TORONTO -- In some regions of the world, rapid tests, also known as lateral flow tests, have been a regularly used tool in the pandemic toolbox. But in Canada, these tests are scarce, except for in a few areas, leading some experts to say we are underutilizing them. In the Kitchener-Waterloo region in Ontario, a unique program is handing out a hot commodity — do-it-yourself COVID-19 swabs, which allow people to know with reasonable certainty within 15 minutes if they are infected or not. The program is called StaySafe, and it’s delivered more than 400,000 rapid tests in the last few months at no charge, supplied by Ontario and federal governments to give business owners and families peace of mind. StaySafe offers on the spot rapid tests as well as ones that people can take home with them. The project has been met with support from locals, who told CTV News that they are using them for attending school, ensuring that they aren’t spreading the virus after travelling, and using them to stay safer when visiting elderly relatives, among other activities. And with children returning to class and people returning to workplaces, demand is growing. “I get emails daily from other regions and other provinces, ‘How do we get this in our [region]?’” Ying Jiang, StaySafe Program and Volunteer Manager, told CTV News. “Whatever we are doing in our region, Waterloo, they want it.” But the tests are not so easily available across Canada. Some hospitals are now handing out tests to school-aged families, while other Canadians are paying $15-$40 dollars per test at some pharmacies. David Juncker, department chair of Biomedical Engineering at McGill University, told CTV News that rapid tests are available here “in kind of a fragmented manner.” “They're not being rolled out in a large scale and these are very difficult to get, or they're very expensive,” he said. “And so as a result, they're not being used and not being used to their potential.” Some say Canada has been slow to approve different forms of rapid tests, and provinces have been slow to distribute them. Compare that to the U.K., where rapid tests are widely used by everyday citizens to catch infections early. And in Germany, they cost only a few dollars a box. Federal reports show that rapid tests have been a consideration. In fact, just a few weeks ago, a federal advisory committee wrote “in the event of a COVID-19 resurgence, self-testing should be accessible at no cost and at various locations in communities.” If rapid tests were utilized in workplaces and schools, they could assist in catching cases early. Juncker pointed out that with the Delta variant, many cases are asymptomatic, particularly breakthrough cases. “That's why regular testing and having a fast result are so critical to be able to isolate people before they can transmit it to others,” he said. The rapid test is one of the many tools we could implement at a low cost to keep things functioning as Delta continues to cause issues this fall. “We should use them to go visit your grandmother, you know, you have a runny nose, you want to go to university or come to school or to work, well you can even say you're vaccinated, you could do a quick test, and to give some reassurance,” he said. He said that not many rapid tests are approved in Canada, making them scarcer and more expensive, while in Germany, for example, they have around 60 tests approved. Nova Scotia has had frequent free rapid test pop-ups, but this hasn’t caught on in other provinces. Other regions have been giving out kits to businesses through the chamber of commerce, but the StaySafe program offers them for free. Juncker said that one roadblock is a hesitancy about rapid tests on the part of the medical community. "The medical establishment […] has been kind of skeptical of rapid tests from the beginning,” Junker said. The issue is accuracy — the PCR tests that are checked in laboratories are the gold standard for confirming a COVID-19 case, and rapid tests are not thought to be quite as accurate. But when you’re using them not to replace PCR, but as a tool to help identify outbreaks early, they can be a valuable part of the response, experts say. “The doctor wants to know what treatment to give you, for that we need a PCR test,” Juncker said. “If you want to have it for breaking chains of infection in terms of a pandemic, then rapid tests are a much more efficient tool.” And studies have shown that the rapid tests do provide fairly accurate results, with some studies suggesting that they could be almost as accurate as PCR. A study published in late July in BMJ that compared two types of rapid antigen tests found that both types were more than 60-per-cent accurate. Another July study by the National Institutes of Health found that rapid antigen tests were on par with PCR tests for COVID-19 screening when used every three days. And an August study from Austria looking at lateral flow tests found that 95 per cent of lateral flow tests were accurate. Whether or not Canada will heed the recommendations that call for us to utilize rapid tests more widely this fall is still up in the air. But people in Waterloo are in favour. “I think this program should be available for everybody,” one citizen told CTV News.

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TORONTO -- It’s day one for vaccine passports in Quebec and some other provinces are poised to follow suit, but the Canadian Medical Association would like to see them right across the country. The so-called vaccine passports, essentially certificates which confirm vaccination, will enable people to do such things as eat out at restaurants, work out at gyms, or attend live concert performances. And they’re an effective tool in encouraging people to get fully vaccinated, CMA president Dr. Katharine Smart told CTV’s Your Morning on Wednesday. More people in Quebec and British Columbia got vaccinated when those provinces said they were introducing passports. That’s important because there’s been a levelling off of the vaccination rate across Canada. About 66.7 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated. That number needs to be between 90 and 95 per cent to really keep everyone safe from the COVID-19 virus, Smart said. “What we’re seeing is that certain provinces – now Alberta and Saskatchewan – are really seeing a huge uptick in COVID cases. It’s starting to spiral out of control there, and we’re not seeing all the tools that could be used to fight COVID being implemented,” Smart said, adding that vaccine passports could help. Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and B.C. are introducing their own certificates. Manitoba’s vaccine passports will come into effect on Sept. 3 and will enable businesses, services and events to be open to fully vaccinated people without capacity limits or public health restrictions. “Manitoba’s vaccine passport benefit will help encourage greater vaccine uptake, which is necessary to protect our health-care system from the COVID-19 fourth wave,” Health and Seniors Care Minister Audrey Gordon said in a statement on Aug. 27. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said on Aug. 27 that his government would introduce a $1 billion fund to help provinces set up passports. “It makes much more sense to have one approach that’s consistent for all Canadians and that’s interoperable,” Smart said.

