Nova Scotia to spend $21M on new laptops for school students learning from home Nova Scotia says $500,000 will be used to help fund the province’s School Healthy Eating Program, which has seen increased demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.Another $1 million will go to the emergency food response fund to quickly respond to the food needs of students if they need to transition to home-learning.The province also says it will install approximately 950 touchless water stations in every school in the province at a cost of $3.8 million.Since December 2019, the province has provided bottled water to schools as a result of high levels of lead in drinking water.A groundbreaking investigation by Global News, the Star Halifax, Concordia University’s.

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Rita Ora makes yet another public apology for second breach of UK’s COVID rules

Pop star Rita Ora has been forced to apologise for a second time for breaching COVID restrictions in the UK.

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Letitia Wright deletes social media after sharing anti-COVID vaccine video

skepticism about a coronavirus vaccine. The “Black Panther” star, 27, appears to have deleted her Instagram and Twitter accounts following the controversy, which saw internet trolls asking Marvel to fire her for being a “stupid bitch.” Searching for Wright’s Twitter account results in a “This account doesn’t exist” message.At first, Wright seemed to take the criticism in stride, making light of the internet’s penchant for cancel culture.

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Positive COVID-19 cases identified at 4 schools in Middlesex-London

COVID-19 at four schools in the region.There are three cases within the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB): one at Westmount Public School, another at C.C. Carrothers Public School and a third at Westminster Secondary School.

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Romania's opposition Social Democrats win national election

BUCHAREST – Romania’s opposition Social Democrats have taken a surprise lead over the governing National Liberals after a parliamentary election but appear less likely to emerge on top in what promises to be prolonged post-election wrangling to form a new coalition government. With 95% of ballots counted Monday, the populist, corruption-prone and fiscally reckless Social Democrat Party (PSD) had around 30% of the vote, with the reformist center-right National Liberal Party trailing them by about 5%.

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Weather Authority: Partly sunny skies to follow Monday's cold start

PHILADELPHIA - Monday was off to a cold start Monday morning with temperatures below freezing for most of the Delaware Valley.FOX 29's Scott Williams says not to expect today's temperatures to get much warmer with highs forecasted to reach the low 40s.A system bringing some snow and rain to the area will stay to our south, leaving us with partly cloudy skies.Tuesday and Wednesday will bring similar conditions with some more sun and temperatures below freezing to start the day.For the latest forecasts and conditions, download the FOX 29 Weather Authority app.___AdvertisementFor the latest local news, sports and weather, download the FOX 29 News app.DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APPSign up for emails from FOX 29, including our daily Good Day Digest

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China getting ready for large-scale covid vaccination

China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country's 1.4 billion people.Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said during a UN meeting last week, as Britain approved emergency use of Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine candidate and providers scrambled to set up distribution.Even without final approval, more than 1 million health care workers and others in China who are deemed at high risk of infection have received experimental vaccines under emergency use permission.

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Stressful school year continues as Montgomery County heads back to classroom

LOWER MERION, Pa. - In Montgomery County, the two-week mandate for schools to teach fully online expires Monday. It will be up to each district to determine how to proceed with instruction. Families are feeling the stress, trying to keep up with the changes and switch of policies. “It’s been very hectic for the kids, not knowing if they are actually going to remote or actually going to go be in class,” said Josh Novodor, a father of three students.

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China readies for large-scale coronavirus vaccine rollout

China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country’s 1.4 billion people.Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said during a U.N. meeting last week, as Britain approved emergency use of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine candidate and providers scrambled to set up distribution.Even without final approval, more than 1 million health care workers and others in China who are deemed at high risk of infection have received experimental vaccines under emergency use permission.

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China's Sinovac secures $500 million in funding for Covid-19 vaccine development

COVID-19 vaccine development.In a statement on its website, the company said it expects to be able to manufacture 300 million vaccine doses annually, and that it aims to complete construction of a second production facility by the end of 2020 to increase annual COVID-19 vaccine production capacity to 600 million doses.Sinovac said the investor is Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Jarome who? Boston TV station unknowingly interviews hockey legend Iginla about the weather

Hockey Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla.Iginla appeared in a Saturday segment on Boston 25 News that covered a wintry storm that hit Massachusetts this weekend.“I like the winter, but not necessarily this — this might be a little too much,” Iginla said.Is it just me, or was this Jarome Iginla being interviewed at a rest area during storm coverage and Ch. 25 might not have realized it? @NicoleOliverio pic.twitter.com/F43BCYeqg2— Jim Clark (@In_The_Slot) December 6, 2020Iginla grew up in St.

