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Thousands tried to visit Canada despite COVID-19 border closure

New figures released by the Canada Border Services Agency shows thousands of foreign nationals tried to enter Canada despite the border being closed to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Le Couteur reports.

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Canada’s tourist ghost-towns

The loss of foreign nationals due to COVID-19 and the Canada-U.S. border closure is driving a downward trend regarding tourism, particularly in Banff, Alberta. Jayme Doll reports.

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Vernon pipe band takes practice on the road to entertain seniors during pandemic

For the last several months residents at Vernon seniors homes have been treated to music courtesy of the Kalamalka Highlanders Pipe Band.Like others with musical gifts, the band has been using their talents to entertain seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic.Instead of their typical Thursday night practice, the group has been playing socially-distanced concerts outside different seniors facilities each week.The tradition started when the group went to play outside the home of a band member’s grandmother.“They seemed to really enjoy it so we just carried on,” drummer Sharon Morrison said.Residents typically watch from outside or on their balconies.“We have such fun doing it,” Morrison said.“It is so lovely to see these people being able to tap

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Quebec’s COVID-19 tally rises again, with 205 new cases reported

With the uptick in coronavirus cases in the province, health authorities are warning that more cases mean more potential outbreaks. Some fear things could get worse very quickly before they get better. Global’s Phil Carpenter has the story.

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Coronavirus case identified at Edinburgh school as pupils told to self-isolate

Edinburgh school has been linked to new coronavirus cases as a second pupil tests positive. Gracemount High School has confirmed a case of Covid-19 with contact tracing measures now in place.

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Strictly Come Dancing in jeopardy as 'crew member tests positive for coronavirus'

Strictly Come Dancing has been thrown into jeopardy amid conflicting reports of a TV crew member testing positive for coronavirus.

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Strictly Come Dancing in chaos as 'crew member diagnosed with Covid-19'

Strictly Come Dancing has been thrown into chaos after a crew member has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The show recently announced the line-up for the 2020 series, set to start next month.According to The Sun, panic soon spread among the professional dancers who were due to start filming in the studios tomorrow.The publication revealed that the lighting expert had worked on the dance competition's set for several days prior to taking the test.

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Strictly Come Dancing in crisis after crew member tests positive for Covid-19

STRICTLY Come Dancing was thrown into disarray tonight after a TV crew member tested positive for coronavirus. Panic spread among the pro dancers, including Katya Jones, who were due to start filming in the studios tomorrow.

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Olympia High School going to online learning for 2 weeks after positive COVID-19 tests

Olympia High School will shift the entire school to LaunchEd@Home learning for the next two weeks after several positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed and connected through Florida Department of Health contract tracing, according to an announcement from Orange County Public Schools. All 922 face-to-face students and 190 staff members will return to campus on Monday, Sept.

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'Tenet' brings in $20.2M Labor Day weekend as Americans return to theaters

NEW YORK (AP) - In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters.The result could be greeted as either the rejuvenation of U.S.

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Limo companies struggling during pandemic say Edmonton fees crippling industry

Low sales, fewer customers creating dire situation for Alberta small businesses: CFIB “It’s disappointing. It’s deflating,” said Suzan Burtic, who owns Legends Limousine with her husband Liveu.“I’m angry.

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Fair City returns to Irish screens reflecting life with Covid-19

Fair City has trended across social media in Ireland as the soap made a return to television screens this evening.

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Coronavirus may have cancelled Labour Day parades, but some unions will be picketing

Labour Day to celebrate workers’ rights will commemorate the event differently this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put the brakes on mass gatherings.John Cartwright is among those whose plans were dashed by public health measures meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The president of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council said he has been taking part in Labour Day marches for 40 years.“This is the first time in 140 years that we will not be taking to the streets in the city of Toronto,” Cartwright said in an interview.

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Coronavirus: U.K. health secretary ‘concerned’ about jump in COVID-19 cases

British health secretary Matt Hancock said a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases was concerning, after 2,988 cases were recorded on Sunday.