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TORONTO -- Researchers believe they have uncovered why some people developed inflammation and lesions on their toes and feet after contracting COVID-19. In a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology on Tuesday, researchers from the University of Paris in France focused on how the immune system plays a role in the development of the skin condition called “chilblain-like lesions” or “COVID toes.” The skin condition primarily affects the toes, although the fingers can also be affected, and is characterized by blueish-red or purple bumps or blisters, redness, and swelling. While for some it’s painless, for others the rash can be extremely sore and itchy. The skin condition attracted attention during the pandemic after mostly children and teenagers with COVID-19 developed the lesions. To figure out what was causing the skin condition in some patients, the researchers studied 50 people with suspected “COVID toes” in the spring of 2020 as well as 13 other people with similar chilblains lesions that were unrelated to COVID-19 because they had the condition long before the pandemic. According to their findings, the toe and finger lesions are the result of the body’s immune system going into overdrive to fight off an infection from the SARS-Cov-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. More specifically, the study’s authors said there are two components of the immune system that are associated with the development of chilblain-like lesions in COVID-19 patients and in those who already had the condition. One is an antiviral protein called type 1 interferon, and the other is a type of antibody called anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies that can mistakenly attack a person’s own cells and tissues during its efforts to fight off the invading virus. Additionally, the researchers confirmed there was endothelial dysfunction in chilblain-like lesions. Endothelial dysfunction is a condition in which the endothelial layer (the inner lining) of the small arteries fails to perform all of its functions normally “This study illustrates that both the immune system and endothelial cells play a critical role in the genesis of CLL (chilblain-like lesions),” the authors said. While the lesions typically go away on their own, some patients may require treatment with creams and drugs. In the study, the researchers suggest that local or systemic anti-inflammatory treatment could reverse the skin condition in COVID-19 patients.

