[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]In Denmark, government officials ordered the culling of 17 million mink after scientists discovered a strain of the novel coronavirus had passed from humans to mink, then back to humans in mutated form.Spain and the Netherlands have culled mink due to similar outbreaks, and cases have also been identified on mink farms in the United States.It was not immediately clear if any of the mink at the farm were infected.

The Ministry of Agriculture is testing animals on site, the health authority said.The farm has been ordered to stop transporting animals, products and goods from the farm under the BC Animal Health Act, Fraser Health added.WorkSafeBC is contacting other mink.

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Some Albertans celebrate end of the restrictions exemption program

While some are questioning the timing of Alberta lifting the restrictions exemption program, others like bar and restaurant owners say it will help their bottom line and reduce the pressure on their staff to enforce the vaccine passport. Dan Grummett explains.

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Joe Rogan Addresses COVID Stance & N-Word Scandal In New Standup: 'I Talk S**t For A Living'

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Dollywood offers to pay tuition for employees

according to the website. "The education benefit package is available to all team members on the first day of their employment. It will allow employees at all levels to pursue their personal and professional dreams," the website said.The resort will also cover any additional fees and textbook costs. "Our goal at Dollywood Parks and Resorts is to provide the best possible experience for both our guests and our hosts," Eugene Naughton, president of The Dollywood Company, said in a news release.

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Trudeau slams Canada trucker protests, police threaten arrests

Canadian police have threatened to arrest trucker-led protesters who have shut down central Ottawa and disrupted cross-border trade in anger at Covid health rules, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lambasted the movement as "unacceptable."

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Fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine ‘conceivable’ to protect against Omicron variant: Fauci

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Alberta parents, school officials react to COVID-19 masking changes

Alberta students will not have to wear masks in schools come Monday — and parents are split on their feelings about the changes. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports.

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Trucker protests: Trudeau says government has helped people grappling with demonstrations in Alberta, Ottawa ‘every step of the way’

During Tuesday’s session of question period, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau what concrete steps the government has taken to help people grapple with the Coutts, Alta. trucker convoy and Ottawa anti-mandate protests.

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney explains timing of vaccine passport ending

Alberta’s Restrictions Exemption Program is no more and soon, other COVID-19 health restrictions will also be lifted. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney joined Gord Steinke to talk about the timing and where the province goes from here.

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Edmonton exploring its own municipal restrictions exemption program

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COVID-19: City committee votes against exploring vaccine passport program just for Calgary

The City of Calgary will not be implementing its own COVID-19 vaccine passport program — at least for now — after a city committee voted against exploring the idea on Wednesday. Adam MacVicar reports.

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Alberta businesses divided over vaccine passport elimination

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Goodell: NFL won’t tolerate racism, vows changes amid Dolphins fallout

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Snoop Dogg takes over Death Row Records, label that launched his career

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Central Bucks West choir director charged with recording former student as he undressed

BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A Central Bucks West High School choir director has been charged with hiding cameras inside a bedroom in his home in order to record a former student as the student undressed.Joseph Ohrt, a Buckingham Township resident, faces one count of interception, disclosure or use of a wire, electronic or oral communications and four counts of possession, sale, distribution, manufacture or advertisement of electronic, mechanical or other devices and telecommunication identification interception devises, all felonies in the third degree.An investigation began May of 2021 by Central Bucks Regional Police Department and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office after receiving a Childine tip of an alleged sexual assault of a former student by Ohrt.MORE HEADLINES:The victim, a 2016 graduate of Central Bucks West, was a member of the choir. He stated that in his junior year, Ohrt mentored him in music composition.

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Former MLB player Jeremy Giambi dead at 47

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More than 56,000 boosters given yesterday; 306 community cases; 12 in hospital

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Almost all restrictions affecting Alberta children gone soon

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Windsor asks for help to end protest

The city of Windsor is asking for federal and provincial aid to deal with a protest that has stopped incoming truck shipments across the Ambassador Bridge. Seán O’Shea reports.

