The colder weather may be encroaching, but there’s still no firm end date for the Rossdale encampment. As Vinesh Pratap explains, it comes despite the fact the City of Edmonton is just a couple of weeks away from opening a temporary pandemic accommodation for those sleeping rough..

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Activation of COVID-19 surge measures in Edmonton should be a warning to everyone: infection disease specialist

Dr. Craig Jenne, an infectious disease specialist from the University of Calgary, joins Global News to discuss the COVID-19 situation in Alberta as cases continue to rise.

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Study explores why COVID-19 pandemic led to increase in overdose deaths

The recent health pandemic has led to an increase in overdose deaths, and a new published research explores why that is. As Alexa MacLean reports, researchers say unless there’s systematic change, the overdose death toll will continue to rise.

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Sask. Party candidate on plans to address economy

Saskatchewan Party candidate for Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota Bronwyn Eyre joins Global News Morning with her party’s plans to address the economy.

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Coronavirus Scotland: 28 new deaths recorded as fatalities surge across country

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 28 new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland overnight, the highest daily figure since May 21, the Scottish Government has announced.Another 1,739 Scots have also tested positive for the virus as cases continue to rise across the country.Some 873 patients are currently being treated in hospital, an increase of 49 overnight, while 73 remain in intensive care.In Ayrshire and Arran, a further 105 positive cases have been recorded.It comes as Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the closure of pubs and restaurants in Ayrshire will be extended by a week.Along with other high risk regions in the Central Belt, the Scottish Government said

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Is moving out of the city worth it? A money expert breaks it down

As more Canadians are forced to work from home, finance expert Kelley Keehn breaks down the factors you need to consider if you’re thinking about selling your home and moving out of the city.

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Stampede kills 11 Afghans seeking visas to leave country

KABUL – At least 11 women were trampled to death when a stampede broke out Wednesday among thousands of Afghans waiting in a soccer stadium to get visas to leave the country, officials said.Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of the eastern Nangarhar province, said another 13 people, mostly women, were injured at the stadium, where they were trying to get visas to enter neighboring Pakistan.

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Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan on plans for economy

Buffalo Party of Saskatcheawn Leader and Martensville-Warman candidate Wade Sira joins Global News Morning to discuss how his party plans to address the economy.

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House fails to override Wolf's restaurant capacity veto

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG, Pa. - The state House narrowly failed Tuesday to override last week's veto by Pennsylvania's governor of a bill that would have let restaurants reopen at full capacity in some circumstances.The override required two-thirds approval to be sent to the Senate, but it failed on a vote of 133-69.It would have allowed taverns and restaurants to operate at half of capacity, or more if they met state and federal social distancing standards or erected appropriate barriers.Minority Leader Frank Dermody, D-Allegheny, warned the legislation would put patrons and restaurant workers at risk.Dermody said the higher capacity limits would not have required federal or state approval if barriers

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Hospitality restrictions set to continue for another week amid Covid deaths jump

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Restrictions on hospitality businesses in place across the Forth Valley will remain in place until the start of next month.The measures, which have seen licensed premises across the region forced to close their doors, have been in place since October 9.Rules against household visits will also remain in place until at least the new date.The new timetable is set to coincide with the publication of a new 'levels' system - similar to the tiered system already in place in England - on Friday, with amended measures related to the tiers set to be introduced from November 2.Council areas with the highest rate of infections risk being placed in the top tier -

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Spain's parliament debates no-confidence vote to oust govt

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is facing a no-confidence debate in parliament brought by the nation’s far-right Vox party, but it appears the maneuver lacks the necessary votes to topple the government. The parliament is hearing arguments for and against the motion on Wednesday before a vote scheduled for Thursday.

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Worsening opioid crisis overshadowed in presidential race

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Like millions of Americans, Diane Urban watched the first presidential debate last month at home with her family.

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Possible €1,000 fines for house party organisers

People who organise or host house parties, or other gatherings that break new Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions, could face a fine of up to €1,000, or imprisonment for a month, under proposed legislation.

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The Latest: Modi urges Indians to keep up masks, distancing

Leaders in US, Europe divided on response to surging virus— From Detroit to Oakland, pandemic threatens urban renewal— McConnell warns White House against COVID relief deal— Some teenage girls in Nairobi have turned to sex work to help feed their families. They cannot remember how many men they have had to sleep with since their schools closed this year.

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Lives Lost: Hawaii football coach who prepped kids for life

HONOLULU – Honolulu football coach Willie Talamoa bought his players cleats, drove them to practice and often stayed late to talk with those having trouble in school. For Talamoa, his actions weren’t just about football.

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Democrats: Justices' 4-4 tie in election case ominous sign

WASHINGTON – With Amy Coney Barrett expected to join the Supreme Court as early as next week, the court's action in a Pennsylvania voting case has heightened fears among Democrats about the court being asked to decide a post-election dispute and with it, the winner of the White House.The justices split 4-4 Monday over a Republican plea to undo a state court order and force elections officials to ignore absentee ballots received after Election Day, Nov. 3.