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TORONTO -- The truth of the fourth wave of COVID-19 in Canada is starkly clear inside the intensive care unit at Hamilton General, where the majority of the COVID-19 patients struggling on life support are young — and unvaccinated. The team at Hamilton General invited CTV News inside the tense ICU in the hopes of giving Canadians a look at the reality they go through every week as Delta cases climb. “I think it's important for Canadians to see that this is real,” Dr. Sunjay Sharma, medical director of critical care, told CTV News. “None of these people thought two months ago they would end up here. And now they're here. And some of them won’t survive.” Inside this ICU, on the day of CTV’s visit, 30 per cent of the 45 beds are COVID-19 patients fighting for their lives, most of them infected recently. And every person that was admitted during the fourth wave declined vaccination or just didn’t get around to it before they fell ill. “It’s crazy people don’t believe it,” Sharma said. “We come to work every day. This is real. It’s like someone telling you the sky is not blue.” They want those who don’t believe the risk of COVID-19 is real to see the enormous strain that this work is having on health care workers, who are already exhausted from almost two years of fighting. The unvaccinated COVID-19 patients this hospital is seeing are younger and healthier, in their 30s and 40s. Many them require a specialized form of life support called ECMO, in which their blood is removed to be given oxygen and pumped back into the body because their lungs have failed. It’s the “highest level of life support you can get anywhere,” Sharma said. He pointed out a patient in his 40s, who is hooked up to an ECMO machine. “There's a catheter the size of a garden hose in his neck, and there's a catheter the size of a garden hose [at his] groin,” Sharma said. “And basically it takes the blood out of his groin, puts it the machine, takes the carbon dioxide out, [puts in] the oxygen, and then comes back into his heart.” Most of the patients who are on ECMO with COVID-19 don’t have significant co-morbidities. “It’s scary. It’s people younger than me, in some cases healthier than me,” Sharma said. Only four hospitals in Ontario offer ECMO support. Toronto General is one of the four, and told CTV News that they have 13 COVID-19 patients on ECMO currently, all of whom are unvaccinated. And it’s not only happening in Ontario. Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, tweeted Wednesday that of the 218 COVID-19 patients who are in ICU in the province, 92.3 per cent are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. There are several million Canadians who are not vaccinated, some who have chosen not to get even one dose of the vaccine. Some may have legitimate medical exemptions. But there are others who refuse saying the vaccines don't work, they aren't safe, that COVID-19 itself is a hoax. Health workers who see patients stricken with the virus every day know it is no hoax and say that across the country hospitals and ICU's are slowing filling up with patients — almost all of whom are unvaccinated. The fourth wave is a wave almost entirely among those who have not gotten their shot, they say. At Hamilton General, all of the COVID-19 patients in the ICU are unvaccinated, and eight are on ECMO. Dr. Faizan Amin, medical director of the ECMO unit, said he hoped seeing into the situation in the hospital would change some minds. “Some of the viewers that have those beliefs will be able to watch this on TV, and there is nothing unreal about these people, they’re real life people, they’re real fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters — real human beings and they're getting very sick,” Amin said. A month ago, this ICU had just one COVID-19 patient. Now they have 14 -- and four-to-five requests a week to accept more patients from other hospitals who need more intensive care. And as the ICU fills up with COVID-19 victims and other patients suffering from urgent issues such as strokes, heart attacks and physical trauma, other surgeries get cancelled. “This ICU serves cardiac surgery, or surgery and trauma, vascular surgery, stroke. It is the regional hospital for all of this region for 2.5 million people,” Sharma said, adding that around 15 other hospitals frequently send patients here if they need a higher level of care. THE VACCINE STRUGGLE Some COVID-19 patients have expressed regret once they understand the magnitude of their situation. Erin, an ICU nurse who asked us not to use her last name, told CTV News that “a lot of people have been asking for vaccines, right before they get intubated. But it’s too late.” But some skeptics don’t change their mind even when on the edge of death, she reported, adding that some who have been on ECMO and recovered still say there isn’t enough research about the vaccines that would’ve likely prevented their own suffering. “There is a small subset of people that we're still seeing who feel that this is not a real disease, or it's not as dangerous as some people are making it out to be — but the reality is in front of our eyes,” Amin said. One of the patients who has been on ECMO in Hamilton General for the longest period of time is a patient in his 30s who has been in the hospital for months — he fell ill before he was able to be vaccinated because it hadn’t been opened up to his age group yet. Unlike the COVID-19 patients coming into the ICU this month, “he did not have a choice,” Sharma said. The man has been totally healthy before he contracted COVID-19, Sharma said. Health care workers are dedicated to giving everyone the best care possible, but it is frustrating seeing patients who didn’t need to be suffering to this degree, they say. “To know that their families didn't have to go through that and the patients didn't have to go through that, if they just got [a shot] that takes 30 seconds,” Sharma said. “It's frustrating, and you just can't understand the rationale behind why you wouldn't get a vaccine. “We see this every day — this is where you end up when you don’t.” Sharma said that when they have patients who are unvaccinated, their family members often change their own minds about vaccination after seeing their loved one suffer. “Many of the family members of people who are here and are unvaccinated, after seeing their family members here for a week, get vaccinated,” he said. “It's unfortunate that it's taken sort of that experience to change some behaviours,” Amin said. Sharma is not only frustrated with the individuals, but with the larger machine of misinformation that leads people to be confused about vaccines and what is best for their health. “It's anger with the social contract that got them into this situation, it is anger of people posting on social media that COVID-19 is not real, or that vaccines don’t work,” Sharma said. “That basically preys on vulnerable people, that makes them make bad decisions that lands them up here.” Seventy-eight per cent of eligible Canadians have been fully vaccinated. Side effects are rare according to public health officials as are breakthrough COVID-19 cases, and vaccines have been proven to drastically minimize severe cases of COVID-19 as well as death in the event of a breakthrough case. And yet, in this fourth wave, we’ve seen a baffling level of animosity displayed towards health care workers from a small subset of people, ranging from anti-vaccine groups protesting outside of hospitals to individual health care workers receiving threats. A year ago, it went unquestioned that health care workers were heroes. But now some groups are looking for someone to blame. “This morning I got some angry phone calls from people in the public because of my advocacy for vaccines,” Sharma said. He said it’s not only frustrating, but personally insulting that people would think that he’s taking time away from his family not to take care of sick patients but to prop up some lie about the virus. "I have two young kids who I went for weeks without seeing, because I was here [at the hospital],” he said. “I don’t think that there's any motivation for healthcare workers to lie.” Nurses told CTV News that they know colleagues who have been spat on by protestors, booed. “They think it’s a hoax and that honestly is a slap in the face to us after everything that we've been doing,” said Erin. A HEALTH CARE HOUSE OF CARDS That animosity is one more burden for health care workers during this fourth wave, on top of increasing burnout and short staffing. Amin pointed out that when the third wave hit in the spring, it put more pressure on the health care system than had occurred in a year of COVID-19. “We've been going at this in full gear for 18 months, and working that hard for that long for all the healthcare providers here that are looking after these patients, it's very difficult,” he said. Michael Plaunt, clinical manager of the coronary care unit at Hamilton General, told CTV News that everyone is tired. “They're burnt out, they're exhausted,” he said. “At the beginning, we didn't have any way to prevent this. And now that we have a way to prevent this, we should be seeing that improve, and we're not. So that's the frustration.” Health care workers say the circumstances of many of these fourth wave cases eats away at the compassion that is integral to their work. “We will come in in the middle of the night to take care of a sick patient, no matter the time of day or the day of the week,” Amin said. “But when it's an easily preventable situation, you start to start to lose some of the empathy. And that's a key factor of what we do as healthcare providers — we are empathetic and compassionate and you want to continue being that way.” Medical staff are becoming clearly fatigued, in more ways than one. At Hamilton General alone, around 12 staff members have left their job between the third and fourth waves. “The system is cracking,” Amin said. “The fourth wave is in many ways worse than the third wave. Although the number of cases in the community are not as high as we were seeing in the third wave, the amount of resources we have left within the healthcare system are much less now than they were in the third wave because of things like burnout and exit of staff members.” He pointed out that because of the burden on the health care system from COVID-19 patients, those who are getting ill from other diseases and conditions are having their care further delayed because of mostly preventable COVID-19 cases. Health care workers are urging those who are still on the fence about vaccination to get their shots. “I don’t think we are at the crest of the fourth wave,” said Sharma. “I think the wave is building. I think it’s going to get worse.” And if health care workers don’t get a moment to breathe soon, it could mean big problems not just for COVID-19 patients, but everyone. “I don't think a wise thing would be to push those people again to the max, because we still have a healthcare system to run after COVID is over,” Sharma said. “And I think we can't lose sight of that.”

