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At least 24 public health officials across the United States have either resigned, retired or been fired from the positions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Association of City and County H…

A hacktivist group published hundreds of gigabytes of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the US on Friday in the form of a searchable database that can be sorted by officers' badge numbers.The leaked data stemmed from a security breach at a Houston-based web services company that maintains several law enforcement data centers, according…

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B.C.'s COVID-19 death rate of approximately 33 deaths per million people is one of the lowest among jurisdictions in Canada, the U.S. and western Europe with populations of five million or more. Officials and health experts credit its success to a combination of sound decision-making and good fortune.Cathy Novak and her husband, John McAllister, are staying close to their Victoria…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says localised restrictions being imposed in Victoria are "part of living with COVID-19" and proof National Cabinet's slow easing of restrictions makes sense.Key points:Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there will likely be further outbreaks of COVID-19He says localised responses, like that seen in Victoria, are going according to planVictoria has recorded…

A toddler at a childcare centre in Melbourne’s north is among 16 new cases of coronavirus in Victoria today.The child tested positive after attending the Great Beginnings nursery in Reservoir, Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos told reporters this morning.“A toddler has tested positive … and contact tracing and testing is underway, as is appropriate there,”…

More than 1 million Victorians have been advised not to leave their suburbs by a national health committee and the state government is considering making the advice a legally enforceable restriction. On Sunday the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee advised against travel to and from the Hume, Brimbank, Moreland, Darebin, Cardinia and Casey local government…

ChanticleerTransurban, Challenger, Stockland and Seek showed investors how COVID-19 will create positive and negative ripple effects as the August company reporting season approaches. In the space of about an hour on Monday morning, four separate companies gave Australian investors a preview of the barrage of COVID-19-related data points they’ll need to sort through in the August…

Organizers of a National Indigenous Peoples Day festival in Ottawa have adapted to COVID-19 restrictions through a virtual powwow on social media, and even a virtual traditional cooking workshop.National Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated across Canada on June 21 each year to honour the history, achievements and culture of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.…