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Nova Scotia reports 1 case of COVID-19 at an elementary school in Dartmouth

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]In the meantime, students and staff will receive an update Wednesday.As with any positive case, public health said it will be in touch with any close contacts of this case and advise of next steps.“Everyone who is a close contact will be notified, tested and asked to self-isolate for 14 days,” health officials said.

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Moscow aims to vaccinate 7 million as Russia reports record rise in covid cases

MOSCOW : Moscow wants to vaccinate up to seven million people, its Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, as Russia on Sunday reported yet another record high number of new COVID-19 cases.Moscow began distributing its Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday to the most exposed groups, marking Russia's first large-scale vaccination against the disease."In prospect, we have to vaccinate six to seven million people," Sobyanin told state TV Rossiya-1 in an interview published on Sunday.Russia reported a record daily increase of 29,039 new cases, taking the national total to 2,460,770 since the pandemic began, while the official national death toll rose to 43,141.Russia, which has the world's fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases, puts high

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Alberta Health Minister: ‘the main worry at this time is social gatherings’

Tyler Shandro, Alberta’s health minister, tells Mercedes Stephenson on ‘The West Block’ the province has directed its measures at social gatherings to try and curb the spread of COVID-19.

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Haskins & Talgo: Coronavirus school closings are hurting students — it’s time to reopen

Children throughout the U.S. are being harmed by being kept out of school in response to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the overwhelming majority don’t face a significant risk from the virus.

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US star soprano misses La Scala gala season-open debut

MILAN – Soprano Lisette Oropesa was to be the first American to sing a title role in the gala season opener at La Scala since Maria Callas in the 1950s. Then Italy’s virus cases surged.An outbreak in both La Scala’s chorus and its orchestra forced the country’s premier opera house to cancel for the first time one of the top events on Europe's cultural calendar.Oropesa is now set to be one of more than 20 opera stars, among them Placido Domingo, Roberto Alagna and Piotr Beczała, recording arias and duets from the tiered theater for a broadcast gala event marking the traditional Dec.

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Coronavirus vaccines: China prepares large-scale rollout of domestically made vaccines

PTI.Health experts say even if they are successful, the certification process for the United States, Europe, Japan and other developed countries might be too complex for them to be used there.However, China said it will ensure the products are affordable for developing countries.Mainland China reports 18 new casesMainland China reported 18 new Covid-19 cases on 5 December, up from 17 cases from a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Sunday.The National Health Commission said in a statement that 17 of the new cases were imported infections.

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China prepares large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccines

TAIPEI – Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country's 1.4 billion people.Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said Thursday during a U.N. meeting, as Britain issued approval for emergency use of Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine candidate and providers scrambled to set up distribution.China's fledgling pharmaceutical industry has at least five vaccines from four producers being tested in more than a dozen countries including Russia, Egypt and Mexico.

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US sets another record for Covid cases in one day

For the third day in a row, the United States on Saturday notched a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, reaching nearly 230,000 new infections, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

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Coronavirus: Tenants call on landlords and province to step up, offer rent relief programs

Canada’s coronavirus rent subsidy program kicks off The ongoing dispute has led to some solidarity strikers withholding their rent payments in support of those who are behind on rent because of the mounting struggles attributed to COVID-19 and government shutdowns.“Right now, organized tenants have a responsibility to sort out the immediate situation we are in,” said Bryan Doherty, a Parkdale tenant and organizer. “This is why we are calling on MetCap CEO Brent Merrill to meet with us this Saturday for a real conversation.

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SJHL season paused until 2021 due to COVID-19

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League players have returned home for what will be an early and extended holiday break.

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Another ‘Walk of Freedom’ march in Calgary to protest government COVID-19 restrictions

COVID-19.Sorry for the video quality. But here’s another angle from the front.

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Surrey beefing up school COVID-19 exposure notification protocol

COVID-19 exposures.The new protocol will see the district send out three different types of notification letters.Under the former protocol, a single letter was sent out to all families of a school if there was a possible exposure on the property.Significant changes coming today to @Fraserhealth school exposure protocols. Now specifically informing people in a class whether they have been exposed or not exposed.