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TV & Radio / THE GREATEST DANCER continued on BBC One yesterday evening and one performer left those tuning into the second instalment in tears. Deaf dancer Chris Fonseca wowed the judges with his routine as he performed using the music’s vibrations.

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TV & Radio / THE hit musical loses nothing of its appeal in this big screen version with a star studded cast including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters. TV & Radio / THE hit musical loses nothing of its appeal in this big screen version with a star studded cast including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters. Travel News / IT may not be as fashionable as Milan or as romantic as Florence but for sheer dynamism, energy and majesty, this Italian city will take your breath away, says JANE SLADE ... World / Organisers of Michael Jackson's public memorial have announced that British fans will be able to apply for tickets. Cricket / England captain Paul Collingwood insisted both he and Australia counterpart Michael Clarke agreed with the decision to abandon on Tuesday night Twenty20 international at Old Trafford without a ball being bowled. UK / The X Factor won the battle of the ratings with 2 million more viewers than its BBC rival Strictly Come Dancing, according to the latest figures. UK / MADELEINE McCann was abducted by at least two kidnappers who must have carried out several dry runs in the days leading up to her disappearance. Celebrity News / VOLUPTUOUS Faye Bray helped The X Factor win the ratings war with Strictly Come Dancing. UK / A Premier League footballer has been confronted by knife-wielding burglars in a terrifying raid on his home. UK / Police have named a couple found dead at their home. UK / X FACTOR has won the battle of the Saturday night primetime shows as TV bosses today announced Strictly Come Dancing would be moved to an earlier slot.

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TV personality Jeremy Kyle has split from his wife of 13 years. Kyle and Carla Germaine met when she entered a competition to marry a stranger on a Birmingham radio station, where Kyle was working. She married the stranger but they later split up and she got together with Kyle. In 2012 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Speaking about his treatment in 2013, he told TV host Jonathan Ross he broke down in tears before going into surgery. "It was horrible walking down to the theatre and saying goodbye to Carla, and I broke down in front of the anaesthetist, said to him, 'I think there are millions of people in Great Britain that would like to see me like this right now', and then don't remember anything else," he said. During the same interview Kyle also commented that his wife "wears the trousers" at home, saying: "There isn't a man in the United Kingdom who's married who's telling the truth who says that his wife isn't in charge. You've met Mrs Kyle. Mrs Kyle is in charge." News of their separation comes after Kyle, whose show often features rowing couples, let slip on air that he had not had sex "for ages". He made the remark in June after a woman appearing on the show spoke about her rather more active sex life.

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Tag: ArsTechnica Cyber Intelligence Report – April 1, 2014 In this edition: Cyber Attacks vs Cyber Defense | #OpIsraelBirthday promises damage to Israel via cyberspace | US signs agreement with EU on cyber issues | The US Defense planning to increase cyber workforce by 2016 | Russia deploying highly sophisticated cyber weapons | First global cybersecurity conference in Abu Dhabi | China training cops for cyber war | Palo Alto opened cyber security lab in Singapore | Romania is world's top hacking and global cyber-attack country | UK launched Computer Emergency Response Team after delay | TOR escalates in hiding criminal activity

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Tech / BARCELONA VS REAL MADRID LIVE STREAM: Barcelona will host Real Madrid this evening as the two Spanish giants go head-to-head in a highly-anticipated El Clasico tie. Here is Express.co.uk's guide to streaming all the action live online. Tech / BARCELONA VS REAL MADRID LIVE STREAM: Barcelona will host Real Madrid this evening as the two Spanish giants go head-to-head in a highly-anticipated El Clasico tie. Here is Express.co.uk's guide to streaming all the action live online. Life / TOM JONES is a well-known Welsh singer, age 78. Tonight, he will return to ITV screens for The Voice UK. The crooner is famous for songs such as Delilah. What is his net worth? Life / OLLY MURS, 34, will take to the UK’s TV screens tonight in The Voice - now in its sixth season. The musician first rose to fame in X Factor and has since built a successful career - so what is Olly Murs’ net worth? Life / AWARDS season kicks of tonight with the 76th Annual Golden Globes. So what time do they start, and can you watch them on TV? Here is everything you need to know. Diets / JENNIFER HUDSON has become a global superstar since winning American Idol in 2004, even starring in hit movie Dreamgirls alongside Beyoncé. But how has the pop star transformed over the years? Tech / MANCHESTER UNITED VS NEWCASTLE LIVE STREAM: Manchester United travel to Newcastle this evening and caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be hoping his side secure a vital victory to keep pressure on rivals higher up in the Premier League table. Here is Express.co.uk's guide to streaming all the action live online.

