VOTE TODAY til 6PM Find your polling place Photos: Aiona, Finnegan tour Roberts Hawaii, other businesses The Morning after the Election Hawaii Family Forum makes final push to Get Out the Vote Hawaii Right to Life PAC Urges Vote for Aiona New Aiona-Finnegan radio ad trumpets Hilo, Maui endorsements Gallup predicts Largest Republican margin in Several Generations VIDEO: Aiona on HNN Sunrise James "Duke" Aiona, Hawaii's Republican candidate for governor, stops by Sunrise on election day. read more Abercrombie admits responsibility for costing Hawaii millions under Compact of Free Association Neil Abercrombie says "Yes". He was on the committee that helped put together the treaty with Micronesia. That's now costing Hawaii millions. Abercrombie admits, "I wish we could have done something more to see to it that the funding came. It wasn't for a lack of. I ended up voting for the bill because it was the right thing to do - but the funding wasn't there. And I regret that ...very, very deeply and I think that the consequences of that are in front of us right now." read more Former AG Lilly: Hanabusa Responsible for Superferry Demise--Not Aiona While Duke Aiona had no power to save the Superferry, Senate President Hanabusa did have that power. On March 20, 2009, I handed her a simple legislative solution that Attorney General Mark Bennett said was one of five or six ways the Superferry and all those jobs could be saved. What did Hanabusa do? Nothing. She was the one “missing in action.” RELATED: Fact check: Superferry, Aloha, Rail, Furloughs, Hanabusa could have saved Superferry, did nothing read more SA: Aiona, Djou victories would mark “historic shift” A Republican sweep tonight obviously means that the Democratic Party's grip on Hawaii politics would wither. If Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona is elected tonight to carry on the GOP control of the governorship started in 2002 by Gov. Linda Lingle, it would mean that there has been an historic shift in Hawaii political philosophy. And if Charles Djou holds on to his seat in Congress, it would solidify that seismic shift in the political thinking of Hawaii voters. Republicans in Hawaii have long said they believe Hawaii is becoming more conservative and less interested in government solutions. A victory tonight would prove it. Also to a large extent, an Aiona victory would be a realization that Hawaii's politically engaged Christian or faith-based community is able to put the boots on the ground needed to win an election. HFP: Hawaii GOP: Election shaping up “just like 2002” read more Republicans excited about Election Day "I've been up since before 5:00 this morning it's all about meeting people, because ultimately that's what it comes down to, it comes down to the people of Hawaii and talking with the voters one at a time and this is the final day to make our final push and that's exactly what I'm doing we're trying to make every minute of every hour count," said Rep. Charles Djou, (R) Hawaii, First Congressional District. It seems to be working people were asking him for autographs and posing for pictures with him knowing every vote counts in such a close race. "It's a simultaneous feeling of nervousness as well as excitement as well as I guess a little bit of relief after having campaigned for so long and so hard," said Rep. Djou. "The people who know what the results are, are the voters in Hawaii's first district and I look forward to their judgment tomorrow." Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan met with various companies downtown shaking hands and changing minds. Aiona says he likes talking with voters in an 'unfiltered environment.' Aiona, who is a former lawyer and judge, is excited to hear the final verdict from voters. SA: Polls open as governor's race headlines weighty fall ballot read more 145,000 Votes Already Cast Yesterday for walk-in early voting, which ended Saturday, and mail-in ballots received through Friday or Saturday: » Honolulu: 22,272 people voted at Oahu's three walk-in sites. Also, 82,391 mail-in ballots were received as of Friday out of 104,806 ballots requested. » Hawaii County: 10,251 walk-in voters and 8,067 mail-in ballots received by Friday » Maui County: 3,691 walk-in voters and 9,253 mail-in ballots received by Saturday » Kauai County: 2,928 walk-in voters and 7,145 mail-in ballots received by Saturday read more Boylan points to possible GOP Legislative gains According to Boylan the races in which republicans have the best chances to pick up seats in the House include the race between republican Gil Riviere and democrat