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CRISPR and another genetic strategy fix cell defects in two common blood disorders

Jocelyn KaiserIt is a double milestone: new evidence that cures are possible for many people born with sickle cell disease and another serious blood disorder, beta-thalassemia, and a first for the genome editor CRISPR.In today’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and tomorrow at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, teams report that two strategies for directly fixing malfunctioning blood cells have dramatically improved the health of a handful of people with these genetic diseases. One relies on CRISPR, marking the first inherited disease treated with the powerful tool created just 8 years ago.

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Twitter weighs in on whether Trump could be banned after leaving office

US President Donald Trump listens during a Medal of Freedom ceremony for retired football Lou Holtz in the Oval Office of the White House December 3, 2020, in Washington, DC.

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Weather Authority: Morning rain leads to cloudy, gusty Saturday

PHILADELPHIA - Showers that soaked the region overnight will begin to pull offshore during the morning and lead to a cloudy Saturday with some powerful wind gusts. Rain will taper off around noon as the system moves towards New England to become a nor'easter. As the showers pull away cloud cover will remain and gusty conditions will set in. DOWNLOAD THE FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPFOX 29 meteorologist Scott Williams says winds will gust between 30 and 40 MPH in most spots.

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US ends 5 cultural programs with China in further escalation

new visa restrictions announced by Washington limiting stays in the U.S. by members of China's Communist Party and signal further erosion in relations with Beijing in the final weeks of President Donald Trump's time in office.

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High court to decide whether Nazi art case stays in US court

WASHINGTON – Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million.Over a steak dinner at a New York City restaurant in the 1990s he had asked his mother about his grandfather, a prominent art dealer who fled Germany after Adolf Hitler came to power. “What was grandpa most proud of in his business?” he asked.“He was very, very proud to have acquired the Guelph Treasure, and then was forced to sell it to the Nazis,” she told him.That conversation set Leiber, of West Hollywood, California, on a decadeslong mission to reclaim some 40 pieces of the Guelph Treasure on display in a Berlin museum.

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COVID-19 staffing crunch forces Vancouver Catholic school online

COVID-19.In a letter to parents, Our Lady of Perpetual Help said all learning would be conducted virtually from next Tuesday until Dec. 18.

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Weather Authority: Spotty showers Friday become widespread overnight

PHILADELPHIA - Rainfall will become more widespread overnight Saturday as heavy rain moves in just before midnight.Showers, which could bring downpours in some areas, will last throughout Saturday morning and into the afternoon. DOWNLOAD THE FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPShowers will begin to pull away in the afternoon and lead to calm overnight conditions from Saturday into Sunday. Sunshine will return on Sunday to help the region dry out from the soaking rain.

Coronavirus: Toronto Public Health updates school screening criteria for local schools

Officials in Toronto have announced updated screening guidelines for children. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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Montgomery County school districts making their own decisions on return to in-person learning

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - Two weeks of required remote learning is up for Montgomery County school. So will students be heading back to the classrom? Well, it’s up to the school districts.At a Montgomery County elementary school, the welcome back sign is already posted.One North Penn second grader goes back early next week and her mom is pleased.“I’m happy that the county allowed the districts to go ahead and make that decision for themselves.

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Ontario government announces $20 million to spur apprenticeships in skilled trades

Ontario to spend $37M to train ‘in-demand’ skilled workers The program is intended to help small- and medium-sized employers cover the costs of training and sponsoring apprentices.Funding for the program is tied to a recovery plan announced in the 2020 Ontario budget aimed at repairing the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.Hearing from @MonteMcNaughton this morning where the Labour Minister is announcing $20M for a group sponsorship grant aimed at helping small- and medium-sized employers hire and train more apprentices #LdnOnt pic.twitter.com/0mMSQbnu0Q— Andrew Graham (@andrewjwgraham) December 4, 2020Applications for the grant program opened on Friday.

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COVID-19: 2nd case reported at St. Paul Catholic Elementary School in Norwood

COVID-19 this week has been reported at St. Paul Catholic Elementary School in Norwood, Ont.Principal Derek Abrams issued another letter to parents and staff, noting that Peterborough Public Health confirmed a second case.

