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Saskatoon suspends COVID-19 Risk Framework, administration recommends review of COVID measures when province suspends health orders

Saskatoon city council voted to suspend the COVID-19 risk mitigation framework. The framework recommends the council enact or remove safeguards as the number of active cases rises and falls in the city.The city’s director of emergency planning told council the city administration is preparing for fewer provincial directives.“We are planning for a period of time when there are no public health orders, and we’re planning that that will likely be at the end of February,” Pamela Goulden-McLeod told the council.The council meeting took place at the same time Premier Scott Moe announced the province will remove the requirement for people to display proof of vaccination or a recent negative test by the end of February.

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Markets rise over 1%, FIIs sell most in Jan since covid outbreak

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United Nations meeting on possible Russia invasion of Ukraine

Participants learn how to handle a firearm during an introductory level military and first aid training for civilians by the Azov regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine at their base in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022.

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Economic Survey: Health sector expenditure rose by 73% in 2021-22

₹4.72 lakh crore in 2021-22, as compared to ₹2.73 lakh crore in 2019-20, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 that was tabled in the parliament on Monday.

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Deep Sea Heroin Bust : 12 suspects remanded & 5 released

COLOMBO (News 1st); 12 suspects who were arrested over the recent seizure of 350 kg of heroin in international waters were remanded until the 15th of February by Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala.A total of 17 suspects were arrested and 5 of them were released by order of the Chief Magistrate.They were released following a request made by the Police Narcotic Bureau noting that as per the investigations it was revealed that the five men were not involved in the smuggling of heroin.The 17 suspects who were detained under Detention Orders were produced to court on Monday (31).The seized stock of heroin was also produced to court by the Police Narcotic Bureau.In a successful operation carried out in international waters south of Sri Lanka, the Navy managed to seize a haul of heroin, with 11 suspects and 02 local fishing vessels on 17th and 22nd January 2022. 6 others including boat owners were arrested thereafter.The consignment of heroin in 309 packages, which had been stuffed in 13 sacks, weighed approx.

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Relentless cold has put Toronto shelter capacity in crisis, advocates say

Toronto‘s homeless population are ending up in hospital with cold-related injuries, as the city’s shelter system struggles to keep up with demand, experts and advocates say.“We had a client who was dealing with frostbite recently,” said Dr. Naheed Dosani, health equity lead at Kensington Health.He said he sees many patients who live on the streets and has noticed the troubling trend in recent weeks, with colleagues reporting similar issues.“People are coming in with hypothermia and frostbite,” he said.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Nils Lofgren Pulls Music from Spotify Amid COVID-19 Misinformation Boycott

Nils Lofgren is the latest artist to pull his music from Spotify to boycott COVID-19 misinformation on the platform.

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Suspects sought in attempted carjacking in Tacony, police say

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying two suspects in an attempted carjacking in the Tacony section of the city. The incident happened Jan.

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Caregiver burnout continues to rise

Caregiver burnout has been rising throughout the pandemic. Experts say caregivers often experience burnout when they are stretched beyond their capacity.

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Rafael Nadal wins after 2nd longest Australian Open final ever

Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts after winning against Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their men's singles final match on day fourteen of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne early on January 31, 2022. (Photo by Paul Crock / AFP via Getty Im MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Rafael Nadal got to 21 first, breaking the men’s record for most Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the hard way by coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an almost 5 1/2-hour Australian Open final.Nadal was broken when serving for the championship for the first time at 5-4 in the fifth set, but he made no mistake two games later by served an ace to earn three championship points and converted it on the first attempt.The 35-year-old Spaniard now has one more major title than Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, his long-time rivals in the so-called Big Three.With the 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win that started Sunday night and was delayed for a while in the second set when a protester jumped onto the court, Nadal also became just the fourth man in history to win all four of the sport’s major titles at least twice.RELATED: Australian Open: Ash Barty wins women's title becoming first Australian to win tourney in 44 years"Good evening.

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Kid Rock to cancel tour stops at venues with COVID vaccine mandates

Kid Rock is hitting the road, but he’s being selective about exactly where he’s going.Just days after announcing his upcoming “Bad Reputation” tour, the artist took to his official Facebook account this week to reveal he won’t be performing at venues that require COVID-19 masks or vaccination.“There’s been a lot of talk about vaccine mandates and venues. People saying, ‘I’m not going to that venue because of the vaccine mandate’ and this, that and the other.