Larry Sagaysay on the North Shore of Oahu, the contest between republican Chris Baron and democrat Mark Hashem in East Oahu, and the duel between republican Richard Fale and democratic incumbent Jessica Wooley on Windward Oahu. Boylan believes Senate republican Tracy Bean has a shot at defeating democratic incumbent Jill Tokuda in Kaneohe and republican Virginia Enos could beat democrat Pohai Ryan in a senate district that stretches from Kailua to Hawaii Kai. HFP: Hawaii GOP: Election shaping up “just like 2002” read more Obama jumps into Hawaii race While Democratic strategists view the Hawaii race as one of a handful of pickup opportunities, polling shows the battle tight. An Aloha Vote survey conducted on Oct. 23 showed Hanabusa leading Djou by 50 percent to 45 percent, while a mid-October Honolulu Star-Advertiser poll had Djou holding a narrow lead of 48 percent to 45 percent. Obama has also cut a TV ad for Hanabusa. In the 30-second spot, launched in late October, Obama tells viewers: “To keep Hawaii moving forward, I need a partner I trust: Colleen Hanabusa.” On the conference call, Obama also heaped praise on Abercrombie, whom he called a longtime friend. The former Democratic congressman is regarded as the favorite in his race against GOP Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona. AUDIO: Obama Aloha KITV: Obama Calls Hawaii To Urge Democrats To Vote AP: Obama conducted a telephone town hall meeting with about 1,200 listeners on Monday SA: Candidates hit the streets and airwaves to rally support on the eve of the election read more GOP, Dems make final push in Hilo Monday Republican Lynn Finnegan, seeking the post of lieutenant governor, made a last-minute visit to Hilo to wave signs with supporters of Duke Aiona. "Our supporters are excited. We have more and more people outwardly supporting us, and they are great," she said…. At the Mooheau Bandstand, the air was thick with fruit flies as the Democratic Party's stars pledged support for each other. read more Justice: GTMO Greenwell goes from Council to jail Outgoing County Councilman Kelly Greenwell walked into 3rd Circuit Court Monday expecting the judge to mete out a sentence of probation after striking a plea deal with the prosecutors. Instead, Greenwell was handed a jail term as the judge made clear the defendent's political standing should not defer just treatment. Kelly Greenwell, 69, pleaded no contest to the charge, in a plea deal that dropped charges of resisting an order from a police officer and refusal to provide identification. Third Circuit Court Judge Ronald Ibarra accepted Greenwell's request for a deferred acceptance of the plea -- but also sentenced Greenwell to 30 days in jail, with all but five days suspended, and a year of probation. read more Abercrombie campaigners complain about sit-in arrest (The furlough protesters were Abercrombie operatives from UHPA. The protests were Abercrombie's agit-prop show) Justice Dept. Deploying Hundreds to Monitor Polls According to a Justice Department release, the poll monitors will, among other tasks, "gather information on whether voters are subject to different voting qualifications or procedures on the basis of race, color, or membership in a language minority group." The Civil Rights Division has also set up a phone number and web portal to allow people to complain of voter intimidation or coercion. Observers will be deployed in jurisdictions in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. read more Gubernatorial candidates address stadium concerns Aiona said he favors the establishment of a "totally independent sports commission" to assist sports across the board in the state. He said, "I love sports and will do everything I can to elevate it to the next level, but the sports commission is, to me, is the key right now in elevating Hawaii as well as our youth sports and everything else that goes around it." read more After election, talking stink goes from roars to whispers Yes, people are tired of the slam ads. They're tired of the cheerful sunrise ads and the slo-mo children playing in the park and the gantlet of grinning sign wavers morning, noon and night, too. Most people are looking forward to tomorrow when it will all be over and we can go back to talking stink among friends rather than have it thrust in our faces on TV or spilling out of the mailbox. read more City housing office would lack expertise to fulfill goal To create yet another housing department would only add another layer of bureaucracy, another hurdle to achieving the desired goal of providing affordable housing in Hawaii. Voters