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Toronto is making some changes to its COVID-19 masking requirements after the provincial government announced it would be lifting most remaining mask mandates on Saturday.The province’s chief medical officer of health issued a statement Wednesday saying most of Ontario’s existing masking mandates will be lifted, but masks will still be required in long-term care and retirement homes. Most remaining Ontario COVID mask mandates lifting on Saturday In a press release, the City of Toronto said, based on public health advice, masks will “continued to be required in some City of Toronto congregate settings to protect the health and safety of residents and staff.”According to the city, masks will continue to be required in long-term care homes and retirement homes, and will be recommended in congregate living settings like shelters or group homes.The city said on June 11, the provincial government will issue guidance on when masks should be worn in hospitals and other care settings.Here’s a closer look at some other changes in the city:According to the release, masking, screening and testing requirements will continue in “all city directly-operated long-term care homes at this time.”The city said the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is “strongly recommending” customers continue to wear masks on its vehicles and in stations.What’s more, the city said masks will remain mandatory for both employees and customers using TTC’s Wheel-Trans service.The city said once the mask mandate expires later this week, masks will be “optional” on Go Transit and UP Express.

A Springfield Armory SAINT M-LOCK AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is displayed on a wall of guns during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022.

Most remaining Ontario COVID mask mandates lifting on Saturday “We care for the most vulnerable patients and masking is one way we can keep them safe.”Walker, who is also the lead for the Waterloo Wellington Hospital COVID-19 response, went on to say that “maintaining safety measures at our hospitals helps protect patients and staff. They also reduce the opportunity for outbreaks to occur in hospital settings which can affect our ability to provide and ramp up our services.”The list of hospitals which will continue to require masks includes Grand River Hospital and St.

NEW DELHI : India reported 5,233 covid cases in the last 24 hours, prompting doctors and scientists to renew their advice for people to wear masks and continue to follow covid-appropriate behaviour. The figure marked a jump of 1,500 over Tuesday’s 3,714 new cases. The total number of active caseload rose to over 28,800 across the country.

COVID-19 mask mandates will be lifted on Saturday, the province’s chief medical officer of health says.In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Kieran Moore said as of 12 a.m.

COVID-19 situation in the province continues to improve.Masking will remain mandatory in hospitals, long-term care homes and other health-care centres.

SHAWNIGAN LAKE, Canada - A black bear caught lingering outside a classroom in Canada was scared away by a music teacher armed with a trombone. The animal was spotted on May 27 outside St. John’s Academy Shawnigan Lake on Canada’s Vancouver Island.

STONE HARBOR, N.J. - Three people are safe after they were pulled from the water in Stone Harbor this week.Emergency crews responded to three victims in distress at 96th Street and the beach around 6 p.m. Monday.Firefighters and police swam out to the victims, who officials say were caught in a rip current.All three victims were brought to the beach, where they were evaluated by medics.

MESA, Ariz. - Police made a surprising discovery during a DUI investigation in Mesa.Mesa Police say officers found 37-year-old Brandon Denney asleep in his car just before 11:30 p.m. on June 5 near Signal Butte and Southern Avenue, with a pill bottle in his hand.Officers then woke up Denney to conduct field sobriety tests.During their investigation, officers noticed a Gila monster poking its head out of a box inside the car."Denney said he had run the Gila Monster over with his vehicle and decided to pick it up after seeing it was injured," police said in a news release.

A former Canadian airline executive says that responsibility for weeks of delays and cancellations at Toronto Pearson International Airport rests on the shoulders of the federal government.

enforcing the rules.  “Airline shall ensure that all passengers are wearing face mask properly and continue to wear the mask throughout the journey. The face masks can be removed under exceptional circumstances and for permitted reasons only," said the DGCA in its new order.  “In case, any passenger on board an aircraft refuses to wear mask or violates the ‘Covid Protocol for passengers’ even after repeated warnings, during the course of the flight, such passenger may be treated as ‘Unruly Passenger’," it added.  This follows an order by the Delhi High Court, which stated that strict actions should be taken against those passengers who are found violating Covid-19 safety norms at airports and inside aircraft.

WILDWOOD CREST, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man died after he was pulled from the water off the coast of Wildwood on Tuesday, according to authorities. The Wildwood Crest Police Department said the victim, 54-year-old Joel Green, was brought onto the beach near Syracuse Street by swimmers who noticed him unresponsive in the water. Authorities say a beach goer provided CPR until emergency crews responded and continued life-saving measures. Green, a Cambria County resident, was brought to Cape Regional Medical Center where he died.Authorities extended their condolences to Green's family and reminded swimmers to only use beaches with lifeguards on patrol.

