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16.03.2022 / 07:39

Notorious Scots thug caused Covid scare at wedding venue hours before ceremony

A notorious thug caused a Covid scare at a wedding venue just hours before a couple's big day - after sleeping in the venue while infected with the deadly virus.

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Most Canadian provinces have ‘roared back’ amid disappearing COVID deficits: report

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Provinces sitting on millions in COVID-19 funds for long-term care homes: CCPA

COVID-19 in long-term care homes, according to a new report.The study published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) on Tuesday found that six out of 10 provinces — Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta — have not been able to access the full amount of federal LTC funds because of that.

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Canada’s top paid CEOs will earn the average yearly income by noon on Jan. 4: report

Top CEOs have already made average Canadian’s salary in 2020: report “There’s a real golden cushion for a lot of these CEOs, who have seen years of outrageous pay, this will cushion them and their wealth in a sense, but for many of them they will actually see an increase in their pay because their stock has done fairly well during the pandemic,” said David Macdonald, the report’s author and senior economist for the CCPA.According to Macdonald, most CEO pay is not in salary, but is handed out to them in bonuses and that because of this, it wouldn’t be possible yet to calculate how much they made in the most recent year.

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Travellers leave human poo in bushes after being kicked off Covid-19 test site

Covid-19 testing site. A mass-clean up operation is underway after rubbish including soiled nappies, loo roll and human waste was found.Bailliffs were brought in to move the families on from Uttxoxeter Racecourse in Staffordshire after they set up an illegal camp last week.Poo was found in the bushes despite the course having provided the group with their own toilet facilities.

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Poverty in Canada was bad pre-coronavirus. Experts worry what will come next

coronavirus pandemic has created an economic crisis — one that experts are increasingly concerned could push more people into poverty.Many organizations have warned about the disproportionate impact of the virus, but the United Nations took it one step further Friday, cautioning that the “worst impacts of the crisis on poverty are still to come.”It’s something Canadian experts are worried about, too.

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Good Samaritans save family stranded in flood waters during Tropical Storm Isaias in Chester County

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. - A group of Good Samaritans jumped into action to save a family as their car nearly got swept away during Tropical Storm Isaias in Chester County."We see this dad holding a baby a good 15 feet from the car almost being swept away. We're screaming at him.

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Taylor Wimpey donate £250 to West Lothian-based community development trust

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey at Heartlands has donated £250 to the Whitburn and District Community Development Trust.The company made the donation following an appeal from the organisation to help stock the Community Fridge project in the current health emergency.The Community Fridge offers access for everyone in the community to surplus, nutritious food.Local people take what they need and simply donate what they can afford.

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Community Fridge is providing essential lifeline during lockdown

Little did staff at Whitburn’s Community Development Trust know just how vital their community fridge would become when they launched it at the start of the year.

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