COVID-19 case forces closure of Calgary school amid provincial staffing ‘crisis’

Police in Windsor, Ont., commenced their enforcement Saturday of an injunction granted on Friday by an Ontario judge to allow for protesters at the Ambassador Bridge to be cleared out. Sean O’Shea has more details on how the enforcement proceeded, with protesters closest to the bridge seen moving back peacefully, while others drove their vehicles away from the area.

COVID-19 in Nova Scotia declined slightly since Friday, the province announced on Saturday.In an abbreviated weekend news release, the province said there were 79 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19 and were receiving specialized care in a designated unit. That’s down by three since Friday.However, another three people were in intensive care, for a total of 14.

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SALT LAKE CITY - Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published Friday by a U.S. government agency shows.The findings, which pertain to fatalities involving and not involving alcohol, provide initial validation for conservative lawmakers who passed the law over concerns from restaurant and tourism industry lobbyists.In the study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, researchers wrote that, in the years after Utah changed the drunken driving threshold from .08% to .05% blood-alcohol content, the number of crashes and fatalities fell even though drivers logged more miles."Changing the law to .05% in Utah saved lives and motivated more drivers to take steps to avoid driving impaired," said Dr.

HARPER, Kan. - Rain on a wedding day can be upsetting for any couple, but a tornado can be downright frightening during the vows.In some cultures, rain is viewed as good luck, symbolizing various things from fertility to unity. It can also represent that your marriage will last a lifetime. Candra and Caleb Pence would agree.It was May 19, 2012, and the 21-year-old bride was ready to marry the man of her dreams.

MOSCOW - With the risk of war looming larger, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden held a high-stakes telephone call Saturday as a tense world watched and worried that an invasion of Ukraine could begin within days.Before talking to Biden, Putin had a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with him in Moscow earlier in the week to try to resolve the biggest security crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. A Kremlin summary of the call suggested that little progress was made toward cooling down the tensions.The closely watched call between Biden and Putin began shortly after 11 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.Protesters who gathered outside Kabul's grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the tens of thousands of Afghans killed during the last 20 years of war in Afghanistan.Biden's order, signed Friday, allocates another $3.5 billion in Afghan assets for humanitarian aid to a trust fund to be managed by the U.N.

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COVID-19 on Saturday.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths involve a person in their 70s and two people in their 80s in Zone 1 and one person in their 90s in Zone 4.A total of 286 people with COVID-19 have now died in New Brunswick. Anti-mandate demonstration in Fredericton enters Day 2 Since Friday, hospitalizations have dropped by 13, for a total of 122 people in hospital.

Ottawa is seeing another influx of people in the downtown as the demonstrations against COVID-19 public health measures and vaccine mandates enters its third weekend. Reports say there was some sort of party or additional protest late Friday night.

WILLINGBORO, Pa. - Officials in Burlington County announced Saturday that a man was shot and killed in a parking lot in a Willingboro shopping center. The investigation began after officers were called to the Kennedy Plaza in the 400 block of John F. Kennedy Way just after 7:30 p.m.

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the nature or extent of the challenges will not matter in fulfilling the promises made to the people.He noted that development activities continue in the country while taking necessary steps to control the COVID-19 pandemic.The President also pointed out that the economy, which had been collapsed for nearly two years, is gradually recovering.The President made these remarks participating in the first round of discussions in a series of sessions with professionals representing various fields, held at the President’s House on Friday (11).The professionals who participated in the discussion said that they are further committed to make the national programme a success by giving the necessary strength to achieve the goals desired by the President, said a statement.The professionals vehemently rejected the allegations spread by some sections with the objective of achieving narrow political agendas, the statement added.Experts in the field said that the new approach to agriculture initiated by the President is being continuously supported by the researchers and entrepreneurs who are engaged full time in these fields, further noted the statement.Representatives from a wide range of fields, including education, policy, sociology, agriculture, research, water and renewable energy, medical, engineering and innovation, were present at the discussion with the President.Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Secretary to the President, the Principal Advisor to the President and many others were also present.