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What is the consumer price index and how is it used to measure inflation?

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Valentine’s Day deals to get back at your ex

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COVID-19 hospitalizations decrease slightly as Alberta’s vaccine passport program officially expires

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Road closures put in place around Queen’s Park ahead of possible protest

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Rapid tests to be made available for free at Ontario grocery stores, pharmacies

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B.C. bringing in vaccine mandate for all remaining health-care workers

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Smithsonian Museum is asking for pictures from Disney vacations

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Govt. program does not pay for crack pipes, White House says

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B.C. health officials to deliver live Thursday COVID-19 briefing

COVID-19 response at 3 p.m. PT, Thursday.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.

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Fire at Burnaby Hospital that contributed to COVID-19 outbreak was arson

fire at Burnaby Hospital on Nov. 15 appears to have been arson, RCMP said Thursday.The three-alarm fire, which broke out in a basement-level utility room, spread smoke to other areas of the building and forced the evacuation and closure of the emergency room.Patients had to be moved to other areas of the hospital as a result, Fraser Health said, and thus contributed to the spread of a COVID-19 outbreak that eventually grew to 55 patients and five deaths.Forty staff members also tested positive for the coronavirus.Medical appointments and some surgeries were also rescheduled.

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At least 30 workers infected in COVID-19 outbreak at Surrey chicken packing plant

COVID-19 outbreak that’s seen at least 30 workers test positive.Fraser Health says it is mass testing employees of Wingtat Game Bird Packers at 9752 186 St.“All employees at the facility have been screened, and case and contact management is ongoing. Those identified as cases and close contacts have been instructed to self-isolate,” the health authority said in a media release.

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Health worker to be first person in B.C. to receive COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday

COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered.A front-line health worker in Metro Vancouver will be the first person in the province to receive the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday afternoon.About 4,000 of the 30,000 doses that Canada has received are being transferred to two sites in the Lower Mainland: one in Metro Vancouver and one in the Fraser Valley.The exact locations are not being disclosed due to concerns about sabotage or tampering.Officials expect the vaccine to become available to those first in line all around the province next week.

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B.C. seniors’ group calls for equal access to COVID-19 vaccine for those in independent living

COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed in an equitable way, not only to seniors in assisted living and long-term care facilities but also to those in independent living.BCSLA CEO Lee Coonfer told Global News that earlier in the pandemic, independent living facilities were seemingly forgotten for government funding as the virus rampaged through long-term care centres.“When we look at independent living or seniors communities where residents don’t necessarily need the care requirements that assisted living needs, they were left out of that altogether and were provided no funding or support,” he said.

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B.C.’s first COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive this week

COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the province.The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Canada on Sunday evening. The doses will now be sent to 14 distribution sites across the country.About 4,000 of the 30,000 doses that Canada received will be sent to two sites in the Lower Mainland: one in Metro Vancouver and one in the Fraser Valley.The exact locations are not being disclosed due to concerns about sabotage or tampering.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine must be kept at a temperature of -70 C to remain stable.

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Fraser Health Christmas decoration ban sparks backlash from seniors

Some B.C. seniors are having their Christmas scaled back in what is being seen as a Grinch-like over-reaction.

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Fraser Health called Grinches for COVID-19 care home decoration rules

COVID-19 safety directive issued to residential care homes.In a recent bulletin with holiday infection control and prevention guidelines, Fraser Health has instructed the facilities to remove any holiday decorations that aren’t wipeable or cleanable, and to remove decorations and trees from common areas where they could be touched by residents. FAQ: What’s allowed during the holidays under B.C.’s COVID-19 restrictions? Decorations are also barred from nursing stations, counters and workspaces, which must be left clear for cleaning staff to disinfect.And “Santa, Ronald McDonald, clowns ect.

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Coronavirus: 99 new cases announced for Interior Health region

COVID-19 cases for the Interior Health region on Friday, marking a new high.The previous high was 85 cases on Dec. 6, with 84 cases being recorded on Nov. 30 and Dec.

