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What concerts and festivals look like during the coronavirus pandemic

It’s easy to see why the music industry has taken such a huge hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerts, events and festivals all over the world have been cancelled but as the world loosens restrictions, some event organizers have gotten creative in giving fans some entertainment.

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Self-employed face autumn 'cliff edge' in coronavirus crisis, warns Labour

Self-employed workers are being pushed to a “cliff-edge” in the coronavirus pandemic, Labour warned tonight.

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Old Montreal tourist, souvenir shops struggling to stay afloat amid COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec lost approximately 450,000 jobs in about four months, from March to June, compared to the same period in 2019.The Institut de la statistique du Québec said this is a drop of about 10 per cent in the total volume of employment, which amounted, on average, to about 4.33 million jobs from March to June of last year.From March to June 2020, just over 365,000 jobs were lost in the service industry.

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John McDonnell demands coronavirus evictions ban is extended by at least a year

A ban on evictions must be extended for at least another year and rent arrears cancelled, former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell warned tonight.

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What some concerts and festivals look like during the coronavirus pandemic

A ‘socially distanced’ concert — is this the future for music lovers? In the U.K., the country saw its first socially distanced concert on Tuesday.Around 2,500 fans gathered at a park in Newcastle to watch a show by musician Sam Fender.But instead of people standing all together, groups of five are separated on metal platforms.Meanwhile, fans in Toronto were treated to an outdoor concert Thursday night — drive-in style. This might be the Space Age suit you wear to concerts during COVID-19 Concertgoers enjoyed the Reklaws from the comfort of their cars.The new venue is located by the city’s waterfront.

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Ryan Reynolds REVEALS that he’s watching Blake Lively starrer Gossip Girl at home during the pandemic

While urging youngsters, especially young Canadians, to stop going out and partying during the pandemic Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds revealed what he’s doing at home to stay busy. The 43-year-old Green Lantern actor answered a call to action from British Columbia Premier John Horgan and revealed that he’s watching a hit show by wife Blake Lively at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Inmate populations decline across Canada amid coronavirus pandemic

report by Statistics Canada.It was all part of the response to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in jails.“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to many health and safety challenges for Canadians, particularly for populations in correctional institutions,” the report reads.“Correctional institutions face unique challenges when it comes to preventing COVID-19 infection and transmission among custodial populations, given the close-proximity living conditions and the lack of physical distancing options.” Some Alberta convicts move to house arrest to mitigate COVID-19 risk: official The president of the Canadian Prison Law Association said fewer people in jails is good.“When COVID-19 eventually passes, I certainly hope that governments

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An Andretti wins first Indy 500 pole for family in 33 years

INDIANAPOLIS – Marco Andretti has won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 in a lightning-fast first step toward snapping the infamous “Andretti Curse” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Andretti logged a four-lap average of 231.068 mph in Sunday qualifying, and an Andretti now will lead the field to green for the first time in 33 years.

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Puerto Rico holds 2nd voting round after chaotic primaries

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Chilliwack corn maze aims to bring community ‘together’ amid coronavirus

COVID-19 arrived in force this spring, the family that runs the iconic Chilliwack Corn Maze and Pumpkin Farm thought they might have to pull the plug on the popular attraction for the first time in decades.Instead, they saw it as a challenge to share a message of positivity, while giving families safe access to a fun, annual tradition.From above, the seemingly random maze of pathways cut through a 12-acre corn field resolves into a pair of hands holding a heart, and the message “together.” Coronavirus: Vancouver Aquarium reopens Friday “One of the messages that we really felt we wanted to give to people is that you’re not alone, even though in the midst of planning it we were all alone,” co-operator Vanessa Oddy told Global News.“Together

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'The number of new faces is unreal': What it's like to sleep rough in Manchester in the time of coronavirus

2,000 rough sleepers who were put up in hotels and other accommodation across Greater Manchester as part of the Everyone In scheme. But while staying at the Amblehurst Hotel in Sale he fell ill and spent weeks in hospital.