should reject this charter amendment if they truly want to see more affordable housing in Honolulu. read more Streamlining permits gets mayor’s boost WAILUKU - Mayor Charmaine Tavares has asked the County Council to consider legislation to help streamline the process of acquiring a permit from the county Department of Planning - a major issue in nearly every county campaign this election season. For at least a year, the county Planning Department has been cooperating with the three island planning commissions in Maui County to address the long-standing problem of getting planning permits approved in a timely fashion. But this latest announcement came last week, just days before today's general election, in which Tavares is up for re-election against former Mayor Alan Arakawa. (A coincidence, of course.) read more S.I. Man Charged in Terror Investigation Due in Court (Hawaii terror arrest) The Staten Island man accused of lying about his alleged attempts to travel overseas in the hopes of killing US troops will be in a Brooklyn courtroom Tuesday. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh was arrested in Hawaii after the FBI said he had tried to travel to Pakistan to join the Taliban. read more Hillary Clinton speaks out on Hawaii Slavery case Men, women and children are trapped in prostitution or labour in fields and factories under brutal bosses who threaten them with violence or jail if they try to escape. Earlier this year, six "recruiters" were indicted in Hawaii in the largest human trafficking case ever charged in US history. They coerced 400 Thai workers into farm labour by confiscating their passports and threatening to have them deported. I have seen firsthand the suffering that human trafficking causes. Not only does it result in injury and abuse—it also takes away its victims' power to control their own destinies. RELATED: Neil Abercrombie's slavery problem read more Geothermal's Second Chance: Lessons from a turbulent past could help expand this renewable energy’s future Mililani Trask, attorney and Native Hawaiian advocate, says she supports responsible geothermal development. (The 1990s anti-Geothermal protests led by convicted drug dealer Ralph Palikapu Dedman, was just a scam to steal the land away from the Campbell Estate and transfer it to OHA. Now the Sovereignty activists are suddenly in favor of geothermal.) read more Ranking Hawaii’s Big Charities The Hawaii Community Foundation is the best big charity in Hawaii and the Contemporary Museum is the worst, according to Charity Navigator, a national organization that rates more than 5,000 charities across the country. read more Common sense trumps bag bans There are many reasons why plastic bags may be considered less harmful than paper bags. They’re made from recycled materials, are lighter and easier to transport in bulk and their manufacture releases fewer air pollutants. The … vast majority of retail plastic bags are deposited in recycling bins to become raw material for new product production. REALITY: Save The Plastic Bag read more Hawaii bankruptcy filings go below 300 The number of Hawaii residents filing for bankruptcy dropped below 300 in October for the first time in eight months, although local bankruptcy attorneys say business is still brisk by historical standards. The 297 filings last month were the fewest since 291 cases were filed in February, according to federal Bankruptcy Court statistics. There was an 8.4 percent rise in filings from October 2009, the smallest increase in nearly a year. read more Survey measures gay marriage in US There are well over half a million same-sex homes in the United States (about 580,000), the survey indicated, and just over a quarter of those are headed by married couples. Marriage equality is currently legal in only five states, and where same-sex couples are allowed to wed, lesbians lead the way. Nationally, there are 85,847 married lesbian couples, versus 66,274 married gay couples. Washington, D.C. ranks as the nation’s top city in terms of homes headed by gay couples--26% of all unmarried couples in the city were gay men, with lesbians making up 4% of the same demographic. (Data for 2010 will indicate how many of those couples have chosen to wed following Washington, D.C.’s legalization of marriage equality in December of last year.) But Massachusetts ranked first in terms of households headed by female same-sex couples, the survey showed: though gays and lesbians may marry in Massachusetts, lesbians comprised 8% of the state’s unmarried couples, with males making up 6% of the state’s unmarried couples. Massachusetts was only one of several states where same-sex couples are more numerous; other states with high numbers of gay and lesbian families were Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Utah. Florida and Virginia had high numbers of gay couples; Vermont and New Mexico were among favorite states for lesbian couples. WaTimes: D.C. tops in gay-male households: Mass. has most lesbian homes, new study finds read more