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B.C. supermarket’s COVID-19-killing UV cart cleaner a Canadian first

COVID-19-fighting technology to keep its shopping carts clean.Quality Foods has installed a “clean cart” machine at its View Royal location, which gives carts a 20-second blast of far-UV light, which which provides 99.9 per cent disinfection. Fraser Health buys 14 new germ-killing robots to fight COVID-19 “It was an idea just a few short months ago,” Quality Foods president Noel Hayward told Global News.“Six months later, here’s the machine.

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Mission, B.C., elementary school principal warns of COVID-19 stigma

coronavirus pandemic — explaining things to their children.My #COVID19 experience. It broke my heart talking to a child who felt ashamed and thought they were going to die because they got Covid.

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B.C. looks at speedy increase in fines for repeat COVID-19 offenders

COVID-19 laws multiple times.“I do know there are some legal issues in terms of what can be done administratively rather than through the legislature, which takes time,” Farnwoth said Tuesday.“I think the message is really clear: Abide by these rules. The sooner we defeat this virus, the sooner life will be able to get back to normal.”The comment followed incidents at a handful of churches, mainly in the Fraser Valley, in which congregants have refused to obey the provincial orders that ban in-person religious services.Last month, the Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley was fined $2,300 for being open even after it was ordered to close.

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‘It’s time for them to step up and break this up’: B.C. nurse frustrated with anti-mask rallies

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COVID-19 outbreak at B.C. mink farm raises concerns about virus mutation

COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley has the farming community on edge.Health officials have not revealed the name of the farm, but Fraser Health on Sunday confirmed eight employees there had tested positive for the virus.Millions of mink have been culled in countries such as Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark after a strain of the virus was passed from humans to mink, then back to humans in a mutated form.“Some mink will test positive but really show no symptoms at all and seem fine.

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Fraser Health steps in to oversee 2 long-term care homes with COVID-19 outbreaks

Fraser Health is intervening in two Abbotsford long-term care homes battling serious COVID-19 outbreaks.

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Fraser Health steps in to oversee 2 care homes with serious COVID-19 outbreaks

COVID-19 outbreaks.The health authority said it had deployed “additional leadership support” to provide COVID-19 response oversight Tabor Home and Menno Home, “similar to what Fraser Health did to assist Langley Lodge.” List of seniors’ homes and health-care facilities at centre of B.C.’s coronavirus outbreak In May, Fraser Health appointed a Director of Pandemic Response at Langley Lodge as it was in the grips of the province’s deadliest outbreak.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Fraser Health said as of Friday, Tabor Home, which is owned and operated by the Tabor Home Society, had recorded 91 resident cases, 63 staff cases and 18 deaths.Menno Home, which is owned and operated by the Mennonite

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There has been COVID-19 transmission linked to religious services, Fraser Health says

COVID-19 pandemic.“The best way for religious organizations to protect their members right now is to gather virtually,” Fraser Health President and CEO Dr. Victoria Lee said Tuesday.

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Parents anxious as Surrey school closed by COVID-19 prepares to reopen

COVID-19 outbreak.Cambridge Elementary was closed for two weeks on Nov.

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After latest outbreak, Surrey teachers call for mandatory masks, smaller classes

Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Newton Elementary School in Surrey In a letter to the Surrey Board of Education dated Nov. 27, the association makes four specific demands, echoing the position of the BC Teachers’ Federation.As cases continue to mount in @Surrey_Schools, with a second school closure and more to come, @SurreyTeachers demand the Board make significant changes to improve safety of schools, so that they can continue operating.

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Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Newton Elementary School in Surrey

COVID-19 outbreak at Newton Elementary School in Surrey.Surrey school superintendent Jordan Tinney sent a letter out to students and staff Friday evening saying the school will be closed until Dec. 14th.Tonight, we met with @Fraserhealth and they have declared an outbreak at Newton Elementary.

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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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