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UK expands Covid-19 vaccines to at-risk 5 to 11-year-old kids

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Gas prices rise in NJ, around nation amid high oil prices

TRENTON, N.J. - Gas prices rose again in New Jersey and around the nation at large amid tight global oil supplies and despite low demand typical of the season. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.41, up three cents from last week. Drivers were paying an average of $2.55 a gallon a year ago at this time. The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.35, also up three cents from last week. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Kid Rock to cancel tour stops at venues with COVID vaccine mandates

Kid Rock is hitting the road, but he's being selective about exactly where he's going. Just days after announcing his upcoming "Bad Reputation" tour, the artist took to his official Facebook account this week to reveal he won't be performing at venues that require COVID-19 masks or vaccination. "There’s been a lot of talk about vaccine mandates and venues.

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Russia's daily COVID-19 infections spike above 110,000 as omicron variant impacts country

People queue for a rapid COVID-19 test in the GUM shopping arcade. Since 26 January 2022, the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases has been increasing in the Russian capital by more than 20,000 daily.

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Maharashtra: New Covid cases rise to 27,971; 85 Omicron infections reported

Covid-19 across Maharashtra on Friday, taking the cumulative cases to 76,55,554.

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Ukrainian rebel region residents encouraged to join Russian army, lawmaker says

A soldier of the 46th Air Assault battalion is seen along the point of contact outside New York, Ukraine in the Donetsk Region. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A Russian lawmaker is encouraging residents of the rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine to join the Russian army, a sign that Moscow is continuing to try to integrate those territories as much as possible amid Western fears that Russia is planning to invade Ukraine.Viktor Vodolatsky said Saturday that residents of the regions controlled since 2014 by Russia-backed rebels fear assaults by Ukrainian forces and that those who hold Russian passports would be welcomed in the military."If Russian citizens residing in the (territories) want to join the Russian Armed Forces, the Rostov regional military commissariat will register and draft them," Vodolatsky, deputy chairman of parliament committee on relations with neighbors, told the state news agency Tass.Russia has granted passports to more than 500,000 people in the territories.

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Karnataka: Daily Covid cases rise; positivity rate declines to 19.3%

Karnataka had seen a decline in new Covid cases on Friday at 31,198, while the state had recorded 50 deaths.

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‘Risk persists’: WHO warns as Covid-19 cases plateau in some states of India

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Biden sending troops to Eastern Europe soon as Ukraine turmoil intensifies

between Russia and Ukraine.Biden's remark comes as top Pentagon officials Friday said the build-up of Russian troops along Ukraine's border is the largest since the Cold War, warning that conflict in Eastern Europe would be "horrific." But he stressed that it is "not inevitable," maintaining that there is "still time and space for diplomacy" as the Kremlin continues to threaten further incursion in Ukraine. Biden said earlier this week there would not "be any American forces moving into Ukraine," though hinted that U.S. troops could be moved to Europe in the "near term." The troops may head to NATO front-line countries if Russian begins a large military operation against Ukraine.The U.S.

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Kid Rock threatens to cancel shows at venues with COVID-19 vaccine, mask mandates

Kid Rock performs in concert during day two of KAABOO Texas at AT&T Stadium on May 11, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Kid Rock has threatened to cancel shows on his upcoming "Bad Reputation Tour" if there are COVID-19 policies put into place for concertgoers.The musician made the announcement Thursday in a video on his social media accounts ahead of tickets going on sale for his tour Friday. "You'll be getting your money back because I won't be showing up, either," Rock said in the video.

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NeoCov: What WHO says on this new coronavirus variant possibly deadlier than previous strains

NeoCov, World Health Organization (WHO) asserted that it still needs to be studied whether it poses threats for humans.

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Global News at 5:30 Toronto: January 27, 2022

Hundreds show up as the trucker convoy passes through the Greater Toronto Area. Shocking new details in the case of a woman abducted from a home in Wasaga Beach. And, the province’s top doctor says Ontario has to ‘learn to live with’ Omicron.