Mexican flags inside a store with souvenirs at the Terminal 2 of Cancun International Airport.On Monday, 30 April 2022, in Cancun International Airport, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MEXICO CITY (AP) - The mayor of the Mexican city of Cuernavaca was proudly inaugurating a footbridge over a scenic stream Tuesday when the span collapsed, sending him and about two dozen other people plunging into a gully.The hanging bridge made of wooden boards and metal chains had recently been remodeled.

HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVSky & Telescope Magazine is calling it a "planet parade" because the planets will also be in the correct order from the sun. Mercury will be the hardest to spot as the last to appear in the lineup just before it's swallowed by sunlight. However, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn should be easy to see all month.As a quartet, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have appeared in conjunction over the past few months, but June is the last chance to see the group together before they begin to spread further out in the night sky.HOW THE END OF GRAVITY WOULD MEAN THE END OF THE WORLDLook for the planets in the sky before sunrise by gazing southeast. This celestial event requires no special equipment, but the view will be even better if you have access to a telescope or a local observatory.

Beanie Feldstein announced on Instagram this Tuesday that she will have to miss a string of upcoming Funny Girl performances because she has COVID-19.Although she has tested positive, she clarified that she is 'vaxxed and I'm boosted and I'm very grateful to not be feeling too bad.'While the 28-year-old temporarily withdraws from the show 'to keep everybody safe,' her standby Julie Benko will take her place. Uh oh:Beanie Feldstein announced on Instagram this Tuesday that she will have to miss a string of upcoming Funny Girl performances because she has COVID-19Julie's Broadway experience includes understudying Cosette in Les Miserables and multiple roles in Fiddler On The Roof.'I'm just really bummed to miss seeing you all at the theater and I can't wait to get back onstage very soon,' said Beanie in her Instagram video, blowing a kiss.

Vice President Kamala Harris host a roundtable with faith leaders on reproductive health care rights at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor on Monday, June 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the Biden administration's work to attract investment to Central America, part of the U.S.

Sign for the fast food brand Taco Bell on 18th May 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Taco Bell is an American-based chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell.

PHILADELPHIA - Days after a deadly mass shooting erupted along one of Philadelphia's most popular thoroughfares, Mayor Kenney and Commissioner Outlaw spoke to business owners shaken by the violence that left three dead and nearly a dozen injured."The cause is not the children being down here it’s the weapons and the access to them. Remove the weapons and it becomes a fist fight," said Michael Clark, a South Street business owner. Authorities believe the deadly mass shooting happened when a fist fight between three men escalated into a shooting.

RELATED HEADLINESThe two suspects, Quran Garner and Rashaan Vereen, face several charges related to the shooting that erupted when investigators say a fist fight between three men escalated to a shootout. It's believed that Garner fired down South Street when a fight between three men turned into a shootout. Authorities say shortly before midnight, 34-year-old Gregory Jackson and two other men engaged in a heated conversation that quickly turned violent. Police say both Jackson and another man involved in the fracas, later identified as Micah Towns, were both armed.

Comedian Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) BUFFALO, N.Y. - In the aftermath of the deadly shooting at a Buffalo supermarket last month, sports teams, charities, and others are providing support to the community, and comedian Dave Chappelle is now stepping in to help.Chappelle hosted relatives of the Buffalo shooting victims at his show Sunday at Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, according to multiple media reports. The entertainer announced that he would donate ticket sales from his show to the families of the victims killed in the shooting at Tops Supermarket.

Ontario government’s last-remaining COVID-19 mask mandates are set to expire later this week.The mandate for settings deemed high-risk was previously set to be lifted on April 27, but was extended to June 11, which is this Saturday.It applies to public transit, health-care settings, long-term care and retirement homes, as well as shelters and other congregate care settings that provide services to “medically and socially vulnerable individuals,” the province previously said. Ontario extends remaining COVID mask mandates A full list of the settings where masking is still required is available here.The Ministry of Health told Global News on Tuesday that chief medical officer of health Dr.

File: A member of the National Guard patrols the grounds of the US Capitol on March 4, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.The U.S.

Unless you’re driving an electric car, you’re paying more than you’ve ever had to before for gasoline in Canada.

40% of Australians ride a bike every year! (Source: National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey 2021).In September, Australia will be the focus of the cycling world. The 2022 UCI Road World Championships – one of the Triple Crown of Cycling events – is heading to Wollongong.

