Flying over B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway Tuesday morning, the damage from the deluge of rain is very evident and shocking. The road has been completely snapped in two and a timeline for when it may reopen remains unclear at this time.

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As work gets started, there is now a better understanding of the scale of repairs needed on the flood-damaged Coquihalla Highway, along with a rough estimate of when the vital route will reopen to commercial traffic. Richard Zussman reports.

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Covid infection rates rise in nine of Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs, latest data shows

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in nine of Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs, falling only in Wigan, latest figures on Friday revealed.

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New COVID-19 variant is ‘huge international concern,’ UK health secretary says

LONDON - A worrying new variant of the coronavirus that has been detected in South Africa is causing concern among health officials worldwide. The U.K.‘s health security agency has classified B.1.1.529 as a new variant under investigation, and the country has identified the potential threat of the new variant and alerted international partners. While there are currently no detected cases of the variant in the U.K., the country’s health secretary told Parliament on Friday that the new COVID-19 variant was "of huge international concern" and that it was "highly likely" that it has spread to countries beyond where it has been detected.Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid speaks during a press conference at Downing Street on October 20, 2021

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Man jailed over bomb hoax at UK COVID-19 vaccine factory

CHATHAM, United Kingdom - A man convicted of causing a bomb scare at a factory making the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the U.K. earlier this year has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.According to the Kent Police Department, Anthony Collins, 54, mailed a suspicious package to Wockhardt Factory in January.

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B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway could open to commercial traffic by January 2022: minister

B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation said Thursday they are cautiously optimistic that commercial traffic could be moving on the Coquihalla Highway in about two months’ time, by late January.

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Nicola Sturgeon's 'gratitude' for covid vaccine as study shows it has saved 27,000 Scots

Nicola Sturgeon says she will “never be able to express enough gratitude” for those who developed the coronavirus vaccine and all Scots who have had their jags, as a new study reports that tens of thousands of lives have been saved as a result.

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Portugal returns to COVID-19 restrictions, despite high vaccination rate

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New report shows 6 fully vaccinated Ontarians under 60 have died with COVID since shots available

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Delhi High Court seeks Centre's response on booster dose of Covid vaccine

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US travel hits pandemic high ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

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B.C. floods: Highway 1 Chilliwack to Abbotsford to reopen

Progress has been made on Highway 1 road closures is expected to reopen to traffic between Chilliwack and Abbotsford on Thursday. Aaron McArthur has the details.

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Dairy Commission suggests rise in Canada’s already high milk prices

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B.C. floods: Highway 8 corridor devastation

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Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.Transportation Minister Rob Fleming said Wednesday that crews are hoping to open Highway 1 through the valley on Thursday. ‘A monumental task’: B.C.

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Lawsuit claims hazing injured California high school football player

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No need for Covid booster dose for now, huge third wave unlikely: AIIMS Director

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Fire seen billowing from roof of Midtown high-rise under construction

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Funeral to be held Monday for Lower Merion High School principal Sean Hughes

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New satellite images show extent of flooding in B.C.’s Sumas Prairie

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Damage and repairs could make B.C. floods Canada’s most expensive natural disaster

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Port Burwell Public School closed due to extent of COVID-19 cases

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B.C. floods: Highway and rail damage unprecedented

The magnitude of damage to B.C.’s major highways and rail system from the slides is said to be unprecedented. Repairs will be expensive and lengthy.

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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

B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway seen from the air shows extent of the damage

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