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Saint-Lazare parents fuming over handling of COVID-19 outbreak at school

COVID-19 at the school, and according to them, the situation is out of control. Quebec government outlines holiday plans with schools to close early to allow for 4 days of family gatherings “I don’t think that the kids are safe in any way,” said Seguin.According to the Lester B.

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States submit coronavirus vaccine orders amid surging death toll

LOS ANGELES - States faced a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths, while hospitals were pushed to the breaking point — with the worst feared yet to come.The number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 hit an all-time high in the U.S. on Thursday at 100,667, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

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Singer from Montreal’s south shore becomes social media sensation

Bohemian Rhapsody to Jump by Van Halen.But this week, 39-year-old Robitaille posted a video that struck a chord with social media influencers.He made a cover video of the popular 90s song, Pump up the Jam by Technotronic. His dog, Suki made an appearance in his video.“The one perfect take was when my dog decided to pop into the scene and photo bombed,” he said.

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Coronavirus: Entire class at Kelowna elementary school told to self-isolate after exposure case

Central Okanagan school has been told to self-isolate following a potential exposure case.On Thursday night, Central Okanagan Public Schools announced single exposure cases at three Kelowna schools: Casorso Elementary, Watson Road Elementary and KLO Middle School.On Friday, the school district gave more information regarding the Casorso exposure, stating a full class is being excluded from school. Coronavirus — List of B.C.

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States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows

States faced a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths, while hospitals were pushed to the breaking point — with the worst feared yet to come.The number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 hit an all-time high in the U.S. on Thursday at 100,667, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

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Coronavirus cases climb by another 10,000 in Florida; unemployment claims expected to follow

ORLANDO, Fla. – Even with word of a coronavirus vaccine being just around the corner, the reminders of the pandemic are still showing.The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell, as the nation celebrated Thanksgiving last week, to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intensified viral outbreak.“Thanksgiving seasonals likely explain the drop” in jobless claims last week, said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, in a research note.

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Alberta sets another daily COVID-19 record with 1,854 new cases

There were 1,854 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta on Thursday, bringing the active case total to 17,743. This includes 511 people in hospital and 97 in ICU. Julia Wong has the details from Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s update.

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Nova Scotia reports new COVID-19 case at Park West School in Halifax

COVID-19 connected to a primary school in Halifax. The case, located at Park West School, is one of the 15 new cases reported on Friday.Health officials say the individual who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus was not in school on Friday and is self-isolating. Nova Scotia reports 15 new COVID-19 cases Friday Officials are working to identify any students or staff who may have been in close contact with the individual.

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Toronto Public Health updates school screening tool for COVID-19

COVID-19 screening tool for schools, which now includes any student with one symptom must stay home, siblings included.One new requirement is that if a student has even one coronavirus symptom they must stay home, self-isolate and get tested, Toronto Public Health said in a release issued Friday.If the student lives with siblings in the same household, they also must all self-isolate, TPH added. Toronto school with 26 COVID-19 cases temporarily closing as 3 teachers refuse work Use of the new COVID-19 screening tool starts on Monday, Dec.

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Another COVID-19 outbreak declared at school in Waterloo Region, 3rd in a week

COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a school in the region, according to the Waterloo Region District School Board.On Thursday night, the board announced the latest outbreak at Elmira District Secondary School. COVID-19 outbreak declared at Cambridge elementary school It says a student in a cohort that was asked to isolate last week has tested positive for the coronavirus.The WRDSB says some additional students have been asked to isolate as a result of the new positive test but no other staff members have been affected.COVID-19 outbreaks were also declared at Clemens Mill Public School on Wednesday and William G.

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Virginia school district to spend nearly $450G on building name changes amid coronavirus pandemic

A Virginia school district voted to change the names of a few schools at a cost nearing half a million dollars -- a sum that one board member believes would be better spent on resources for students during the coronavirus pandemic. The Portsmouth School Board voted 8-1 Thursday night to change the names of Woodrow Wilson High School, John Tyler Elementary School and James Hurst Elementary School.

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20 million Americans could get coronavirus vaccine this year: FDA chief

coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and 20 million Americans could be vaccinated this year, its commissioner said on Friday.FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn declined to give a specific timeline of how long approval of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech would take but said that he hoped there would be a decision by the regulator in December. Coronavirus cases surge in U.S.

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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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