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Ted Cruz for president: 'He reminds me of Ronald Reagan in a lot of different ways' Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who announced his candidacy for president in a Sunday night tweet, could be the best chief executive for Huntsville and evokes memories of former President Ronald Reagan. That's the perspective from U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville. "Ted Cruz has all the makings of a great president should he get elected," Brooks said in a Monday interview with AL.com. "Now, to get elected, he's going to have to establish fundraising prowess and campaign organization unlike any other he's ever had. "On a policy level, on a leadership level, he reminds me of Ronald Reagan in a lot of different ways." I'm running for President and I hope to earn your support! pic.twitter.com/0UTqaIoytP-- Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 23, 2015 Cruz is the first of what's expected to be a crowded field of GOP candidates to enter the race for the White House. He followed up his Twitter announcement with a speech Monday at Liberty University. Perhaps none of the GOP candidates, though, could be better for Brooks' north Alabama district than Cruz, who is chair of the Space, Science and Competitiveness subcommittee - which gives him oversight of NASA. "He's a strong supporter of human space travel," Brooks said. "Redstone Arsenal - both on the military side and the space side - could not hope for a better president than Ted Cruz. Because Ted Cruz is strongly in favor of human space flight, which is what the Marshall Space Flight Center's primary focus is. "And Ted Cruz understands that the world is still a very dangerous place and just as it's good to have carrots, you need to have sticks in order to secure world peace -- which means you've got to have a strong military." Brooks said his praise for Cruz, however, is not tantamount to an endorsement. "There are other candidates out there I like, too," Brooks said. "I think this go-around, the Republican primary is going to be blessed with some of the best presidential candidates we've ever had. And I look forward to the very spirited debate as to which is the best of the best." Brooks expounded in his comparison of Cruz to Reagan - a favorite hero of the Republican Party. "Ronald Reagan was the entire package that you'd want in a president," Brooks said. "He was a lot like John F. Kennedy - those being probably the two foremost presidents from each party over the last 60 years. Ronald Reagan, very charismatic, very principled and had the oratorical skills necessary to help people understand why we should follow the direction that Reagan was leading. Ted Cruz is very similar to Ronald Reagan in all of those respects. "If you remember, Ronald Reagan in 1980 was portrayed in the Republican primary and in the general election as a right-wing nut by the news media, by Democrats and by his Republican foes in the primary. But once he was elected and he took office, his dedication to America and the principles that made us who we are - the greatest nation in world history - came to the surface. And that's the kind of leadership ability that Ted Cruz has." In fact, Brooks said that Cruz and President Obama have similar leadership talents - albeit from dramatically different political perspectives. "There are a number of candidates running who will publicly espouse the same values held by Ted Cruz," Brooks said. "(Wisconsin Gov.) Scott Walker will probably be there, (Kentucky Congressman) Rand Paul will be there to a degree, (former Florida Gov.) Jeb Bush will claim that he is with Ted Cruz on a lot of issues. What makes Ted Cruz different is that he's been in the heat of battle and he has stood strong for those principles that make America who we are. And has not wavered despite the misguided attacks launched against him and that's what you need in a leader. "I'll use Barack Obama as an example. Barack Obama happens to be on the left side of the political spectrum - the farthest left candidate we've ever had. But he stands his ground and he knows how to communicate with the American people for the principles he believes in. Ted Cruz has that same ability to communicate in a way the American people can understand and support what he stands for once they understand it."

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Texas needs our aloha This column is about Texas. Larger than life, sprawling, Davy Crockett swingin’ Ole Betsy at the Alamo, Texas. True grit, Longhorns, biggest state that ever was, Texas! Where everything’s bigger, Cadillacs, 10-gallon hats, the King Ranch. Land of Blooming Blue Bells. I was born there, my dad was born there, his dad before him, born deep in the heart of Texas. Once a Texan, always a Texan. Texans say that Alaska is one big ice cube, melt it down and they put it in their drink, and Hawaii they could put in their shirt pocket. All in fun. The Lone Star State and our 50th state have one thing in common, how you treat people, they call it hospitality, we call it aloha. It’s sharing with a smile, giving with no expectations, inviting people to dinner and when they leave saying “y’all come back now,” and in Hawaii,“see ya nex’ time.” It’s going out of your way to help, that’s aloha. Our big brother state needs a lot of that right now. Texas is drowning, flood waters are up to her neck, and she’s sputtering and reaching up for a helping hand. Time to show that aloha is more than just a word for the tourists, time to prove it’s fo’ real. We watch the news and see giant storm clouds swallowing up Houston. We see rivers of brown water up to the windshields of the cars, people floating down the streets in boats. We see the big news stories. But there’s much we don’t see. We don’t see 50,000 children, their minds trying to make sense of why the yards where they play, their rooms where they talk to their sisters, their whole worlds are all gone. They don’t know, they just look up at mom and dad and wonder. We don’t see Uncle Ray and his wife hugging each other, staring at the house they lived in since the ‘50s, the place the kids grew up, gone, and no money to move anywhere. We don’t see the shame of the proud Texan in a shelter thinking of his wonderful suburban home, all he had in his life, lost in the mud. He hides his tears, he’s a Texan. When the camera turns off and the news crews go home, there is mom staring out hopelessly, holding her two kids. There is a hundred miles of hurt in Houston. Time for some big time aloha. If you want to help here’s what you can do. Get out the credit card and type in redcross.org and click on the red “donate now” button. There are pages of websites telling how to help Houston, please find one and give if you can. It might dry a tear or fill a stomach. Let’s show them we really are the Aloha State. Rules for posting comments Comments posted below are from readers. In no way do they represent the view of Oahu Publishing Inc. or this newspaper. This is a public forum. Comments may be monitored for inappropriate content but the newspaper is under no obligation to do so. Comment posters are solely responsible under the Communications Decency Act for comments posted on this Web site. Oahu Publishing Inc. is not liable for messages from third parties. IP and email addresses of persons who post are not treated as confidential records and will be disclosed in response to valid legal process. Do not post: - Potentially libelous statements or damaging innuendo. - Obscene, explicit, or racist language. - Copyrighted materials of any sort without the express permission of the copyright holder. - Personal attacks, insults or threats. - The use of another person's real name to disguise your identity. - Comments unrelated to the story. If you believe that a commenter has not followed these guidelines, please click the FLAG icon below the comment.