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Vancouver police net alleged thief after posting Craigslist ad for iPhone A 24-year-old Vancouver man is facing charges after allegedly stealing an iPhone from a police officer after it was offered up in a Craigslist ad. January 10, 2017 Crime

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Versatile North East singer Anne Reay has two big dates in September to look forward to – one on the stage and one on the road. On September 17 you will find her at Durham’s Gala Theatre performing her show Great Ladies of Song. This will feature classic numbers forever associated with renowned singers from different eras and in a variety of genres. For the price of one ticket, audience members will hear the songs of Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, Crystal Gayle, Sarah Brightman, Whitney Houston, Adele and more. By then, hopefully, she will have recovered from her other engagement on September 10, joining the thousands bound for South Shields in the Great North Run. Anna, who is 35, has just released a charity single, Sunset on the Tyne, which is dedicated to all the Great North Run participants and will benefit a charity close to her heart. “This is the first year that I’ll actually be running the Great North Run,” she says. “I decided to do it with my friend Helen Watson and her brothers, Ian and David, whose dad sadly passed last year from prostate cancer, so along with our sponsorship money the proceeds from the sale of the single will be going to the charity.” She adds: “Sunset on the Tyne is about the North East, the Great North Run, family and love. It’s a real Geordie folk song. “I wrote it with my bass player, Deon Krishnan, and it’s available to buy for 99p on iTunes now but the first time we will be performing it live will be at the Gala Theatre.” Anna, who lives in Whickham, Gateshead, has been singing all her life and says her parents recall her humming the Superman theme tune even before she could talk. She studied music at Gateshead College and then Sunderland University before her career started with providing backing vocals for a North East band. When the lead singer was taken ill one day, Anna stepped into the spotlight and has never looked back. She professes herself a fan of all sorts of musical genres, including pop, country and jazz. Her versatility gained her work as a cruise ship entertainer and she has sung for her supper in some extremely glamorous company all around the world. In 2013 she marked 10 years in showbusiness with a first performance of Great Ladies of Song at Playhouse Whitley Bay, the idea being to give past cruise ship customers in the North East a chance to get reacquainted on dry land. Now she is to give a repeat performance at the Gala and is looking forward to it. “I’m having a lot of fun in rehearsals, revisiting material from the past and rehearsing songs from women who I took my inspiration from as well as performing my own material,” she says. “We have some surprise guest performers joining me, too, for what will be an enjoyable show.” The show at the Gala Theatre is at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 17. For tickets go to www.galadurham.co.uk or tel. 03000 266600.

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WAGGA footballer Dougal Howard will play his first AFL game in more than 13 months when he returns to Port Adelaide’s team on Sunday. Howard has been named at centre-half-forward against Collingwood at Adelaide Oval on Sunday. Howard tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in just his sixth AFL game, against Fremantle in June last year. The 21-year-old made his return to the field in April and has shone at South Australian National Football League (SANFL) level. Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is looking forward to Howard’s return. “He’s ready,” Hinkley said. “We’ve been really cautious with Dougal after doing the knee last year. “He’s got some real power that we like, and he’s got some speed at the top end. He’s a good size. He marks the ball and kicks the ball really well and he can play both ends, and he can play in the ruck.”

