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Provincial health authorities also reported seven new deaths linked to COVID-19.
The new infections and fatalities come as students and teachers across the country headed back to the classroom for the new school year.
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In Ontario, 190 new cases of the respiratory illness were reported on Labour Day Monday, and another 185 cases were detected on Tuesday, marking almost 400 new infections over the last two days.
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The new infections bring the province’s total case load to 43,536.
However, health officials said no new deaths have occurred since Saturday.
So far, 3,171,062 people have been tested for the virus in Ontario, and 39,196 have recovered from infections.
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In Quebec — the province hit hardest by the pandemic — 163 new cases of the virus were reported, but health officials said the death toll remained at 5,770.
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Since the pandemic began, 1,783,255 tests have been administered in Quebec, and 56,162 people have recovered after falling ill.
Saskatchewan saw seven new infections, but the province’s death toll remained at 24, health officials said.
More than 151,700 people in Saskatchewan have been tested for the virus and 1,587 have recovered from infections.
Prince Edward Island saw two new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the province’s total case load to 53. No new deaths were reported.
Thus far, 28,492 people have been tested for the virus in PEI. Forty-four people have recovered.
No new cases of the virus were reported in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Newfoundland, and health authorities in each province said no new deaths had occurred.
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In Nova Scotia, 81,768 tests have been administered and 1,018 people have recovered from the virus.
New Brunswick has seen 192 cases of COVID-19, 188 of which are considered to be resolved.
More than 64,400 tests for the virus have been conducted in New Brunswick.
Newfoundland has tested 33,666 people, and 265 cases in the province have been resolved.
In Alberta, 157 new cases of COVID-19 were reported and health officials said another five people had died over the Labour Day long weekend.
Health authorities have conducted 1,052,446 tests for the virus since the pandemic began, and 13,154 people have recovered after falling ill.
British Columbia health authorities reported 83 new infections, bringing the province’s total case count to 6,494.
What’s more, provincial health officials said another two people have died after testing positive for COVID-19.
The fatalities bring the provincial death toll to 213.
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None of Canada’s territories reported new cases of the virus on Tuesday.
In the Northwest Territories, 4,085 tests for the virus has been administered and all five of the territory’s confirmed cases are considered to be resolved.
The Yukon has not seen a new case of the virus since Aug. 7, and all 15 people infected with COVID-19 in the the territory have recovered.
The Yukon has tested 2,785 people for the virus.
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Nunavut has not yet confirmed a case of COVID-19.
New cases ‘concerning’
During a press conference on Tuesday, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, said the recent increase in daily case counts is “concerning.”
“I want to underscore that when cases occur, including in schools, it is a reflection on what’s happening in the community,” she said. “So the key to keeping COVID-19 at a manageable level is for each and every one of us to keep up effective public health practices at home, at work and in the public spaces we frequent.”
Global cases approach 28 million
Since the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China in December of last year, it has infected 27,453,109 people globally, according to tally from John’s Hopkins University.
The virus has claimed a total of 894,796 lives around the world.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A linebacker at Division II West Virginia State was fatally shot during what the university said Thursday is being investigated by police as a home invasion.
The body of Jyilek Zyiare Harrington, 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was found inside an apartment Wednesday night in Charleston, police Lt. Tony Hazelett said in a statement.
Hazelett said several gunshots were fired during a disturbance in a hallway and inside the apartment. The statement said Harrington had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they had no information on a possible suspect.
West Virginia State said counselors were available to students and faculty on campus.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with Jyilek’s family as they mourn the loss of this incredible young man,” West Virginia State President Ericke S. Cage said in a letter to students and faculty.
Harrington, a senior, had eight total tackles, including a sack, in a 27-24 win at Barton College last week.
“Jyilek truly embodied what it means to be a student-athlete and was a leader not only on campus but in the community,” West Virginia State Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Nate Burton said. “Jyilek was a young man that, during Christmas, would create a GoFundMe to help less fortunate families.”