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The 2017 Mount Isa Mines Rotary Rodeo is up and running. Visiting Mount Isa, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the iconic rodeo had grown to become the world’s third largest competition and was a major event on Queensland’s tourism calendar. “Last year, the Mount Isa Rodeo attracted more than 32,000 people, injected more than $9 million into the local economy and was elevated to major event status by Tourism and Events Queensland,” the Premier said. “There is no doubt the Mount Isa Rodeo has helped put the city well and truly on the tourist trail, and I congratulate all of the organisers and sponsors for their ongoing support and commitment to making it a major, multi-award winning event.” The Mount Isa Rodeo was recognised nationally when it won the 2016 Australian Tourism Award for Best Festival and Event. Isa Rodeo Arena Boss Steve Hilton is predicting bull riding will be the stand out event of the rodeo with the highest number of nominations in the Open Bull Ride in more than a decade with top riders like previous Isa champion Jared Borghero, as well as the current Australian champion Darcy McBean chasing the prize money and prestigious Isa Rodeo buckle.

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The 2022 federal budget includes a pair of tax increases for big banks and insurance companies that will bring in more than $6 billion in revenue and put high income earners on notice that they could be next. But NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he thinks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should have gone further. Asked in an interview on CTV’s Question Period whether he thought the wealthy-targeting moves were enough, Singh said no. “It would not be what I would have done as prime minister, but it is what we were able to achieve with the Liberal government in power,” Singh said. “We used our power to make sure that some of the wealthiest are paying their fair share. But that's one revenue stream. We argued for a lot more than that.” As part of the Liberal-NDP deal the two parties agreed to very broadly move forward with making the tax system more fair, including “moving forward in the near term on tax changes on financial institutions who have made strong profits during the pandemic.” In an effort to help boost revenue to pay down Canada’s deficit, the federal Liberals are moving forward on a series of measures meant to crack down on tax avoidance and make the big banks and insurance companies “help pay for the recovery.” The Liberals are taking a two-pronged and more aggressive approach than they campaigned on when it comes to forcing big chartered banks and major insurance companies to share their pandemic-generated wealth by increasing their corporate income taxes. Wealthy financial institutions are being squeezed in two ways: - A one-time 15 per cent tax will be imposed on taxable income above $1 billion that was earned by banking and life insurers’ groups in the 2021 tax year. Called the “Canada Recovery Dividend,” the increase will be paid in equal installments over the next five years; and - Going forward the government will permanently increase the corporate income tax rate by 1.5 per cent on the taxable income of banks and insurance firms that is above $100 million, seeing their overall federal corporate income tax rate increase from 15 per cent to 16.5 per cent. Together, these policies will net $6.1 billion over the next five years, and then the permanent increase is estimated to keep bringing in hundreds of millions in the years following. CTV News was first to report that the budget would target these companies, after banks had been pushing behind the scenes for the government to change course. Economists and representatives from these major financial institutions have cautioned that while going after banks may be popular politically, the cost could get passed on to bank customers in the form of higher fees, unless the government moves to prohibit that. “Not only is the bank tax a knee-jerk reaction that sends the wrong message to the global investment community… it is ultimately a tax on you, our shareholders – approximately 70 per cent of whom are Canadian. It’s a tax on those who directly own our shares or participate through pension plans or mutual funds, index funds or ETFs [exchange-traded funds],” said Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter in an address to shareholders at the bank’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, according to his prepared remarks. In addition to going after banks, the budget also puts high-earning individuals on notice. After already increasing taxes on the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians, in the budget the Liberals warn that some high-income Canadians aren’t paying enough in personal income tax. “28 per cent of filers with gross income above $400,000 pay an average federal PIT [Personal Income Tax] rate of 15 per cent or less, which is less than some middle class Canadians pay,” reads the budget. As a result, the government says it will be examining “a new minimum tax regime, which will go further towards ensuring that all wealthy Canadians pay their fair share of tax.” Singh agrees with this move. “We think that the super wealthy aren't paying their fair share... So we would do a lot more,” he said. The NDP have said that they want to see profitable oil companies and big-box stores also subjected to a corporate tax increase. It’s something Singh has said he’ll keep pushing for, opening up the potential for further measures aimed at the wealthiest Canadians to be added into the two party confidence-and-supply agreement in the years ahead.

