionals to find out whether they think the new calorie menus are a positive move, or, whether they’re unnecessary or even harmful.

India's Covid surge is an early hint of a fourth wave of pandemic, a Japanese brokerage said Friday, adding that the rising cases, however, do not pose a risk to growth in near-term.

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FILE IMAGE - Signage is displayed outside a Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on March 3, 2020.

KING OF PRUSSIA - The search is on for suspects after a shooting left a man injured and a children's hospital on edge Wednesday night.Police were called to the parking garage of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in King of Prussia for reports of shots fired around 9:39 p.m.The hospital was placed on lockdown when officers arrived at the scene. However, it was later discovered shots were actually fired in the parking garage of the Smith Valley Forge apartment complex, which is directly adjacent to CHOP.Police say at least two suspects fired at each as they found multiple shell casing, bullet fragments and blood at the scene. A silver Honda and white Mazda were reportedly seen leaving the parking garage immediately after the shooting.

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine’s leader accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit by Secretary-General António Guterres, an attack that shattered the capital's tentative return to normality as the focus of the war moved east.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s forces were holding off Russia's attempted advance in the south and east, as efforts continued to secure safe passage for residents of Mariupol, which has been largely reduced to rubble in a 2-month-long siege.Russia pounded targets all over Ukraine on Thursday, including the attack on Kyiv that struck a residential high-rise and another building. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Friday that one body was found in the rubble of the attack.

A motorcyclist rides through pungent foam which formed in a polluted river and invaded the Los Puentes neighbourhood, in Mosquera, west of Bogota, on April 26, 2022. (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images) MOSQUERA, Colombia - Photos from a Columbian city near Bogota show how a foul-smelling, massive layer of toxic foam is plaguing residents as it breaks apart into cloud-like fragments and drifts through the streets. The foam has drifted into yards and businesses in the city of Mosquera, located about 12 miles outside Bogota, the capital.

A Perth mental health crisis charity was awarded a cheque for £2500 to help it support young people in the area who are at risk of suicide.

Jeopardy! phenom Mattea Roach won her 18th game on Thursday.She correctly answered the Final Jeopardy! clue, and netted another $42,001 USD, bringing her total winnings to $438,183 USD.

Eric Young has done it all – a stellar wrestling career at Impact Wrestling, where he has been a two-time world champion, tag team champion and held more gold besides, the former head of the Sanity! Faction with whom he won tag championships, and host of his own show on the Animal Planet channel.It has been a challenging few years for Young, who said that despite being an optimist, wrestling in front of no fans was challenging.Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London, he said: “Wrestling in front of no fans is awful, awful, just awful but that’s what we did to keep the lights on."I’m a part of this fraternity, this really unique group of men and women that wrestled in front of nobody – that’s never happened, and I hope it never happens again.“I could have done without that accolade, but it is cool to say you did it, you experienced it.“If I do interviews 25 years from now – people will still be asking what was that like?“It seems so fresh right now but it’s so foreign.

Three years into the pandemic but we still do not understand the coronavirus completely, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan stressed adding that “we still don’t understand why and how the waves of this virus are coming through different populations with different periodicity in different countries." Another risk that is still unknown is its effect in the longer term, ie long Covid, she also pointed out. 

Willy Cancel on tour in Japan. (Brittany Cancel) An American citizen and Marine veteran, Willy Joseph Cancel, died fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Ukraine, the man's widow confirmed to Fox News Digital early Friday morning."My husband did die in Ukraine," Brittany Cancel, the widow of the 22-year-old Marine veteran, told Fox News Digital. "He went there wanting to help people, he had always felt that that was his main mission in life."Cancel leaves behind his wife and a 7-month-old son. He appears to be the first U.S.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former President Maithripala Sirisena, who is also the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has consented to form an Interim-Government.“If all the political parties represented in Parliament agree to form an Interim Government, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to form an Interim Government,” said Sirisena speaking to reporters in Colombo.Noting that it could be termed as an All-Party Government or an Interim Government, Sirisena said that this Interim Government would be the first step toward calling for elections.“We do not have an issue with regard to the leadership of the Interim Government. We need to take up the responsibility on behalf of the people to solve the crises in the country,” he added.Sirisena said letters extending an invitation to form the Interim Government will be delivered in the coming days to the respective parties.“The President consented to form an Interim Cabinet of Ministers led by a new Prime Minister,” said the SLFP Chairman, adding that the Interim Cabinet of Ministers would be limited to 15 or 20 Ministers to execute the necessary responsibilities.Further, the President had agreed to establish a National Council, a proposal by the SLFP, that will decide on appointing the Prime Minister, Cabinet of Ministers, Inspector General of Police, Attorney General, and even the Ministry Secretaries.Maithripala Sirisena said that the National Council would advise the President and the Cabinet of Ministers, on how to function..