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Ontario hospital on Saturday with COVID-19, as the province continues to battle the pandemic.New data released by the province on Feb. 12 suggests a drop in the number of people in hospital from the previous day.

Health Matters February 11: As the Alberta Diabetes Foundation’s 48 Hours to Stop Diabetes fundraiser continues, Su-Ling Goh explains how local researchers are aiming to find a pharmaceutical way to achieve Type 2 remission, by understanding the diabetes “dimmer switch.”

were discharged in the past twenty four hours taking the total to 10,31,304.

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◾New cases in State: 3,202◾New cases in B'lore: 1,293◾Positivity rate: State - 2.95%; Blore - 2.49%◾Discharges: 8,988◾Active cases: State- 38,747; B'lore- 16k◾Deaths:38 (B'lore- 10)◾Tests: 1,08,534#COVID

has moved to bravely open up about an "embarrassing" chronic health problem. The reality TV star suffers from bronchiectasis, she has revealed in a new interview.

A post shared by RYLAN (@rylan)Rylan worried fans on Friday when he shared a photograph from a hospital bed.The snap only showed his stomach and his arm which was fitted with a cannula.He said: “Finally home after an extended trip to Costa del hospital.“Slowly on the mend. Won’t be on the wireless tomorrow.“Resting up.

The Windsor Police have commenced enforcement near the Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Ont.

Nurses in Canada say working during the COVID-19 Omicron wave has left them burnt out, physically and mentally, and an increase in abuse directed at health-care workers has pushed them to breaking point. According to a report from the Ontario Science Table, pre-pandemic, 20 to 40 per cent of health-care workers reported severe burnout. By spring 2021, rates had climbed to more than 60 per cent.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday (12) for Indian Rs. 10.75 crores after a closely fought bidding war.The Sri Lankan pair of Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera, joined RCB for the second part of IPL 2021.Hasaranga took a hat-trick at last year’s T20 World Cup.

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After two weeks of the protest convoy occupying Ottawa, questions are rising over whether a better security response could have averted all the disruption sooner.

Norway has lifted its final Covid restrictions, scrapping social distancing and masks in crowded spaces despite a surge in Omicron infections.

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Bob Saget died from an accidental blow to the head, likely from a backwards fall.Saget was found dead Jan. 9 in a Florida hotel room.

Squire Barnes speaks with Toronto-born musician Paul Shaffer while in Vancouver to perform with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

It’s a case of buyer beware: read the fine print. An Edmonton man is sharing his experience trying to sell his SUV, hoping it will help others.

Calgary wedding resulted in at least 49 COVID-19 cases: Alberta Health “The first thing people need to realize is there is no blame,” he said. “Contact tracing is being done anonymously for a reason.

Coaldale church added to list of Lethbridge-area COVID-19 outbreaks There are now nine active outbreaks in the Lethbridge region:On Tuesday, Alberta Health identified 11 new cases of COVID-19 in the City of Lethbridge.  It brings the number of active cases to 142.  To date, 361 people in the city have tested positive for the virus.The city, which remains under a ‘watch’ status, currently holds the highest rate of infection per 100,000 people of any major city in Alberta, at 143.5 cases per 100,000. Alberta adds 323 COVID-19 cases; Hinshaw announces all asymptomatic testing will end During her COVID-19 update on Tuesday, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr.

COVID-19 situation included a line saying the number of hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions was “well within the health system’s capacity.”As of Tuesday, there were 116 people were in hospital with COVID-19, 16 of whom were being treated in intensive care. That means 23 per cent of Alberta’s dedicated COVID-19 ICU beds were being used, Dr.

COVID-19 cases have been linked to a wedding in Calgary earlier this month.The health agency says the wedding had a large number of Albertans from different households.Alberta Health spokesman Tom McMillan says aggressive contact tracing is underway to identify anyone who may have been exposed to make sure they are isolating and getting tested.