27 May to 3 June to commemorate the significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively. We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation.

Music therapy‘Music therapy helps to calm people with dementia if they experience states of agitation,’ says Professor Felicity Baker, University of Melbourne. Felicity’s research shows that singing to people with dementia improves their symptoms. ‘This is amazing because dementia is a degenerative disease,’ she says.‘Music also generates autobiographical recall.  If someone with dementia listens to music they know, it stimulates their memories.

Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks, the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol where their last-ditch stand became a symbol of resistance against Moscow’s invasion.

PHILADELPHIA - Business owners on South Street are demanding retooled security measures from the Philadelphia Police Department in the wake of deadly mass shooting that erupted along one of the city's most popular thoroughfares. Authorities say just before midnight a fight between three men escalated to gunfire that left three dead and wounded nearly a dozen others. Two people that police believe fired shots have been arrested and sources say police are searching for at least two others. Philadelphia police say they were operating with increased patrols on South Street last Saturday night in anticipation of large crowds.

CreditCards.com, 73% of Americans said they intend on tipping at a sit-down restaurant. But that number is down 77% compared to tipping numbers in 2019. Fifty-seven percent of respondents to the survey said they will always tip delivery drivers, a 63% decrease from how Americans tipped in 2019. "While more than a third of Americans pledged to become better tippers in 2020 and 2021, it seems that sentiment has worn off," said Ted Rossman, senior industry analyst at CreditCards.com.

Photo via Horry County Sheriff's Office "Tiger King" star Bhagavan "Doc" Antle has been charged with laundering more than half a million dollars, money federal prosecutors said Monday that he believed to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border into the United States.Charges against Antle and Andrew Jon Sawyer, one of Antle's employees at Myrtle Beach Safari, were revealed during a federal court hearing in Florence, South Carolina.According to federal prosecutors, Antle and Sawyer laundered $505,000 over a four-month period by doling out checks from businesses they controlled, receiving a 15% fee of the money that passed through their hands.The checks, prosecutors allege, falsely purported to be payment for construction work at Myrtle Beach Safari but were in reality intended to serve as evidence that the recipients had legitimate income.According to the complaint unsealed in court Monday, Antle discussed his plan to conceal the cash he received by inflating tourist numbers at his 50-acre (20-hectare) wildlife tropical preserve. Prosecutors also said he had previously used bulk cash receipts to purchase animals for which he could not use checks.Records for the Horry County jail show Antle and Sawyer were both arrested Friday.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Atlantic City police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred on Sunday afternoon.On June 5, at around 2:20 p.m., Atlantic City police say they received a call about a man down on Kentucky Avenue in Atlantic City, N.J. Responding officers found the victim, later identified as Dwight Hutchinson, 65, of Atlantic City, unresponsive. Hutchinson was pronounced dead on the scene as authorities say medical personnel were unable to revive him.

The union government is concerned about the sharp spike in covid cases, with new reported cases on Monday doubling to more than 4,500 in the last 24 hours, bringing the active case load to 25,000, the highest in nearly three months. The health ministry has asked states with the highest number of active cases —Maharashtra (6,767), Karnataka (2,414), Kerala (8,835), Delhi (1,445), Uttar Pradesh (892) and Telangana (500)—to take measures to control the surge. Scientists and doctors advised people to wear masks and follow covid- appropriate measures.

BENGALURU : As Karnataka's capital city Bengaluru is seeing a significant rise in Covid cases, the civic body in the city has made wearing of masks mandatory in public places and decided. According to the state health department, Bengaluru urban district reported 100 new infections in a 24-hour-period on 23 May, which has more than doubled to 291 on Sunday, the state health department said in its daily health bulletin.

CAPE MAY COUNTY, N.J. - An unexpected - a possibly unwanted - visitor made its way to the Jersey shore this weekend!Beach goers were buzzing after a 12-foot-long great white shark was spotted in Cape May County on Saturday.Jim Piazza came across the "very large" shark while fishing less than a mile off Townsends Inlet, which is between Sea Isle and Avalon.It can be seen swimming alongside Piazza's boat in a video posted to the U. S.

Missouri firefighters were able to save five baby ducks.