Burton said donations to a fund established by the athletic department in Harrington’s memory will be distributed to an organization in Charlotte to continue his charity work.
West Virginia State’s home opener against Carson-Newman, originally scheduled for Thursday night, has been rescheduled to Friday, and a private vigil involving both teams was set for Thursday night. Harrington previously attended Carson-Newman, where he made seven tackles in six games last season. He began his college career at Division II Erskine College.
“Carson-Newman joins West Virginia State in mourning the untimely passing of former student-athlete Jyilek Harrington,” Carson-Newman Vice President of Athletics Matt Pope said in a statement. “The Harrington family and the Yellow Jackets’ campus community is in our prayers. News like this is sad to hear anytime, but today it feels worse with two teams who knew him coming together to play.”
DETROIT (AP) — Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died. He was 92.
The Lions said family informed the team Schmidt died Wednesday. A cause of death was not provided.
One of pro football’s first great middle linebackers, Schmidt played his entire NFL career with the Lions from 1953-65. An eight-time All-Pro, he was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973 and the college football version in 2000.
“Joe likes to say that at one point in his career, he was 6-3, but he had tackled so many fullbacks that it drove his neck into his shoulders and now he is 6-foot,” said the late Lions owner William Clay Ford, Schmidt’s presenter at his Hall of Fame induction in 1973. “At any rate, he was listed at 6-feet and as I say was marginal for that position. There are, however, qualities that certainly scouts or anybody who is drafting a ballplayer cannot measure.”
Born in Pittsburgh, Schmidt played college football in his hometown at Pitt, beginning his stint there as a fullback and guard before coach Len Casanova switched him to linebacker.
“Pitt provided me with the opportunity to do what I’ve wanted to do, and further myself through my athletic abilities,” Schmidt said. “Everything I have stemmed from that opportunity.”
Schmidt dealt with injuries throughout his college career and was drafted by the Lions in the seventh round in 1953. As defenses evolved in that era, Schmidt’s speed, savvy and tackling ability made him a valuable part of some of the franchise’s greatest teams.
Schmidt was elected to the Pro Bowl 10 straight years from 1955-64, and after his arrival, the Lions won the last two of their three NFL titles in the 1950s.
In a 1957 playoff game at San Francisco, the Lions trailed 27-7 in the third quarter before rallying to win 31-27. That was the NFL’s largest comeback in postseason history until Buffalo rallied from a 32-point deficit to beat Houston in 1993.
“We just decided to go after them, blitz them almost every down,” Schmidt recalled. “We had nothing to lose. When you’re up against it, you let both barrels fly.”
Schmidt became an assistant coach after wrapping up his career as a player. He was Detroit’s head coach from 1967-72, going 43-35-7.
Schmidt was part of the NFL’s All-Time Team revealed in 2019 to celebrate the league’s centennial season. Of course, he’d gone into the Hall of Fame 46 years earlier.
Not bad for an undersized seventh-round draft pick.
“It was a dream of mine to play football,” Schmidt told the Detroit Free Press in 2017. “I had so many people tell me that I was too small. That I couldn’t play. I had so many negative people say negative things about me … that it makes you feel good inside. I said, ‘OK, I’ll prove it to you.’”
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Environment Assessment Office has fined Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. $590,000 for “deficiencies” in the construction of its pipeline crossing the province.
The office says in a statement that 10 administrative penalties have been levied against the company for non-compliance with requirements of its environmental assessment certificate.
It says the fines come after problems with erosion and sediment control measures were identified by enforcement officers along the pipeline route across northern B.C. in April and May 2023.
The office says that the latest financial penalties reflect its escalation of enforcement due to repeated non-compliance of its requirements.
Four previous penalties have been issued for failing to control erosion and sediment valued at almost $800,000, while a fifth fine of $6,000 was handed out for providing false or misleading information.
The office says it prioritized its inspections along the 670-kilometre route by air and ground as a result of the continued concerns, leading to 59 warnings and 13 stop-work orders along the pipeline that has now been completed.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