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The Chronicle celebrates the Top 100 Restaurants 2015 Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper (center) chats with Lissa Doumani and Hiro Sone (both owners of Terra) The San Francisco Chronicle celebrated its choice of the Top 100 Bay Area restaurants at Novela in San Francisco on June 8, 2015. Terra / Bar Terra Three years ago Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani split up the dining rooms in the historic stone building they've run since 1988. Urchin Bistrot review: Rough French connection It closed last year and sat sadly empty until August, when Sone and his wife, Lissa Doumani, of Terra in St. ... It was there where he met Doumani, who was the pastry chef and continues that role at Urchin ... New book makes homemade sushi simple with a visual guide Sushi made simple New book by chefs Lissa Doumani and Hiro Sone is a visual guide Amanda Gold In the kitchen of their Japanese-style Calistoga home, Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani are making sushi rice, he rapidly ... Meals on Wheels picks up $2.6 million at chef-vintner fete This hot ticket now attracts 1,100 guests, who are wined and dined with 10 three-course menus created by a who's who of culinary craftsmanship, including Central Kitchen's Thomas McNaughton, Park Tavern's ... Terra / Bar Terra Few restaurants have kept up with the times better than Terra, which was opened in 1988 by Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani, who also own Ame in San Francisco. Charlie Hallowell retaking the reins at Pizzaiolo On a Mission: Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani are old pros at juggling restaurants. ... Now Sone and Doumani are headed to the Mission District. Greg Dunmore delivers farm-fresh flair to Nojo In 2002, he packed up and came back to California, landing in the Napa Valley to work with Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani at Terra. ... But Dunmore got that opportunity when Sone and Doumani were offered the location for Ame at the St. Manrique's wine bar to add French classics Meanwhile, Ame - the Michelin-starred restaurant on the street level - remains in the able hands of Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani, who have launched monthly kaiseki dinners. Terra/Bar Terra Last year, owners Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani, who also own Ame in San Francisco, divided the restaurant into two areas. Meals on Wheels' Star Chefs & Vintners Gala Pamela Mazzola and Frank Blum at the Meals on Wheels' Star Chefs & Vintners Gala on April 21, 2013. parties25_mow Meals On Wheels Of San Francisco 26th Annual Star Ellen Newman at the Meals on Wheels' Star Chefs ... Napa Valley restaurant roundup Bar Terra (2011) Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani opened Terra 25 years ago, but two years ago they made the brilliant move of splitting the restaurant in two, which made sense architecturally and in the way people eat today. Two decades that made Napa restaurant history Helena: Hiro Sone and his wife, Lissa Doumani, brought cross-cultural sophistication. 1990 | Napa Valley Wine Train: The controversial train, popular with tourists, brought a Disney-like element to the area. ... Chef Cindy Pawlcyn savors storied career Lissa Doumani, a close friend who opened Terra with her husband, Hiro Sone, in St. ... "We think she's a ghost - whichever restaurant we're in, she's there," Doumani says of Pawlcyn, who still does daily rounds of her restaurants. Napa Valley's shifting dining scene "There weren't many choices and there was a lot of room to grow," says Lissa Doumani, who owns Terra and Bar Terra with her husband, Hiro Sone. ... That allowed Sone and Doumani to convert part of Terra into Bar ... Notable chefs learned from a mentor in the kitchen And when Sone and his wife, Lissa Doumani, opened Ame in San Francisco in 2005, they tapped Dunmore to be their executive chef. The Chronicle's Top 100 restaurants Regis hotel owned by Lissa Doumani and Hiro Sone of Terra and Bar Terra in St. The Chronicle's Top 100 restaurants, 2012 Regis hotel owned by Lissa Doumani and Hiro Sone of Terra and Bar Terra in St. On the Town: Where to go, what to do tonight Owners Lissa Doumani and Hiro Sone have divided their original Terra restaurant in two so that one side became the more upscale dining room and the other side became a bar with a separate menu. Spotlight on radicchio salad at Bar Terra I called co-owner Lissa Doumani, who pointed out that the dish was one of the original offerings at Terra, which has been open more than two decades. ... Radicchio Salad With Parmesan-Balsamico Vinaigrette ...