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CDC adds 15 more destinations to ‘high risk’ travel list

ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added a number of places to an advisory list that warns against travel due to the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus and its contagious omicron variant.According to the CDC, 15 new destinations were cited Monday as a level four — meaning "very high risk" — for Americans. Those cities include Columbia, Costa Rica, Fiji, Jamaica, Kuwait, Mongolia, Peru, Romania, Saint Martin, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and the Dominican Republic. Countries are given a "Level 4" designation when more than 500 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents are registered in the past 28 days.Travel to the 15 new destinations has been discouraged by the health agency. Those who must travel to these destinations are encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their trip."Do not travel internationally until you are fully vaccinated," the advisory said.

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Police: Video shows suspects shooting multiple cars in Chinatown parking lot

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are looking to identify and locate two suspects that were seen on video shooting multiple parked cars in Center City earlier this week. The incident occurred early Monday morning, around 1:15 a.m.

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EU drug regulator okays Pfizer COVID pill for high-risk patients

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Howard Stern urges Meat Loaf’s family to advocate for COVID vaccine

Meat Loaf to advocate for people to be vaccinated against COVID following the singer and actor’s death.The ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ icon – real name Marvin Lee Aday – passed away last Thursday (January 20), according to a statement posted on his official Facebook page. He was 74 years old.Reports have since emerged claiming Aday died after falling seriously ill with COVID, though a cause of death has not yet been confirmed.

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Ukrainian serviceman kills 4 fellow soldiers, 1 civilian, Interior Ministry says

Ukrainian soldiers patrol the trenches along the frontline near the town of Zolote-4, Ukraine on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A member of Ukraine's National Guard on Thursday opened fire on his fellow soldiers, killing five people and wounding five more, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said.

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External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar tests COVID-19 positive

Urge all those who have come in recent contact to take suitable precautions.

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Most Indians want to tax the rich, companies which profited during covid: Survey

₹2 crore per annum, while 89.3% want a temporary tax on companies making massive profits during the pandemic.

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Neil Young’s music is being removed from Spotify after Joe Rogan objection

Neil Young’s music is being removed from Spotify’s streaming service after the singer-songwriter objected to his songs playing on the same platform that offers Joe Rogan’s podcast, the company and the musician said on Wednesday.

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Heroin Bust : Court authorizes to detain & interrogate 17 suspects

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Additional Magistrate Chandima Liyanage on Wednesday (26) authorized the Police Narcotic Bureau to detain and interrogate 17 suspects who were arrested in connection to the seizure of more than 300 kg of heroin in international waters.Among the suspects are the owners of the two trawlers that were seized.In a successful operation carried out in international waters south of Sri Lanka, the Navy managed to seize a haul of heroin, with 11 suspects and 02 local fishing vessels on 17th and 22nd January 2022 and they were brought to the port of Colombo this morning (25th January).The consignment of heroin in 309 packages, which had been stuffed in 13 sacks, weighed approx. 343kg 456g (including packages).The street value of the seized consignment of illegal drugs is believed to be over Rs.

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Canada will not send Ukraine weapons but boost cyber support, training mission

Ukraine in support of that country’s preparations to deter and potentially defend against the threat of a Russian incursion.The government is, though, extending Operation Unifier for an additional three years and boosting both intelligence sharing and support to combat Russian cyber attacks, as well as sending “non-lethal equipment.” Global Affairs Canada suffers ‘cyber attack’ amid Russia-Ukraine tensions: sources Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in a press conference late Wednesday afternoon following a three-day virtual cabinet retreat where the proposal on whether to send arms was discussed.Global News had reported earlier in the week that the federal cabinet was weighing whether to send small weapons and ammunition to Ukraine: specifically, firearms like pistols, sniper rifles and machine guns, along with potentially more intelligence sharing and cyber support.

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Global COVID surge slows but quickens in multiple countries

The steady global rise in COVID-19 cases slowed last week, with cases up 5% compared with the previous week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its weekly update on the pandemic. However, countries reported more than 21 million new cases, marking the highest weekly total since the pandemic began.

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Fast food robberies: Suspects sought in pattern of robberies at Philadelphia restaurants

Philadelphia police say they are looking for five suspects, believed to be teenagers, in a pattern of armed robberies at fast food restaurants. PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are searching for a group of suspects in a number of armed robberies at fast food restaurants across the city. Investigators are looking into whether the incidents may have involved the same four or five suspects, who may be between 16 and 18-years-old. In all, police say there have been five incidents at fast food restaurants since Jan.