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Nick Cordero, Canadian actor who died from COVID-19, to get online memorial tribute

Nick Cordero, the Canadian stage icon who died from COVID-19 in July, is set to air on a new streaming platform Sunday night.The tribute, which is free to watch via Broadway On Demand at 7 p.m. EDT, will feature appearances from some of Cordero’s former castmates, as well as commentary from his friends and family and photos and videos documenting his life and impact.Born in Hamilton, Ont., Cordero began his career performing in Toronto and later on cruise ships before moving to the U.S.

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‘The elephant in the room’: Anxiety and mental health as B.C. kids head back to school

COVID-19.“It’s really nerve-wracking because no one really knows what’s going on,” she told Global News.“My sister has asthma. I want to go to school and get my education and be able to be social, but I have to protect her and my household, so not being able to go out is just difficult, but it’s necessary.” Coronavirus: Kids are going back to school.

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Saskatchewan reports 8 new coronavirus cases, no new recoveries

coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 1,651 cases.Of the new cases, three are in the Saskatoon area, two are in central-east Saskatchewan, one case is in the northwest, one in Regina and one in the southeast. Coronavirus case in Parkridge Centre nursing home in Saskatoon: SHA No new recoveries were reported Sunday.

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Health officials warn of 3 new possible COVID-19 exposures at Vancouver bars

B.C. tightens bars and nightclubs as new coronavirus cases top 30 againThe health authority says the potential exposures are all considered “low risk” but that anyone who was at the bars at the dates and times listed below should monitor themselves for symptoms of the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] List of recent coronavirus exposures reported in B.C.

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Florida death toll from COVID-19 passes 12K milestone

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida has now surpassed 12,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus, according to data released by state health officials on Sunday. The milestone was reached after the state added 38 more people to the grim tally.With more than 2,500 new cases reported Sunday, Florida has recorded more than 646,000 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic six months ago.

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Nearly 3,000 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in UK in last 24 hours - highest daily total in more than three months

Covid-19 in the last 24 hours has jumped to almost 3,000. According to the latest official figures, as of 9am on Sunday there were 2,988 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus - a sharp spike from yesterday's figure of 1,813.Today's figures are the highest recorded since May 22.

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'Tenet' tallies $20.2M as Americans step back into theaters

NEW YORK – In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters.The result could be greeted as either the rejuvenation of U.S.

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Three more schools in Greater Glasgow area hit with Covid-19 outbreaks

coronavirus have been recorded at three more schools in the Greater Glasgow area. NHS Test and Protect staff are working to contact those who have been in close contact with pupils and teachers at St Aloysius' College, Braidbar Primary School in East Renfrewshire and Johnstone High School in Renfrewshire.

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Another Renfrewshire high school confirms a Covid-19 case as the tally of schools affected reaches eight

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Pandemic trace and protect experts have this weekend been dealing with a Covid-19 positive case at Johnstone High School.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed this evening that public health officials had been called into the Beith Road school in a bid to identify all those who had been in close contact with the infected person.They did not however reveal if it was a child or a member of staff at the school who had contracted the virus.All close contacts have been asked to self isolate under the test, trace and protect strategy, while all other staff and pupils have been instructed to attend school as normal tomorrow.This includes siblings of those

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Peterborough not for profits still in need of support

Tricia Mason looks at the work these charities have done during the COVID-19 crisis and the level of need heading into a possible second wave.

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Universities find sewage water holds real promise as early detection system for COVID-19

FILE - An aerial view of the East Bay Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant on April 29, 2020 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Days after he crossed the country to start college, Ryan Schmutz received a text message from Utah State University: COVID-19 had been detected at his dorm.Within 10 minutes, he dropped the crepes he was making and was whisked away by bus to a testing site.“We didn’t even know they were testing,” said Schmutz, who is 18 and from Omaha, Nebraska.

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COVID-19 case confirmed at northwest Calgary high school

COVID-19 was confirmed at the school.A number of parents with students in Grade 10 and 11 at the high school have confirmed to Global News that they received a call from Health Link to notify them of the positive case, and to direct the students deemed close contacts to isolate.The school’s principal, Jana Macdonald, confirmed the case Saturday evening in a letter posted to the school’s website.“Our school remains open to in-person learning for all students, and we are working closely with AHS to ensure necessary measures continue to be in place to protect all staff and students,” Macdonald wrote in the letter.