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'So much work to do': How Biden is planning for transition

WASHINGTON – If Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump next month, he'll quickly face a new challenge: standing up a new administration to lead a divided nation through a series of historic crises.After making Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic a centerpiece of his campaign, Biden will have to show that his team can better handle the public health calamity.

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Coronavirus: Edmonton doctor raises contact tracing concerns

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.

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Active covid cases in India decline further as recovery rate inches up

covid tally to 7.6 million, informed the health ministry. India recorded 717 new deaths, toll death count mounted to 1,15,914.India total active cases are 7,40,090 after a decrease of 8,448 in last 24 hours.

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SpaceX launch to not take place on original date, new date to be announced

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Kennedy Space Center officials announced SpaceX is no longer targeting an Oct.

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12 floors of Stantec Tower in downtown Edmonton converted to rental suites

It was supposed to be home to hundreds of luxury condos, but now 12 floors of Stantec Tower have been converted to rentals. As Kendra Slugoski explains, the ICE District says it’s responding to COVID-19 economic uncertainly affecting real estate demand.

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Rossdale residents speak out amid increase in crime, social disorder

Some Rossdale residents are speaking out, calling for more to be done to deal with rising social disorder and crime in their community. As Vinesh Pratap explains, the area between downtown and the river has drawn attention since a homeless camp opened there earlier this year.

PM vows covid vaccine for every Indian

covid-19 vaccine, whenever available, reaches each and every Indian as soon as possible, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.Modi said in a televised address to the nation that as people work on a war-footing the world over to save humanity from covid-19, India, too, is actively engaged in vaccine development. He said Indian scientists are in the process of developing several vaccines that are at different stages of clinical trials and the results seem encouraging.Modi cautioned the nation that until there is a vaccine for covid-19, the guard against the disease shouldn’t be lowered.

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Brits facing coronavirus curfew in Spain as government plans state of emergency

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B.C. reports 167 new COVID-19 cases, one new death

COVID-19 on Tuesday and one new death.Tuesday marked the fifth consecutive day when the province reported more than 150 new cases.There are 1,688 active cases in the province, an increase of 49 from Monday.The death brings the provincial COVID-19 death toll to 254.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Sixty-nine people were in hospital with COVID-19, an increase of two from the last report on Monday. Eighteen patients are in intensive care.

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COVID-19 activity intensifies in more US states, Europe

As illnesses rise in the third spike in US COVID-19 activity, five more states were added to the White House coronavirus task force's red zone list, and, at the global level, the pandemic picked up more steam in Europe.

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Edmonton weather forecast: Monday, October 19, 2020

Here’s Jesse Beyer’s Monday, October 19, 2020 evening weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.

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Studies offer little hope for tocilizumab in treating COVID

JAMA Internal Medicine today published a trio of studies on use of the immunosuppressive drug tocilizumab in COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, one of them a large US observational study that suggested some promise and two randomized clinical trials from Italy and France that found no benefit.

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More Wyoming Coronavirus-Related Deaths Confirmed

• An adult Fremont County woman died earlier this month. The woman had been hospitalized out of state and was known to have health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.

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Doctor asks court to dismiss murder indictment in 25 deaths

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lawyers for the Ohio hospital doctor charged with murder in 25 patient deaths accused the prosecutor of misconduct and asked Tuesday that the court dismiss the indictment handed up by a grand jury.Former intensive care doctor William Husel is accused of ordering excessive painkillers for patients who died shortly thereafter in the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System.

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19-year-old who shot and killed Florida K-9 asks judge for leniency after pleading guilty

(Jacksonville Sheriff's Office) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A 19-year-old man who fatally shot a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office K-9 named Fang two years ago faces up to 35 years in prison when a judge sentences him next week.During a two-hour hearing on Monday, the defense attorney for Jhamel Malik Paskel asked Circuit Judge Gilbert Feltel Jr. for leniency, the Florida Times-Union reported.Paskel offered an apology, saying he was standing before the court “as a man ready to take responsibility” for mistakes he made as a child.RELATED: Jacksonville K-9 dog killed by carjacking suspect“I would like to offer my apologies and condolences to Officer Herrera for not only the killing of his K-9 partner Fang, but his best friend,” Paskel said.

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Woman In Her 30s Dies Of Coronavirus — While Aboard Airplane

Yet another life has been lost to COVID-19. But this wasn’t isolated in a hospital…

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17 new coronavirus cases, 1 additional death confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, local total reaches 1,181

coronavirus cases and one additional COVID-19 death on Tuesday, bringing the local total number of cases to 1,181, including 47 deaths.Three of the new cases are in Barrie, while three are in Bradford, three are in Innisfil and three are in New Tecumseth. The rest are in Adjala-Tosorontio, Essa, Oro-Medonte and Ramara.