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Lindblom joins Flyers for playoffs after cancer treatment

Philadelphia Flyers teammates tapping the ice with their sticks as he returned to practice and knew — after months of fear and fight in his battle with bone cancer — he was home.Lindblom turned 24 on Saturday and a day later he received a rousing applause from the Flyers hours before they prepared for their playoff game against Montreal.“Now I’m here and I’m happier than ever,” Lindblom said Sunday.A native of Gavle, Sweden, Lindblom was off to a career season when he diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones.

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Prince Harry advocates for friend check-ins as the coronavirus continues

Prince Harry joined a Zoom call to share his thoughts on how friends can show their support throughout the coronavirus pandemic. In a recording that was posted to Instagram on Saturday, the Duke of Sussex promoted the idea of unity to multiple virtual attendees who were also past competitors in his multi-sport event Invictus Games, a foundation that supports recovery and rehabilitation for injured servicemen and women.

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Beyoncé had to revise ‘Black Is King’ because of the coronavirus pandemic

Beyoncé had to revise her plans for Black Is King because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been revealed.The star released the visual album last month (July 31), with it serving as a companion to ‘The Gift’, the album she made to tie-in with the remake of Disney’s The Lion King last year.However, the film’s directors have now explained they were planning to go deeper into the story, but had their plans scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic. Travel restrictions stopped them travelling to South Africa to shoot additional footage, forcing them to work with that they’d already got.“We were planning to add more to the story,” Kwasi Fordjour told The Fader.

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‘Black Is King’ Directors Reveal How Pandemic Affected Filming Of Beyoncé’s Visual Album

Beyoncé fans received a big treat with the debut of her new visual album “Black Is King”.

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On small Maritime campuses, a reopening that for many means a quiet room, alone

COVID-19. In Atlantic Canada, students entering from outside the region must isolate for 14 days.Jerry Ko, a fourth-year music student at St.

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Coronavirus: Anger over 'crazy' scenes at packed bar amid fears over rising virus cases

Partygoers have come under fire after being pictured crowded together in a pub - with a disgusted punter saying he didn't feel safe.

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Shock as NHS Glasgow staff attacked nearly 400 times a month during coronavirus pandemic

lockdown, shocking new figures have revealed. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said that since March there had been 2,300 cases of violence and aggression towards frontline staff.

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Jennifer Hudson Helps Deliver School and Pandemic Supplies to 2,000 Chicago Kids in Need

Jennifer Hudson and her sister, Julia, are making sure Chicago's kids are able to study safely this school year. The pair, alongside a group of volunteers, held their 10th annual Hatch Day on Friday, delivering over 2,000 backpacks full of school supplies to kids in need through the Julian D. King Gift Foundation. «We're still out there this Hatch Day, just in a different way.

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AAP to make oximeters available in 30k villages to help in Covid fight: Kejriwal

NEW DELHI : To give a boost to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will set up centres for testing saturation of oxygen content in blood in 30,000 villages across the country, its national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday.Kejriwal said he has already received a commitment for 30,000 oximeters from people.Oximeters help in measuring the oxygen level and are found to be extremely useful for coronavirus patients who in many cases battle breathlessness due to drop in oxygen level."Already received commitments for 30,000 oxymeters. Am overwhelmed.

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Gaganyaan, planned for Dec 2020, may be delayed due to Covid-related disruptions

New Delhi: Hit by disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the launch of India's unmanned space mission under the first leg of Gaganyaan, planned for December 2020, is likely to be delayed, sources said.It was part of the two unmanned missions to be undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation ahead of the planned launch of India's maiden human spaceflight under 'Gaganyaan' in December 2021.The likely delay in the first unmanned mission was recently conveyed to the Space Commission, the apex policy making body on space related issues.The Space Commission is headed by ISRO Chairman and Department of Space Secretary K Sivan.Two years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the human space mission in his Independence Day

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Stranger Things' Gaten Matarazzo Is Working as a Food Runner During Coronavirus

Much like everyone else in the world, Stranger Things‘ Gaten Matarazzo‘s summer plans were changed when the Coronavirus pandemic hit.