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Bihar's COVID recovery rate rises to 88.24 pc

PATNA : The COVID-19 recovery rate in Bihar rose to 88.24 per cent on Sunday after 1,924 more people were cured of the disease, the health department said in a bulletin.The recovery rate was 88.01 per cent on Saturday.The state also reported 1,797 new cases of infection in the past 24 hours pushing the caseload to 1,47,657, while four fresh fatalities took the death toll to 754, the bulletin said.The number of people who have recovered from the contagion so far is 1,30,300.

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University Hospital Hairmyres staff thanked for their efforts during Covid-19

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scotland’s Health Secretary was joined by the nation’s clinical director last week as they paid a visit to the town’s hospital.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman MSP, joined by National Clinical Director Jason Leitch, visited the University Hospital Hairmyres on (Monday, August 31) to thank staff for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic and to see how the hospital has changed as services recover.They toured different areas of the hospital, including the emergency department, the intensive treatment unit and ward 10 which was used to treat patients with Covid-19.Along the way, they took the opportunity to speak with frontline staff to hear about their

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Covid-19 cases spiralled out of control in parts of the north.

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Matt Hancock warns young people “don’t allow this illness to infect grandparents” after huge rise in coronavirus cases

here“The rise in the number of cases that we have seen today is concerning,” Mr Hancock said.“The cases are predominantly among younger people but we have seen in other countries across the world and in Europe this sort of rise in the cases among younger people lead to a rise across the population as a whole, so it so important that people don’t allow this illness to infect their grandparents and to lead to the sort of problems that we saw earlier in the year.”As of 9am on Sunday (September 6) there were 2,988 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus - a sharp spike from yesterday's figure of 1,813.Overall, 347,152 cases have been confirmed.A further three people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the

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Manitoba sees 29 new COVID-19 cases Sunday; more than 400 active in province

29 new cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday morning. This brings the total number of cases in Manitoba to 1,323.The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 1.2 per cent.

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Centre directs over 35 districts to fully use RT-PCR testing to curb COVID-19

NEW DELHI : The Centre directed over 35 districts across the country to make full utilisation of RT-PCR testing to curb COVID-19 transmission and bring mortality rate below one percent.These districts include those which are exhibiting a high surge of coronavirus cases, viral caseload, and fatality due to the virus.A high-level meeting through video conferencing was held by Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary with the health secretaries of six states and two Union Territories (UTs) on the containment and management of COVID-19 in over 35 districts under their jurisdiction.According to the Health Ministry, these districts comprise of Kolkata, Howrah, North 24 Parganas, and 24 South Parganas in West Bengal; Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai,

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Free covid treatment in pvt hospitals if govt facilities occupied: Rajasthan CM

JAIPUR : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said COVID-19 patients will get free treatment in private hospitals if government health care facilities are occupied.The chief minister also maintained that there is no shortage of beds in ICU for COVID-19 patients.Gehlot said this at a routine meeting to review COVID-19 situation in the state.Rajasthan has 3,018 oxygen beds, of which 872 are in use, while 406 out of 913 beds are occupied in ICU, the meeting was informed. Of the total 490 ventilators, 113 are occupied.The state recorded eight fatalities and 726 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to an official report here.

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1 new coronavirus case, 2 more recoveries in London-Middlesex

MLHU) reported one new case of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, along with two more recoveries.This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the region to 736, which includes 672 recoveries.There have been 57 deaths, with the latest reported on June 12.At least seven cases remain active.

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With no football in sight, Riders fans reminisce about Labour Day Classics past

Rob Vanstone‘s favourite Labour Day Classic memory, you have to travel all the way back to 1976.“It was not going well for the Roughriders,” Vanstone said of the matchup against the B.C. Lions.

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Quebec’s daily COVID-19 tally rises again, with 205 new cases reported

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Public health officials say hospitalizations went up by eight cases in the last 24 hours, for a total of 102.Of those, 18 people are in intensive care, an increase of one from the previous day.Quebec says it conducted 17,479 COVID-19 tests on Friday, the last date for which the testing data is available.