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Ottawa reports 78 new coronavirus cases, 1 death

Ottawa Public Health is reporting 78 new coronavirus cases and one additional death.The city has now seen a total of 6,166 confirmed cases, with 745 of them considered active and 5,117 resolved.Meanwhile, the city’s death toll stands at 304. Ontario reports 821 new coronavirus cases with only just over 24K tests processed There are 46 people in hospital with the virus with six in intensive care.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The figures were pulled at 2 p.m.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says Canada has surpassed 200,000 COVID-19 cases

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday that Canada has now surpassed 200,000 COVID-19 cases with almost 22,000 active cases.

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Miami officer to be disciplined after wearing Trump mask at early voting site while in uniform

(@stevesimeonidis via Storyful) MIAMI - A uniformed police officer in Miami is under investigation after he was photographed wearing a pro-Trump mask at an early voting site.The photo was taken on Monday, the first day of early voting, by Steve Simeonidis, the chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party.The photo showed Officer Daniel Ubeda wearing the face-covering at the Miami Government Center. The mask read, "Trump 2020, no more bull----."RELATED: Florida municipal worker suspended for flying Trump flag from government truck“This is city-funded voter intimidation,” Simeonidis tweeted.

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School closures due to COVID-19 ‘should be off the table,’ Gov. Ron DeSantis says

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Maps show where coronavirus is spreading fastest as 'circuit breaker' rejected

New maps show the areas where coronavirus is spreading fastest - as a senior medical figure rejected calls for a circuit-breaker lockdown.

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Family of slain Saudi journalist sues Saudi Crown Prince

WASHINGTON – The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of personally ordering Khashoggi's brutal execution in order to silence the high-profile government critic. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Khashoggi's fiancee Hatice Cengiz and Democracy for the Arab World Now or DAWN, the human rights organization that Khashoggi founded shortly before his death.

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Coronavirus cases in this state reach record high over the weekend

Missouri reported a record number of coronavirus cases over the weekend. The Show-Me State on Saturday reported a record of some 2,357 new cases of COVID-19, the Associated Press reported. An estimated 1,768 new cases were reported on Sunday. As of Tuesday morning, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying more than 8,214,754 illnesses and at least 220,133 deaths.

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Masked pope, faith leaders pray for peace and pandemic's end

ROME – A masked Pope Francis welcomed religious leaders to a socially-distanced interfaith peace prayer Tuesday, appealing for a unified international effort to work for peace and an end to the coronavirus pandemic.Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh and Hindu leaders stood for a minute of silence to pray for all the victims of COVID-19 and a universally available vaccine, as the sun set on the piazza overlooking the Roman Forum. “The pandemic is reminding us that we are blood brothers and sisters,” they said in a joint appeal issued at the end of the service.For weeks, Francis has shunned facemasks in his public and private audiences despite a surge in COVID-19 cases across Italy and even inside Vatican City.

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Train hits, kills 40-year-old man in Marion County

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man hit and killed by a train Tuesday.Detectives investigating the death said Eric Truesdell was found by the tracks near SE 28th Place and SE 5th Terrace. The sheriff’s office released word of his death around midnight Tuesday.DEATH INVESTIGATIONMCSO Detectives are investigating a death that occurred in the area of SE 28th Place and SE 5th Terrace, where a train struck an unidentified person.

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Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19, by Age and Race and Ethnicity — United States, January 26–October 3, 2020

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Florida postal carrier accused of stealing mail-in ballot

MIAMI – A U.S. Postal Service carrier is accused of stealing a Miami-Dade County mail-in ballot, 10 gift cards and four prepaid debit cards earlier this month, federal authorities said.A federal complaint filed by the U.S.

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A different Halloween: Ontarians talk about their plans after the province’s recommendations to not trick-or-treat hotspot regions

After the recommendations from the province asking Ontarians to avoid door-to-door trick-or-treating in COVID-19 hotspots, parents talk about their plans to keep children entertained for Halloween. Miranda Anthistle has the story.

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Coronavirus: Haunted houses still finding ways to scare around COVID-19 precautions

COVID-19.Before the pandemic shook our lives, haunted houses sometimes dipped into the fears of contagion, splashing themed rooms with signs of a viral outbreak, hazmat suits and contamination warnings. A coronavirus Halloween has some parents spooked.

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Ottawa Const. Montsion not guilty on all charges in death of Abdirahman Abdi, judge finds

Abdirahman Abdi in 2016, according to a verdict read Tuesday.Ontario court Judge Robert Kelly said in his judgment that he was left with “reasonable doubt” that Montsion’s actions that day outside Abdi’s Hintonburg apartment led to the 37-year-old Somali-Canadian man’s death.He said the Crown had set out to prove that Montsion had committed an “unlawful act” during Abdi’s arrest, which saw the constable strike Abdi in the face and head multiple times with reinforced gloves.The “thread” running through all three counts Montsion was facing was the question of whether his actions constituted “unjustified assault,” Kelly said.If the Crown could not answer this key question beyond a reasonable doubt, Kelly could not find Montsion guilty, he

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No end date for Rossdale homeless encampment as Edmonton moves forward with housing plans

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