RELATED: California's two largest reservoirs at 'critically low' levels"So, you know, as we move into these uncertain times with drought and climate change, that we know that we're doing everything we can to protect ourselves," Rickert told FOX 21 News Colorado. "You get that orographic lift from the mountains that brings the solution up into the cloud and then creates snowflakes," he continued. According to the news outlet, in 2020, extra snow from cloud-seeding generated over 300-thousand gallons of water.From the Pacific Northwest to the Colorado River Basin, irrigation districts already are warning farmers to expect less this year despite growing demands fueled by ever-drying conditions. Climate experts say March marked the third straight month of below-average precipitation across the U.S.

₹1,768 whereas that of Inox Leisure declined over 4% to ₹480 apiece on the BSE in Monday's trading session. India's covid tally crossed 4,000-mark after nearly 3 months.

Mumbai also recorded one Covid related death and 374 recoveries in the past twenty four hours. See Mumbai's Covid-19 case numbers here#COVID19 | 961 new cases, 374 recoveries, and 1 death reported in Mumbai today.Active cases at 4,880 pic.twitter.com/jQ6RIxXVkO It has been evident that the total number of cases in Mumbai within the first five days of June is more than double the total number of cases in March (1,519), almost 60% of the April cases (1,795) and over 50% of the May burden (5838) Mumbai's Covid-19 numbers have been a cause of concern for the state authorities as it accounts for almost 60% of the state's total cases.  On Saturday, 889 people – highest across Maharashtra – had tested positive for Covid-19 across Mumbai.

Maharashtra – tested positive for Covid-19 across Mumbai in 24 hours. Navi Mumbai municipal corporation reported 104 new cases while Thane and Pune city added 91 and 68 cases, respectively. The city had recorded 846 cases on 4 February, after which the cases declined.

London has died of Covid-19 in Moscow, according to reports.Dmitri Kovtun was one of two men who a UK inquiry ruled had poisoned Litvinenko’s tea with a rare radioactive substance back in 2006.Reports from state-owned Russian news agency Tass said Kovtun contracted coronavirus before dying in a Moscow hospital.Kovtun, along with Andrei Lugovoi, was accused of being behind Litvinenko’s assassination 16 years ago at the Millennium Hotel in Mayfair.Reports said Tass cited Lugovoi, now a member of Russia’s parliament, as saying that he was mourning the death of a “close and faithful friend”.A British public inquiry concluded in 2016 that the killing of the outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium-210, had “probably” been carried out with the approval of the Russian president.The inquiry found the two Russian men had deliberately poisoned Litvinenko by putting the radioactive substance into his drink at the central London hotel, leading to an agonising death.The European Court of Human Rights also ruled last year, following a case brought by the deceased’s widow, Marina Litvinenko, that Russia was responsible for his killing.Russia has always denied any involvement in the death and had refused to comply with international arrest warrants issued for Kovtun and Lugovoi.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A 911 dispatcher has been fired for reportedly hanging up on a Tops supermarket employee, calling for help during a mass shooting where 10 Black people were killed last month in Buffalo, New York."The individual, who was the subject of a disciplinary hearing…is no longer employed as a police complaint writer for Erie County," spokesperson Peter Anderson with The Office of the Erie County Executive confirmed to FOX Television Stations.The dispatcher had been placed on administrative leave "pending a disciplinary hearing."An internal investigation into the incident began the day after the shooting on May 15, and the individual was placed on administrative leave on May 16, Anderson told FOX News. RELATED: Buffalo mass shooting: Payton Gendron targeted Black neighborhood, officials say"Of note, the employee[']s action had no bearing on the dispatching of the call. The first call was dispatched for an immediate police response in approximately 30 seconds," Anderson told the outlet. According to FOX News, A Tops employee named Latisha told WGRZ that when an 18-year-old shooting suspect arrived at the supermarket on the afternoon of May 14 and began his rampage that eventually killed 10 Black individuals in what FBI Director Christopher Wray is calling "a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism," she tried to call 911 for help."I tried to call 911, and I was whispering because I could hear him close by," Latisha told the outlet.

Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter is a step closer to completion as the regulatory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 officially expired on Friday. The HSR requires companies to give advance notice of transactions above a certain threshold to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice. The agencies have 30 days from the notification to pursue an initial investigation of the transaction to determine whether additional information is needed to assess its legality.

Police investigate Walmart robbery in Delaware.  NEW CASTLE, Del. - An investigation is underway after a Walmart robbery in New Castle Friday night.Delaware State Police say two masked men in their 20s stole money from a Walmart on Wilton Boulevard around 6 p.m.The two men reportedly tried to make small purchase at one checkout lane.Police say when the cashier opened the register, one suspect held the drawer open.