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WALLINGFORD -- The Cheshire softball team was on the verge of being shut out for the second straight game. But a seventh-inning rally allowed the Rams to not only defeat Southern Connecticut Conference Housatonic Division foe Lyman Hall, but snap their scoreless string. The Rams had five hits and scored three times in the top of the seventh inning, highlighted by Christina Orcutt's two-run home run, as Cheshire prevailed 3-1 Monday. Lyman Hall pitcher Lauren Zambrano surrendered just one hit until the seventh. But Orcutt hit a first-pitch fastball over the center field fence to give the Rams the lead. "I kind of just watched the ball come in (off Zambrano's arm)," Orcutt said. "I wasn't really sure what to expect, but I always like to be ready to hit the ball if it is a strike and if I see one. I time it when I go up to bat so I can get her timing down." Cheshire (1-1) lost to Mercy 2-0 in last week's season opener. For six innings against the Trojans (2-1), it looked as if the Rams would have to settle for more zeros. "They're a good offensive team, except we always seem to be a little slow getting started," Cheshire coach Maureen DiSorbo said. "Unfortunately, we've been falling short the last couple of innings. But Christina came through with a nice hit, and that's why she's been my DP (designated hitter) to this point, because she has been coming through with her bat late in the game." The first at-bat of the seventh inning was perhaps the biggest in the game. Cheshire's Allison Fountain hit a slow grounder up the first base line. Anticipating that the ball would roll foul, Lyman Hall first basemen Sarina Lyon nonchalantly watched it. The ball stayed fair, and Lyon attempted to pick it up with her glove but was unsuccessful. Fountain reached first with an infield single, and Orcutt then stepped to the plate. "If we made that play, it would've been a whole different ball game," Lyman Hall coach Alexis Nacca said, "and I don't think her (Zambrano) ball (to Orcutt) would've hung over the plate and that would not have been over the fence. So, defense wins or loses games. Pitching is going to keep us in the games, but we have to make the routine defensive plays." Winning pitcher Linda Amarante singled in the sixth inning for Cheshire's first hit. Amarante gave up four hits and struck out seven. Emily Amento drove in Cheshire's final run with a single that scored Ali Giannone. Zambrano struck out eight and allowed just one walk. However, she hit three straight batters in the second inning, but then struck out the side to end the threat. "It's all about momentum," DiSorbo said. "I'm waiting for some of the girls to step up and be leaders and be the first to start that. Christina, fortunately, was the one to start it, and it was almost too late. The girls are getting their at-bats. I did see a high strikeout count today, but I am hoping that changes." Mike Pucci can be reached at mpucci@nhregister.com.

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WASHINGTON -- Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won't be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Friday in releasing a fuller version of their review into the origins of the pandemic. The paper issued by the Director of National Intelligence elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by President Joe Biden. That review said that U.S. intelligence agencies were divided on the origins of the virus but that analysts do not believe the virus was developed as a bioweapon and that most agencies believe the virus was not genetically engineered. China has resisted global pressure to cooperate fully with investigations into the pandemic or provide access to genetic sequences of coronaviruses kept at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which remains a subject of speculation for its research and reported safety problems. Biden launched the review amid growing momentum for the theory - initially broadly dismissed by experts - that the virus leaked from the Wuhan lab. Former President Donald Trump and his supporters long argued that a lab leak was possible as they sought to deflect criticism of his handling of the pandemic. China remains an exceedingly difficult place for intelligence operations and has fought back against allegations that it mishandled the emergence of the pandemic, which has killed 5 million people worldwide. Senior officials involved in the full report's drafting said they hoped it would better inform the public about the challenges of determining the virus's origins. “We don't think we're one or two reports away from being able to understand it,” said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. The full report notes that the Wuhan Institute of Virology “previously created chimeras, or combinations, of SARS-like coronaviruses, but this information does not provide insight into whether SARS Cov-2 was genetically engineered by the WIV.” Information that lab researchers sought medical treatment for a respiratory illness in November 2019 “is not diagnostic of the pandemic's origins,” the report said. And allegations that China launched the virus as a bioweapon were dismissed because their proponents “do not have direct access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” are making scientifically invalid claims or are accused of spreading disinformation, the report said. Four agencies within the intelligence