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Two teenagers were shot by a man after reportedly trying to break into his car, Orange County deputies said.According to investigators, the call first came in around 2 a.m. as a report of a car burglary with shots fired on Martinwood Drive in Pine Hills.MORE NEWS: Sheriff: 2 deputies involved in deadly shooting outside Kissimmee TargetDeputies say when they arrived, they met with a man who said he confronted the teens, ages 13 and 16, who tried to steal from his car.

BENTON COUNTY, Wash. - The U.S. Marshals in the Eastern District of Washington state are asking for the public’s help to find 33-year-old Edgar Salvador Casian-Garcia and 37-year-old Araceli Medina, both of whom have nationwide warrants for their arrest for murder, child rape and child abuse.The charges stem from a horrific discovery of the body of a young boy and a follow-up investigation.  On Feb.

LOS ANGELES - A high-speed police chase turned into a bizarre traffic-violation spree in Los Angeles late Thursday night.SkyFOX was over downtown Los Angeles as a driver initially led authorities on a high-speed chase across parts Glendale, Pasadena and Los Angeles before officers pulled out of the pursuit.A little before 10 p.m., the California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit, chasing the dangerous driver.

‘Heartbreaking’: How long COVID is impacting children Having to stop playing sports at the start of senior high was “really upsetting”.“Sports were my life. They really helped me in school, too. They helped me de-stress, think about other things and just bring me a lot of joy — especially team sports.”And the trajectory of her academic career has changed markedly for her.“I’ve never had such a hard time with school.

NEW DELHI: ManipalCigna Health Insurance on Friday announced the launch of ManipalCigna ProHealth Prime plan that not only covers all types of hospitalization expenses but also comes cashless OPD coverage for doctor consultation, prescribed diagnostic tests and pharmacy expenses.

Another 11 people tested positive for COVID-19 in IIT Madras and with that, the total positive cases in the area are now 182, Dr J Radhakrishnan, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary, informed. 

Amber Davies celebrated reaching her eight-month mark of being alcohol-free on Thursday.The 25 year old gave her sobriety update in a post shared on Instagram Stories as she discussed the improvement quitting alcohol has had on her mental health. Love Island graduate Amber spoke candidly in response to a fan’s question as they asked her whether or not she would consider drinking again in the future. “It’s a hard one…the impact it's had on my mental health and the relationship with myself has been life changing,” she replied.

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Emmerdale actress Gemma Oaten has taken to Instagram to share a lengthy account of her illness, along with a picture of herself looking positive.Gemma, who plays Rachel Breckle on the long running soap, shared a picture of herself as she smiled at the camera.She pointed at her face, her blonde hair over her shoulders, as she explained how she was feeling.Oaten wrote: “My kidney failure face is leaving! The first day my face and body have felt anything like mine. Yay! Still got a little bit of "kidney pie eye" as I affectionately call it but hey, I'll take that!”Gemma continued: “I've been taking time, reflecting and processing.

ATLANTA - Some UPS drivers said they're worried about their safety while delivering packages. Almost 2,000 of them have signed a petition calling for more safety measures to be put in place."We've had people shot at, trucks shot up, people kidnapped," said Evette Avery who has worked for UPS for 16 years.Avery had her own had a terrifying experience several months ago while delivering packages."I had to hide behind a customer's car because guns were being pulled on another person," said Avery.After that, Avery, who is also a union steward, started a petition calling attention to safety issues drivers face."Besides dodging dogs and other things we have so many things that are out here that you don't think about when you order a package and want it delivered to your home," said Avery.Just last week, a driver on a route in Atlanta was shot at after dropping off a package."The customer thought I stole something from his package and came after me. They caught me down the street, pulled in front of me and that's when they hopped out and tried to shoot at me.

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has more information on fourth doses of vaccine, or second booster shots, and why the National Advisory Committee on Immunization warns provinces to be ready for a quick rollout.

Global’s Keith Baldrey has more on Premier John Horgan announcing he’s tested positive for COVID-19, and a preview of what the province is expected to announce about COVID restrictions on Tuesday.

B.C. health officials have released a written report with daily COVID-19 numbers on Friday, March 25. Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has the details and an update on the Burnaby pharmacy allegedly making fraudulent vaccine cards.