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COVID-19 update: 21 new cases reported in Ottawa on Sunday

OTTAWA -- Health officials are reporting 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Sunday.

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New Brunswick reports no new coronavirus cases Sunday

coronavirus on Sunday.At this time, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the province has dropped to three.To date, the province has confirmed 192 cases of the virus and has seen 187 recoveries.There have also been two deaths as a result of COVID-19 in the province, both in the Campbellton region.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province says there are currently no New Brunswickers in hospital due to the virus.As of Sunday, the Atlantic travel bubble remains operational.The bubble permits interprovincial travel between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador without self-isolation.However, restrictions will be in place.

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2,564 COVID-19 cases reported as Floridians prepare to celebrate Labor Day

646,431 sinceMarch.The state reported 112 new hospitalized patients on Sunday, bringing the number of people who stayed in hospitals due to the virus since March to 40,024.According to the Agency for Health Care Administration, there were 3,163 people receiving care primarily for coronavirus at hospitals across Florida on Sunday.The positivity rate -- the percent of people who tested positive for the first time compared to the overall tests for the day was 5.06% as of Sunday’s report. Infectious disease experts say the rate should remain below 10% for at least two weeks to show a decline in infections.

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Honeybee venom destroyed breast cancer cells: Study

PERTH, Australia - Venom from honeybees rapidly destroyed triple-negative breast cancer, a type of cancer that has limited treatment options, and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells, according to a study published in the journal npj Precision Oncology. Using the venom from over 300 honeybees and bumblebees in England, Ireland and Perth, Western Australia, Dr.

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Faced with a pandemic-altered festival, TIFF makes big compromises with sponsors

Toronto International Film Festival unfurls its red carpets each year, executives at Visa expect moviegoers in the hundreds of thousands to see the credit card company’s name in glowing lights, but in the midst of a global pandemic the usual marketing playbook has gone out the window.Less than two months before the festival was set to kick off, it was still uncertain if the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales would even open.

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Mint Lite | Belarus protests, India covid tally, Indian politicians & other news

Covaxin moves to next stage of trialsIndia is likely to overtake Brazil as the second worst affected country in a day as the covid-19 case count rises steadily. Over 90,600 new cases were reported on Sunday, taking the total infections past 41.13 lakh.

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UK coronavirus cases up by almost 3,000 in a day in biggest jump since May

The UK recorded nearly 3,000 new coronavirus cases over the past day, the highest increase in more than three months.

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Delhi records over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases

NEW DELHI : Delhi recorded 3,256 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the tally to over 1.91 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 4567, authorities said.Twenty-nine fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours.As many as 26,829 rapid antigen tests and 9,217 RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.The number of Containment zones stands at 1,076.The total number of cases stands at 1,91,499, of which 1,65,973 patients have either been discharged, recovered or migrated. The number of active cases stands at 20,909.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally crosses 9 lakh-mark with record 23,350 new cases in a day

novel coronavirus cases since the pandemic's outbreak after more than 23,000 new cases got reported within a period of 24 hours. This is also the biggest single-day spike of new Covid-19 infections recorded ever in the state.

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Province reports 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Sunday

OTTAWA -- Health officials are reporting 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Sunday.

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Microfinance player urges govt to curb rumours about loan waivers amid COVID-19

coronavirus pandemic and urged the government to take action against them.The microfinance sector has faced some new problems amidst the continuing outbreak of coronavirus and the recent lockdown caused due to it, Satya Micro Capital said in a statement.Taking advantage of the situation, some anti-social elements are misleading people by spreading rumours about loan waivers, Satya Micro Capital Managing Director and CEO Vivek Tiwari alleged."Most of these unscrupulous groups take people for a ride by cleverly carrying out membership campaigns and collecting ₹500-1,000 from the members in the name of carrying out fight or protest, or to launch agitation for debt forgiveness, while using the collected funds for their personal benefits.

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No new coronavirus cases identified in Nova Scotia Sunday

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]There have been 65 deaths as a result of the virus, and 1,017 cases are considered resolved.Nova Scotians are still encouraged to visit the 811 website if they have two or more of the following symptoms:

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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

Report says universal dental care would relieve ‘a lot of grief’ brought on by COVID-19

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