community said with low confidence that the virus was initially transmitted from an animal to a human. A fifth intelligence agency believed with moderate confidence that the first human infection was linked to a lab. Prior to writing the report, analysts conducted what the report describes as a “Team A/Team B” debate to try to strengthen or weaken each hypothesis. The report identifies types of data that investigators still want China to provide access to, including records and tissue samples from several markets in Wuhan, including the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, Qiyimen Live Animal Market, Dijiao Outdoor Pet Market and others. Scientists originally believed the virus emerged from animals sold at the Huanan market, which has since been ruled out by some as the origin site. Confirming with 100% certainty the origin of a virus is often not fast, easy or always even possible. In the case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS - a disease caused by a beta coronavirus, like the current coronavirus - researchers first identified the virus in February 2003. Later that year, scientists discovered the likely intermediary hosts: Himalayan palm civets found at live-animal markets in Guangdong, China. But it wasn't until 2017 that researchers traced the likely original source of the virus to bat caves in China's Yunnan province. ------ Associated Press writer Christina Larson in Washington contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON -- Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in children but the shots may not be available until November. The company said Tuesday it provided health regulators with data from a recent study of its vaccine in children 5 to 11 years old. Officials had said previously they would file an application with the FDA to authorize use in the coming weeks, leading public health experts and parents to expect the doses to become available by late October. But instead of Halloween, it may fall until closer to Thanksgiving, according to a person familiar with the process but not authorized to discuss it publicly. But it is possible that, depending on how quickly the FDA offers approval, the shots could become available earlier in November, the person said. The drugmaker and its partner, Germany's BioNTech, say they expect to request emergency use authorization of their vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 "in the coming weeks." The companies also plan to submit data to the European Medicines Agency and other regulators. The two-shot Pfizer vaccine is currently available for those 12 and older. An estimated 100 million people in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated with it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pfizer tested a lower dose of the shots in children. The drugmaker said last week that researchers found the vaccine developed coronavirus-fighting antibody levels in children that were just as strong as those found in teenagers and young adults getting regular-strength doses. Earlier this month, FDA chief Dr. Peter Marks told the AP that once Pfizer turns over its study results, his agency would evaluate the data "hopefully in a matter of weeks" to decide if the shots are safe and effective enough for younger kids. Pfizer's updated timetable was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Another U.S. vaccine maker, Moderna, also is studying its shots in elementary school-aged children. Results are expected later in the year.

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WASHINGTON -- When, not if, the next pandemic strikes, Canada and the United States need to work more closely together on a mutual, integrated strategy for managing risk at the shared border, rather than trying to shut it down entirely, a new report says. A task force assembled by the D.C.-based Wilson Center, which included former Quebec premier Jean Charest and former Canadian justice minister Anne McLellan, concluded in its final report that closing the border entirely to non-essential travel likely did as much harm as good. Next time -- and there will be a next time, the panel warns -- a plan to mitigate risk rather than trying to reduce it to zero would ultimately be a better solution, its members said Friday. "A lot of people personally suffered through this period there was a very high cost on a personal level that can't be measured, but it was real," Charest said during the virtual launch of the final report. "If only for that reason, we believe governments would be well-advised to look at more of a risk management approach." The panel also included former Washington governor Christine Gregoire and James Douglas, the former governor of Vermont, both of them from border states where managing the shared frontier is a more pressing priority than it might be in other parts of the country. The panel also found that despite the lived experience of similar public health crises in the past, such as the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003 or the H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009, neither country seemed to apply the lessons they had already learned. And despite public pronouncements of a mutual, bilateral plan when the COVID-19 border restrictions were first imposed in March 2020, Canada and the U.S. didn't actually work together on the strategy as closely as was believed, Charest added. Unlike