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Ukraine crisis intensifies as Russia launches new military drills

Another shipment of U.S. equipment has arrived in Ukraine, where fears of a Russian invasion have intensified, after Russia launched a series of military drills.

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Russia threatens ‘retaliatory measures’ if Ukraine demands are not met

Russia warned Wednesday it would quickly take “retaliatory measures” if the U.S. and its allies reject its security demands over NATO and Ukraine, raising pressure on the West amid concerns that Moscow is planning to invade its neighbor.The Kremlin has repeatedly denied it has any such designs, but the U.S.

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Karnataka Covid cases rise again, nearly 49,000 new infections in 24 hours

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Manitoba COVID-19 hospitalizations on rise again

Manitoba is experiencing yet another increase in hospitalizations due to COVID-19. There are now 729 Manitobans in hospital, up 13 from Monday.

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Russia prepared to retaliate if Ukraine demands not met, foreign minister says

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia warned Wednesday it would quickly take "retaliatory measures" if the U.S. and its allies reject its security demands and continue their "aggressive" policies, ratcheting up pressure on the West amid concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine.Russia has repeatedly denied it has any such designs, but the United States and its NATO allies are worried because Russia has massed an estimated 100,000 troops near Ukraine's border and launched a series of war games in the region.At the heart of the standoff are questions about Ukraine's future: Russia has demanded guarantees that NATO will never admit the country and other ex-Soviet nations as members and that the alliance will roll back troop deployments in other former Soviet bloc countries.

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Suspected & half-used domestic gas cylinders will be collected; CAA tells CA

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Consumer Affairs Authority on Wednesday (26) informed the Court of Appeal that it is possible for gas companies to recall suspected & half-used domestic gas cylinders and the relevant public notices will be made public via the Electronic Media on Thursday (27).Senior Counsel Mahohara Jayasinghe appearing for the CAA told the court that the relevant notice was published in national newspapers on Wednesday (26) in all three languages.The submission was made when a complaint was filed by Nagananda Kodithuwakku noting that the gas companies, as well as the CAA, had not complied with a previous court order to recall half-used and suspected domestic gas cylinders.Kodithuwakku made the complaint when the writ application filed against Litro Gas and Laugfs Gas for distributing dangerous domestic gas cylinders was called up in the presences of Justices Ruwan Fernando and Sampath Wijeyaratne.The application will be called up again on the 8th of February 2022.

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Covid cases rise in Beijing ahead of Winter Olympics

Beijing reported 14 local confirmed Covid-19 cases, the highest daily count in its current outbreak, less than two weeks before the Winter Olympics are due to commence in the Chinese capital and in neighbouring Hebei province.

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Canada orders families of diplomatic staff to leave Ukraine

Families of Canadian diplomats along with military personnel in Ukraine are being ordered out of the country, as Ottawa considers its next steps to respond to a possible Russian invasion. Mercedes Stephenson reports on what aid Canada has planned for Ukraine, and the possible Russian retaliation its bracing for.

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Canadian detained in connection with deadly shooting at Mexico resort

A Canadian citizen has been detained in Mexico after a deadly shooting at a hotel along the Caribbean coast that killed two Canadians and wounded one other last week.

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NDP MPs criticized for ‘terrible’ social media comments on Ukraine-Russia crisis

Three sitting New Democrat MPs are being criticized for posting “terrible” comments about the escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia on social media, some of which questioned Canada’s support for Ukraine in the face of Moscow’s aggression.

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India reports 11.7% rise in daily Covid cases; Total caseload surges to 40.08 cr

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Driver sought in apparent road rage shooting in Kingsessing, police say

KINGSESSING - Police are searching for an armed driver who they say fired once at a vehicle when it pulled over to let them pass Tuesday in Philadelphia. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 900 block of South 52nd Street around 3:30 p.m. for reports of gunfire. According to investigators, a driver was being followed too closely by a white Buick sedan and pulled over to allow the car to pass. When the suspect drove past, they allegedly fired one shot that struck the victim's car, police said.

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