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The Design Files: More stores to check out for decorating .; 206-957-5516; www.seattlegoodwill.org Lifelong AIDS Alliance Thrift Store -- 1017 E. Union; 206-957-1655; www.lifelong aidsalliance.org Value Village -- various locations; www.value village.com Big Lots -- various ... Get Out: Best Bets SUNDAY AIDS Walk: The 18th annual walk, benefiting Lifelong AIDS Alliance, travels through downtown Seattle via Fifth Avenue, turning at Westlake Center and continuing via Fourth Avenue to return to the International Fountain at Seattle Center. Living with AIDS not getting easier About 80 percent to 90 percent of the clients at Lifelong AIDS Alliance are low-income. ... This underscores the need for Lifelong AIDS Alliance's meals and grocery programs. ... It also makes HIV/AIDS service ... Seattle City Council Candidate: Sally Clark Clark is community resources director for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance and has extensive behind-the-scenes political experience. ... In 1994, she left the press box for the trenches of advocacy, with the job at ... AIDS alliance activist wins City Council seat Clark is an activist and the community resources director at the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, with a background in politics. ... "This is the part that makes me sad, I love working here at Lifelong AIDS Alliance. ... Their numbers waning, but foot soldiers stay the course She and several other teens from United Church of Christ congregations across the state raised money for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance of Seattle. ... Last year, the event raised $850,000 from 4,500 walkers, said ... Veep Pick Thanks to the city's current investment, organizations such as Lifelong AIDS Alliance's Chicken Soup Brigade provide homebound clients challenged by life-threatening illness with the security of knowing they can ... Annual AIDS Walk held in Capitol Hill With a thick, black marker she wrote the name of a close friend suffering from AIDS and Andrews said she and her friends planned to carry the signs in the 21st Annual Seattle AIDS Walk, a fundraiser for the ... ReAct puts a fresh face on a '30s play The earnings of "YCTIWY" go, in part, to the Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Police report influx of heroin users on Capitol Hill The Capitol Hill needle exchange, open six days a week inside the Lifelong AIDS Alliance at 10th Avenue and Seneca Street, sees about 30 people daily, Hanrahan said. Remember: The faces of AIDS are still right here at home So says former City Council member and human rights activist Tina Podlodowski, the new executive director of Lifelong AIDS Alliance. ... Then, when Podlodowski heard that Chuck Kuehn, Lifelong Aids Alliance and ... AIDS walkers brave storm The event, the biggest fund-raiser for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, gained more than $500,000 toward nutrition, counseling, housing, transportation, education and emergency assistance for 8,400 people statewide ... Rule change for HIV files: Patients' names will be kept on record AIDS cases have been reported by name since 1984, but health officials didn't start logging HIV cases until the late '90s, when better treatments meant more people were living longer without developing ... Monique Payton is a key player in her own right For Monique the local ties include one most people assumed she would drop the minute her husband was traded to Milwaukee -- her hosting of the Red White and Blues auction for Seattle's Lifelong AIDS Alliance. ... Council narrows the field to a half-dozen Clark Clark is one of four executive level directors at the Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Higher prices are making it harder for elderly to buy food they need The Seattle Human Services Coalition, an alliance of human services providers, wants the city to include $400,000 in the 2009-2010 budget to expand home deliveries of meals. ... I think that's true; however, the ... Volunteers' motives as varied as their projects They taught courses for Junior Achievement, worked at a park and cleaned a beach, helped build homes for Habitat for Humanity, fixed up the Chicken Soup Brigade for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, cleaned and ... On Dining: You can save your dough and still go out Seattle restaurants are well-represented in the upcoming nationwide DineOUT, FightAIDS fundraising effort April 24. Dine at any of the more than 130 restaurants on the list and 30 percent of all proceeds will ... The Design Files: When melding two households, start with the must-haves The Sharehouse (www.thesharehouse.org) Goodwill (www.goodwill.org) Lifelong Aids Alliance (www.lifelongaidsalliance.org) ASK US: Send your questions to info@thedesignfiles.com. Daily News Gallery - 9/10/2001 Participants in the Northwest AIDS Walk make their way through Myrtle Edwards Park. ... Carold Nelson of the Let's Dance House Band beats out a rhythm on his conga drum to keep walkers enthusiastic as they make ...

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The French interior minister, Gérard Collomb, said the attacker, whose ID suggests he is an Algerian student, was carrying "rudimentary weapons" and shouted "this is for Syria" as he hit the 22-year-old police officer. One man who said he had just visited Notre Dame moments before the attack tweeted that "shots were fired" and that "people ran everywhere". The officer was wounded, and the attacker was taken to a hospital, police said. The man yelled "This is for Syria", Collomb said, adding that the attacker appeared to have acted alone. Police officers seal off the access to Notre Dame after Tuesday's shooting. One police officer injured. Following the incident the Paris prosecutor's office swiftly launched a counter- terrorism investigation. One officer suffered minor injuries. Kyle Riches, a tourist from San Francisco, was with his wife walking through the plaza outside Notre-Dame when they heard gunshots and dropped to the ground. Among the people ordered to remain inside the cathedral was former USA ambassador to the United Nations Nancy Soderberg. Hundreds of people on the esplanade in front of Notre Dame were evacuated while the operation was underway. The last fatal attack in France dates to April 20, when a policeman was shot dead on Paris's prestigious Champs-Elysees avenue, three days before the first round of the presidential election. Karine Dalle, a spokeswoman for the Paris diocese, told BFM TV 900 people were inside the cathedral as police secured the area. "It was really frightening", Soderberg said by phone. Paris police say an unidentified assailant has attacked a police officer near the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the officer then shot and wounded the attacker. "He was not working in conjunction with any body", he said. "These are the kind of attacks that are, that give everybody nightmares, because there's no plot", he said. The motive for the attack was not immediately clear. Police and gendarmes at the scene on Tuesday. A police official would not provide further information. The medieval Catholic cathedral is a popular destination and is located on the Île de la Cité in the Seine River. The city is on high alert after a number of horrific incidents in recent years - including similar isolated assaults on security staff at the Louvre museum in February and another at nearby Orly airport in March.

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