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Vote by mail in Florida primary already far exceeds 2016

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida will elect at least two new members of Congress this year, and the Republican primaries in two districts will likely decide who they will be.Florida has no statewide races on the 2020 ballot and voters are voting by mail in larger numbers, likely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tuesday’s primary will largely involve legislative and congressional seats and contests for local office.Republican U.S.

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UK plans new specialist pandemic response health institute: Report

LONDON : The UK government is planning to replace Public Health England (PHE) with a new specialist pandemic response insititute based on a German model in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a media report on Sunday.UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock is expected to announce a merger of the pandemic response work of PHE, an executive agency sponsored by the government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and the National Health Service (NHS) Test and Trace scheme to create the National Institute for Health Protection, the ‘Sunday Telegraph’ reported.The institute will be modelled on Germany's Robert Koch Institute, which played a central role in the country's C-19 response, publishing daily situation reports that log

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IT, startups display stability and resilience in covid-hit Kerala

ERNAKULAM : Kerala, which once witnessed large trade union protests against computerisation and digitisation storming its streets, may now have to thank the technology and startup sectors, at a time when nearly all other economic mainstays are failing amid the coronavirus outbreak."They've become a true life support for an economy in dire straits," said G Vijayaraghavan, former chief executive of Technopark, Kerala’s first technology park, and currently president of consultancy firm Venture Management Associates.Going by Vijayaraghavan’s recollection, a small interaction between a Mexican woman and state's then chief minister, unleashed a chain of events that are now helping Kerala.In 1990, on a visit to North America, former Kerala chief

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India's GDP may contract in FY21 due to COVID-19 but quick rebound likely: Birla

lockdown have triggered a once-in-a-century crisis that may contract India's economy in 2020-21, Hindalco Industries chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said. "It is estimated that about 80% of India’s GDP originates from districts which were classified under red and orange zones during the lockdown, where economic activity remained severely constrained," Birla said in a letter to shareholders on Sunday.

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COVID-19 triggers once in-a-century crisis; economy may contract in FY21: Birla

Hindalco Industries Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has said COVID-19 and associated lockdowns have triggered a once in-a-century crisis for the society and the economy and the country's GDP may contract in 2020-21. He mentioned that COVID-19 struck India at a time when the underlying economic conditions were subdued on account of heightened global uncertainty and stress in the domestic financial system.

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How does weather affect COVID-19?

Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.We look at what factors might confound these studies and make them hard to interpret. And we describe how one international study tries to get around these problems.There are good reasons to expect a respiratory virus to show seasonal variation.

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Out-of-school children likely to double in India due to coronavirus

BENGALURU : Pranitha V, a pre-university student went back to her hometown in Nagaland from Bengaluru, in April after educational institutions closed due to the pandemic, but the 17-year-old may never return to college. Her father lost his job and she now needs to find a job.

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AP WAS THERE: 2004 Athens Olympics

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of the Summer Games. This story was transmitted in 2004 from the Athens Olympics.

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Maren Morris & Ryan Hurd Talk Welcoming a Baby During Pandemic

Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd are opening up about parenthood!

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Future of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft remains uncertain

Even as the air travel industry struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic, Boeing is still aiming to get its 737 MAX planes back in the skies, despite being grounded in the wake of two deadly crashes. Redmond Shannon explains why the aircraft has a long road ahead.

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Montreal bars struggle to stay afloat during pandemic

Despite efforts to reopen businesses, a new survey shows Canadian restaurants could lose up to $20 billion in revenue over the next year, due to COVID-19.

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Crowd control concerns as B.C. COVID-19 cases rise

Health officials in B.C. are warning younger people to rethink large gatherings, as new modelling shows a massive resurgence of COVID-19 in the province, that’s if behaviours don’t change.

