Number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta rises to 1,582 on Wednesday

Queen Elizabeth was photographed for the first time since the public was concerned for her safety.

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Ottawa blockade that has kept the capital at a standstill for nearly three full weeks are calling the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act a scare tactic.Trucks, RVs and other vehicles with Canadian flags or banners with the word “freedom” in giant letters along their front grilles remain on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill, with drivers saying they will stay put until all COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions are lifted.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the act on Monday for the first time in Canadian history, with details of the regulations contained in cabinet orders published Tuesday night.Under the act, bringing children to the antigovernment blockades, participating in the protests directly, or bringing aid such as food or fuel to those involved could result in a fine of up to $5,000 or five years in prison Bringing children, food or fuel to convoy blockades prohibited under Emergencies Act Blockades are not allowed on Parliament Hill and surrounding streets, official residences, war monuments, airports, harbours, border crossings, piers, lighthouses, canals, interprovincial and international bridges, hospitals and COVID-19 vaccine clinics, trade corridors and infrastructure needed for the supply of utilities including power generation and transmission.The cabinet orders are now in effect but must all be confirmed by motions to be put to both the House of Commons and the Senate for a vote.The government could take until next week to table the motion invoking the act itself, but has only until Thursday to do so for the motions on the specific powers being enacted, which will remain in place for 30 days unless the government revokes them sooner.

Freedom Convoy” blockade of downtown Ottawa are being warned by police to “leave the area now” as questions heat up about when police will act to remove the demonstrators who have paralyzed the nation’s capital for 20 days.“You must leave the area now. Anyone blocking streets, or assisting others in the blocking streets, are committing a criminal offence and you may be arrested.

As the Emergencies Act is invoked to stop the convoy protests in Ottawa, the federal government is aiming to cut off the movement’s financial resources.

PHILADELPHIA - The Wells Fargo Center says fans will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination when attending events at the arena.The announcement comes as Philadelphia announced on Wednesday that it was immediately ending the vaccine requirement for establishments that serve food for onsite consumption. The arena fell under the city’s criteria for establishments that were required to ask for proof of vaccination from customers and staff.The vaccine requirement had gone into place on Jan. 3.

Renfrewshire children between the ages of five and 11 are to be offered a Covid-19 vaccine.

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 5,268 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19.

SAN FRANCISCO - Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old, class-action lawsuit over the social media giant’s use of "cookies" in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online — even after they logged off of Facebook.The company, which posted profits of $39.37 billion in 2021, will pay the $90 million settlement to users who previously submitted verified claims, after lawyer fees are deducted. Meta has also agreed to delete all the data it "wrongfully collected" during that period. The proposed settlement was filed late Monday in the U.S.

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Authorities in Bucks County say they are looking to identify and locate a person of interest in a homicide that occurred on Tuesday. Bristol Township police responded to the 700 block of Winder Drive at 7:15 p.m. and found a deceased 78-year-old man inside of a home. After a preliminary investigation, authorities say they identified Brian Joseph Carey, 41, as a person of interest. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office identified Carey as the victim’s stepson.Carey is believed to be driving a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer that belonged to the victim.

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COVID-19 as the province began phasing out its vaccine passport system Wednesday.The daily tally showed pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 1,995, a drop of 57 compared with the previous day. This includes 129 patients in intensive care units, a decrease of three.Officials say 130 people were admitted to hospitals in the past 24-hour period, while 187 were discharged.The province reported 2,328 new novel coronavirus cases, but the number isn’t representative of the situation since only high-risk groups can access government-run screening clinics.On that note, 23,053 tests were administered Monday.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The bicycle ride was hard enough already.And then add in getting charged by a bull.At least two videos have surfaced showing a bull in Bakersfield, Calif., charging a bicyclist, participating in the Rock Cobbler, an 80-mile course described as a "stupidly hard (bike) ride bordering on a race," according to the website.Richard Pepper, who shot one of the videos on Feb. 12, captured the moment a bull charged at a bicyclist, who didn't slow down or swerve on his path, but kept moving in the direction of the large animal, which butted its head twice at the rider, who fell off his bike. SEE ALSO: Video captures flock of birds suddenly falling from the sky in MexicoPepper told Storyful when he got to this part of the trail, there were already about 15 riders stopped because of the bull."More racers were coming in from behind.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia has dropped its vaccine mandate in indoor dining establishments and unveiled a new, multi-tiered system they say will guide decisions on easing - or implementing - restrictions in the future. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole announced the news during Wednesday, amid a recent drop in new cases and positivity rates in the city.Bettigole says the new system, made up of four tiers, will allow officials to use metrics to drive their decisions on COVID-19 restrictions.

Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 78,50,494, said the state health department on Wednesday. 

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Coachella has loosened the reigns on COVID-19 safety even more. In a shocking return to pre-pandemic form, Goldenvoice, the company that produces Coachella, Day N Vegas, Camp Flog Gnaw, and formerly Panorama NYC, has announced that there will now be no protocols in place for the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

A covert operation conducted by an Edmonton security firm determined some protesters occupying the Coutts border had become so emboldened by the blockade’s success they discussed blocking cargo terminals at airports across the country in an ongoing attempt to force a change of government in Ottawa.

Paislee Shultis, a young girl kidnapped two years ago at the age of four, has been found alive in her home state of New York.

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COVID on Wednesday, with 364 in intensive care units as overall figures continue to trend downwards.This is down by 147 hospitalizations but a decrease of 20 in ICUs since the previous day. Last Wednesday, there were 2,059 hospitalizations with 449 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 1,403 people in hospital with COVID-19, 54 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 364 people in ICUs with the virus, 82 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia officials have announced that the city would be ending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for indoor dining under a new, tiered system of safety standards and protective measures.  City leaders and health officials announced the new standards during their weekly briefing on Wednesday as case counts have dropped significantly over the past several weeks.

Statistics Canada says annual pace of inflation topped five per cent for the first time in more than 30 years.The agency says the annual inflation rate rose to 5.1 per cent in January compared with a gain for 4.8 per cent in December.Driving much of the increase in January were prices for housing, gasoline and groceries.

Charles Hamelin added to his Olympic legacy on Wednesday after helping Canada win gold in the men’s 5,000-metre relay speed skating final in Beijing.Hamelin, Steven Dubois, Jordan Pierre-Gilles and Pascal Dion took home the top prize with a time of six minutes 41.25 seconds. South Korea finished with silver after skating 6:41.69, and Italy clocked in at 6:43.431 for bronze.The short-track event was the last Olympic competition for 37-year-old Hamelin, and the medal win places him alongside Cindy Klassen as the most decorated winter Canadian Olympian.“I just think if you put the work in, anything is possible,” Hamelin told reporters after the win.“Finishing on top of the podium with these guys, it is living your dream.”A five-time Olympian, the Sainte-Julie, Que., native has now won six Olympic medals, including four gold, making him Canada’s most decorated male winter Olympian.

COVID-19 has changed the way many people look at the flu and prepare for the season. In June, Alberta Health said it was ordering more doses of the flu vaccine this year with vulnerable populations getting early access.

Halloween is not cancelled and that’s raising spirits in Alberta. But, as Morgan Black explains, each family still has to decide exactly what the holiday will look like in a pandemic.

COVID-19 outbreak at the Edmonton care centre that earlier this year experienced the province’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak.“Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak for the second floor of the care home” reads a post on the Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre‘s website.As of Friday afternoon, the care centre’s website showed the outbreak consisted of two people diagnosed with COVID-19 — both employees at the facility.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“AHS is working with the facility to ensure anyone at risk of exposure is being tested and isolated as appropriate,” Tom McMillan, a spokesperson for Alberta Health, told Global News in an email.“The health and safety of residents and staff is

COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the province’s total number of people who have had or currently have the disease to 18,357.As of Friday afternoon, there were 1,558 active cases. The majority of those cases remained in Alberta’s major cities.

COVID-19 test have five new locations to choose from, depending on where they live, for their test.Walmart pharmacies in four different Alberta cities joined the more than 400 pharmacy locations across the province already offering the tests on Thursday.

list of guidelines to allow people to have a safe Halloween amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.“I have no plans to suggest Alberta cancel Halloween this year. My own children will never forgive me,” Dr.