in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, when the U.S. suddenly and unilaterally closed its borders to international travel, "this time, a decision was taken to act together, and to be synchronized," Charest said. "Only what we discovered in looking at the process is that there was much less co-ordination than what we had thought there should have been -- much less." Among the report's other findings: -- There was no tangible plan in place for a return to normal operations, making for uneven and unpredictable conditions across the length of the 9,000-kilometre border; -- A lack of government responsiveness to the concerns of individuals and businesses undermined public confidence in the measures and their efficacy; -- The restrictions focused on the purpose of travel, rather than on engaging members of the public about how they could cross the border safely; -- Legislators and lawmakers at the national level were "largely marginalized," as were regional and local government officials; -- Both countries missed the opportunity to partner with the private sector and incorporate input from businesses on how best to manage the restrictions. The panel also called for border authorities to be more creative in finding solutions for people with urgent travel needs, including through pilot projects, "trusted tester" programs and adapting restrictions in various regions to better suit the needs of local communities. "Quite candidly, at the end of the day, we don't want a separation," Gregoire said. "We really fundamentally believe that there are technological advances, there are opportunities. If we can keep planes in the air, where people can travel, we can keep that border open." Canadians and Americans alike both adjusted in time to the new measures that were put in place at the border following the 9/11 attacks, and will do so again after the pandemic, said McLellan, who was justice minister in Jean Chretien's government at the time. "Now you don't hear anyone complaining about the fact they have to have a passport to cross the border," McLellan said. "Just as after 9/11, life doesn't return to so-called normal. It is a new life, with a set of new procedures, but in fact, we all live happily within that domain." The travel rules prohibited non-essential leisure travel over the land border without restricting trade shipments and essential workers. Canada began easing restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers in August, while a new U.S. requirement that travellers be fully vaccinated will take effect Nov. 8. Late Friday, the U.S. announced that starting on Nov. 8 non-citizen travellers will be permitted to enter the U.S. through a land border or ferry terminal for a non-essential reason, provided they are fully vaccinated and can present proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. There is no need for a test at the land border. Unvaccinated travelers may continue to cross the border for essential travel, including lawful trade, emergency response, and public health purposes. Starting in January 2022, all inbound foreign national travellers to the U.S. must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination. The U.S. will continue to require that air travellers produce evidence of a recent negative COVID-19 test, but the office of New York congressman Brian Higgins says that requirement won't apply to those entering the country by land. "U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed for us again today that there will not be a testing requirement for vaccinated travellers to cross the land border," Higgins' office said in a statement. Higgins has already called on Canada's federal government to abandon its requirement that travellers submit the results of a costly PCR test before arriving at a land-border crossing. The $200 test is a significant deterrent to travel and a drag on the economic recovery in border communities, he said. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, acknowledged Friday that testing is "very much a live issue" both inside the federal government, as well as in discussions with provinces and territories. But as of now, she said the testing requirement remains an important safety measure, even with strong vaccination rates in Canada, particularly given the uncertainty surrounding the Delta variant and lingering questions about how long vaccines remain effective. "No layer of protection is ever 100 per cent perfect, we know that," Tam said. "With all these considerations, I think having that additional layer of protection (from testing) is important at this time, but we will review it." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 29, 2021.

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WASHINGTON >> House Republicans plan to vote to authorize legal action against President Barack Obama over his executive actions on immigration. House Speaker John Boehner announced the plans in a closed-door meeting with lawmakers on Tuesday. He told them GOP leaders are finalizing plans to authorize litigation to block Obama’s moves that lifted the threat of deportation for millions of people here illegally. Options include joining a lawsuit already filed by states over the issue, or filing a separate lawsuit, according to aides. The House already has passed legislation to overturn Obama’s actions, but the Senate looks unlikely to agree to the bill. House Republicans already have sued to try to undo Obama’s health care law.