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Thousands protest against Israel’s Netanyahu over economy, corruption allegations

Hundreds of Israelis protested outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday over corruption allegations and his handling of the coronavirus crisis.

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Coronavirus: Reopened bars struggle to stay afloat amid pandemic

A recent nationwide study shows that as more people opt to work from home this year, the “hospitality sector may be facign a loss of up to $20 billion. That struggle is all too familiar for establishments in Montreal where bars and restaurants are struggling to survive.

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Asylum seekers who have worked during the pandemic protest new permanent residency deal

A group seeking status for asylum seekers who were employed as essential workers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic says it intends to step up pressure on the federal and provincial governments to follow through on their promises. On Saturday, they hit the street to repeat those demands.

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Ryan Reynolds urges young Canadians to quit partying amid COVID-19 pandemic: 'Don't kill my mom!'

Ryan Reynolds wants young Canadians to cool it with partying amid the coronavirus pandemic and let them know his concerns in a hilarious clip shared to Twitter. British Columbia Premier John Horgan called on the "Deadpool" actor this week for some assistance in getting young citizens in British Columbia to start taking the risks of COVID-19 seriously.

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New Brunswickers celebrate national Acadian Day amid COVID-19

New Bruinswickers have adapted celebrations of Acadian Day to suit the ongoing pandemic. Travis Fortnum has more.

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Blazers make playoffs, oust Grizzlies with 126-122 victory

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A fourth consecutive down-to-the-wire finish, a fourth consecutive win for the Portland Trail Blazers.They needed all that just to get into the playoffs.Damian Lillard scored 31 points, CJ McCollum had 14 of his 29 in the fourth quarter — including a pair of big jumpers over Ja Morant late — and the Blazers clinched the NBA’s final playoff spot by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 126-122 on Saturday.Portland’s reward: a matchup with the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, starting Tuesday.

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Video shows large street party on Vancouver’s Granville strip amid COVID-19

Here’s what B.C. youth have to say about the province’s coronavirus spike It comes as provincial health authorities warn of the danger of large social events as the province faces a spike in new COVID-19 cases driven largely by young adults.We closed off 900 block of Granville St.

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Reopened Montreal bars struggling to stay afloat amid pandemic

coronavirus pandemic have since been allowed to reopen, staff say they are still waiting for customers to come back.Bob Harmidy has been working at Le Manoir restaurant and bar for more than 45 years.In all of his time there, he says he’s never quite experienced a year like this one.“I think less and less people are coming out and having a beer in the bars with the big screens,” he said.

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Video posted to social media shows a large group of young people partying on Vancouver’s Granville Strip in contravention of COVID-19 protocols on Friday.

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Animation Studio Laika Lays Off Staffers Amid Pandemic

As Hollywood firms aim to regroup from a monthslong production shutdown during the pandemic, animation studio Laika is the latest company to cut staffers across departments. Days after noting the 15th anniversary of its founding, the Oregon-based stop motion studio said it would be implementing cost-saving measures with the intention of rehiring employees when it is possible.

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Ryan Reynolds Asks Young People Not to "Kill His Mom" by Partying During the COVID Pandemic

Ryan Reynolds would very much like for everyone to stay home and respect social distancing guidelines—if not for him, then for his mom. The always-hilarious actor shared a predictably-hilarious PSA calling on young people in his home country of Canada to stop partying amid a global pandemic this week.

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New Brunswickers celebrate Acadian Day amid pandemic

pic.twitter.com/5grclzBJlL— Travis Fortnum (@travisfortnum) August 15, 2020Poirier says organizing this year’s celebration was more difficult than previous years, but also more important.“It’s a very big logistics challenge,” he says, “but we really wanted to do it because New Brunswick has been doing very good and we’ve been doing the isolation very well and people respect social distancing and to reward our community for doing it well.”

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