Foothills Medical Centre due to six COVID-19 outbreaks, according to two unions representing thousands of the Calgary hospital’s employees.In a Thursday update, AHS said one more patient had died as a result of the outbreaks, bringing the total number of deaths to five. Two additional patients were confirmed to have the illness, as well as one more staff member and one more visitor, for a total of 67 cases.

As we near the colder months, the difference between COVID-19 symptoms and having a cold or flu may not be far apart. To aid in the distinction, the province is stepping up its communication efforts to help parents confused about symptoms and sending their kid to school.

main webpage of its K to 12 school re-entry guidance and plan.Alberta Health said the information is not new, adding it was released as part of the safe school relaunch but it is now just easier to find. Coronavirus: What schools in Alberta have COVID-19 outbreaks In point form, the list shows which symptoms require isolation and which do not.

COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon and one additional death linked to the disease.Alberta Health said the person who died was a man in his 80s in Edmonton zone. He was not in continuing care, according to the province.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Health Minister Tyler Shandro will give an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province Monday afternoon.The update, set for 3:30 p.m., will be streamed live in this post when it begins.The pair is expected to give an update on daily testing results from Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

COVID-19 pandemic.“The most important thing that people could do this fall would be to get the flu shot,” Dr. Kirsten Fiest, a professor of epidemiology and critical care medicine at the University of Calgary, said Tuesday.“If they haven’t got it in the past, this would be the year,” Fiest said.

coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total of active cases in the province to 1,497.Of those, 786 are in the Edmonton zone and 518 are in the Calgary zone. Coronavirus: Alberta has 1.02% positivity rate; 4% of schools have active cases There are 16 in the Central zone, 41 in the South zone and 129 in the North zone.

COVID-19 pandemic.Edmonton Public Schools reports having 28 per cent of its students registered for online instruction (29,163 kids), meaning 72 per cent (74,938 kids) are going to school for in-person classes.Edmonton Catholics Schools also reports 28 per cent of its students taking online learning (11,644 kids) and 72 per cent learning in-person (30,315 kids). Coronavirus: What schools in Alberta have COVID-19 outbreaks Both divisions noted that numbers can change throughout the month of September.

Foothills Medical Centre have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 12 staff cases linked to two outbreaks of the virus.An additional 17 patients have fallen ill with the virus, and three others have died. Alberta Health Services didn’t report any additional deaths or patient cases linked to the outbreak on Thursday.

COVID-19 cases, outbreaks and public health measures.Coronavirus: Hinshaw gives green light for indoor children’s play areas to openDr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to speak in Edmonton at 3:30 p.m.Her address will be streamed live in this article post.

Canada ‘on the brink’ of coronavirus surge, second wave underway in some regions: Trudeau Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta, says the province had a clear first wave and there has been, overall, an increase in daily case numbers.“I think it’s an uneasy time.

COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, Alberta Health said Wednesday.There are 59 people in hospital; 13 of whom are in intensive care units.Of the 1,520 current active cases, 821 are in the Edmonton zone and 481 in the Calgary zone.More than 12,317 COVID-19 tests were completed by Alberta labs in the last 24 hours. Coronavirus: 3rd patient dies, patient screening increased amid Foothills hospital outbreaks The province reported two deaths Wednesday, including one that Alberta Health Services confirmed Tuesday was linked to the outbreak at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.

COVID-19 pandemic has played a role in the increase.The province released new numbers Wednesday which show 301 people died of an unintentional opioid poisoning between April 2020 and June 2020 — after the coronavirus pandemic hit.Previously, the highest number of opioid-related deaths recorded in a three-month period in Alberta was 211, according to numbers in the province’s Q2 Opioid Response Surveillance Report which date back to 2015.The province said the report “highlights the stark affects that COVID-19 has had when it comes to unintentional opioid poisoning.”“The past few months have led to increased fear and anxiety, isolation, disruption to in-person services, job uncertainty and more.

The number of positive COVID-19 cases at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre continues to grow. Alberta Health officials revealed Tuesday a second patient connected to the outbreak has died. Jill Croteau reports.

novel coronavirus in relation to the COVID-19 outbreaks at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.An outbreak of the virus was first declared on Sept. 19 in the cardiac unit of the hospital.

coronavirus were confirmed in Alberta on Tuesday. There have now been 16,889 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province.Alberta Health released the updated numbers Tuesday afternoon.