COVID-19 over the past three days and four additional deaths from the disease.Alberta recorded 311 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, 231 on Saturday and 356 on Sunday, according to Alberta Health. Kenney won’t rule out further COVID-19 restrictions ‘if things get really out of control’ Four people have died since the data was last released by Alberta Health on Friday, including a man in his 20s from the Central zone.

COVID-19 outbreak at the Shepherd’s Care Millwoods Long Term Care Centre has swelled to 98 cases, with 60 of those cases found in residents on the facility’s 3rd floor.Another patient died this week, bringing the total patients who have passed away from the virus to eight.Twenty-one residents have recovered from the virus, meaning there are still 31 residents with active cases.“This quick recovery time, along with our successful containment of the outbreak to the 3rd floor, is a result of the swift and decisive action we took in the early days of the pandemic,” said Shepherd’s Care in a statement on its website.

Alberta’s COVID-19 outbreak list.On Friday, R.O.C. Christian Ministries in Coaldale became the region’s seventh active outbreak for the novel coronavirus.Alberta Health said there are 15 cases linked to the church, all of which are active.“We heard about the first confirmed case on Wednesday, October 7 (not from AHS), and immediately closed so that there could be no further transmission,” the church told Global News in an email Friday evening.“Our people were all informed by Thursday morning of what had happened.“AHS contacted us Thursday afternoon, we told them we had already closed, and they are now guiding us on next steps.“We are, of course, extremely concerned by this outbreak, and will continue to work with AHS,” the church said.

COVID-19 outbreak at the Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton could help put a stop to “recurring” outbreaks in the province’s primary health-care facilities.Dr.

COVID-19 update Friday afternoon.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m.

Alberta Blue Cross, which administers a number of programs on behalf of the Government of Alberta.“Finally I got another person who said, ‘Oh you can’t get six months because of the travel advisories,'” Young added.

COVID-19 in the province, bringing the total number of Albertans affected with the disease to 21,443.There are currently 2,738 active cases in Alberta. Edmonton zone continues to have the highest number of active cases with 1,497, or more than half the provincial total.

COVID-19 cases in the region and numbers across the province continue to rise, officials continue to urge Albertans to follow social distancing rules and wear masks.But are the pleas falling on deaf ears? There remain some people in the province who aren’t following the guidelines.Numbers from Alberta Health show that since the voluntary Edmonton restrictions were put into place on Oct. 8, there have been nearly 300 complaints put forward about businesses and individuals ignoring them.

COVID-19 was a woman in her 30s, according to Alberta Health, which also confirmed an additional 243 cases of the disease in the province on Wednesday.The woman was from the Edmonton zone and her death is not linked to any current outbreaks. Tam describes early scramble for coronavirus supplies as ‘swabaggedon’ Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 287.As of Monday afternoon, the province listed 2,689 active cases in Alberta with almost half of those in the capital region.There were 1,473 active cases listed in the Edmonton zone and 791 listed in the Calgary zone.

COVID-19 cases within the City of Lethbridge has prompted Alberta Health to issue a “watch” for the city under the province’s coronavirus monitoring system.As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 101 active cases of the virus within the city, after 52 new cases were identified over the Thanksgiving weekend.The province has now confirmed six active outbreaks within the Lethbridge region, they include: COVID-19 outbreak connected to church confirmed in Coalhurst, Alta. A COVID-19 “watch” also continues for Lethbridge County where there were 40 active cases as of Tuesday.

COVID-19.Despite this, Alberta Health is not declaring an outbreak at this time. Thousands of Alberta Health Services jobs to be cut in effort to save $600M annually The province says an outbreak is usually declared when two people at an acute care facility — like a hospital — have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.But a statement from AHS says there are no apparent links between cases at the hospital, so it was determined it doesn’t fit the criteria for an outbreak.