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND -- The island nation of Tonga on Friday reported its first-ever case of COVID-19 after a traveller from New Zealand tested positive. Tonga is among the few remaining nations in the world that have avoided outbreaks of the virus. Like many of its neighbors, Tonga's isolation has helped keep it safe but it faces big challenges should the virus take hold due to its under-resourced health system. The nearby nation of Fiji avoided significant outbreaks until April, when the Delta variant ripped through the island chain, infecting more than 50,000 people and killing at least 673. Tonga's Prime Minister Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa said in a radio address that the traveler was among 215 passengers who had arrived on a flight from the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Wednesday and had been isolating at a quarantine hotel. The prime minister planned on Monday to make an announcement about any future lockdowns, according to news website Matangi Tonga. Christchurch had been free from the virus for months until this week, when four community cases were reported after a returning resident caught the virus while in Auckland, where an outbreak has been growing since August. New Zealand health officials said the traveller to Tonga was fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine and had returned a negative test before leaving for Tonga. The officials said they would be working with their Tongan counterparts to confirm the case and provide more details in the coming days. Tongan Health Ministry chief executive Dr. Siale 'Akau'ola said it was unfortunate the plane had already left Christchurch before the news came of the community cases there, Matangi Tonga reported. 'Akau'ola said all frontline workers including health staff, police officers and airport staff who were on duty when the plane arrived had also been put into quarantine after the positive case was confirmed. He added that all those working near the flight had been vaccinated. Located northeast of New Zealand, Tonga is home to about 106,000 people. About 31% of Tongans are fully vaccinated and 48% have had at least one dose, according to research group Our World in Data.

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WHO advises against international travel for some over the age of 60 due to Omicron In light of the new variant Omicron emerging, the World Heath Organization (WHO) has put out new advice regarding international travel, including that some people over the age of 60 years old should refrain from travelling. The organization put out an advisory on Tuesday listing ways that countries and individuals can attempt to stay safe and minimize the risk posed by Omicron. One of the main points was that people who are at a higher risk of developing severe disease if they contract COVID-19 — people who are sick, immunocompromised, have comorbities such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes — or people who are over the age of 60 and who are not vaccinated or have not previously had COVID-19 should postpone travelling "to areas with community transmission." Scientists in South Africa identified a new version of the novel coronavirus last week, which was quickly labelled a variant of concern and dubbed Omicron. Although not much is known about Omicron at this stage, the new variant seems to have a high number of mutations that make it different from other variants, raising concerns that it could prove to be more transmissible, or able to reinfect those who had COVID-19 previously. The identification of a new variant has led to a number of countries, including Canada, to announce temporary travel bans and other health measures intended to stop the variant from spreading. However, several cases of Omicron have been detected in more than one Canadian province so far. WHO stated in their advisory Tuesday that countries should “continue to apply an evidence-informed and risk-based approach when implementing travel measures,” adding that “blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread.” They advised that countries could implement a “multi-layered risk mitigation approach” for international travel, such as screening passengers with tests or requiring quarantine. During an update on Tuesday, the federal government announced that Canada will be imposing new testing requirements on air travellers coming from outside of Canada. All will be required to get tested at the airport upon their arrival in Canada, with the exception of travellers from the U.S. Travel for essential reasons, such as humanitarian missions and emergency personnel or cargo transport of essential supplies, should still continue, WHO said. “In addition, all travellers should be reminded to remain vigilant for signs and symptoms of COVID-19, to get vaccinated when it is their turn and to adhere to public health and social measures at all times and regardless of vaccination status, including by using masks appropriately, respecting physical distancing, following good respiratory etiquette and avoiding crowded and poorly ventilated spaces,” the advisory stated. Correction This story has been updated with the corrected WHO statement on advising certain people not to travel. 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WHO agrees to launch talks on pact to tackle pandemics The World Health Organization (WHO) agreed on Wednesday to launch negotiations on an international pact to prevent and control future pandemics at a time when the world is gearing up to battle the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. Such an agreement to beef up measures against pandemics is expected to be ready in May 2024, covering issues from data sharing and genome sequencing of emerging viruses to equitable distribution of vaccines and drugs derived from research. "The adoption of this decision is cause for celebration and a cause for hope that we all need," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the meeting of health ministers. "Of course there is still a long road ahead. There are still differences of opinion about what a new accord could or should contain," he said, calling for continued cooperation. In the meantime, countries should abide by the WHO's 2005 International Health Regulations, he said. The decision, entitled "The World Together," was adopted by consensus at a special assembly of the 194 nations that are members of the UN health body, drawing applause at the end of a three-day meeting. "The text before us is the product of extensive discussions, of frank exchanges and of compromises," said Australia's ambassador Sally Mansfield, who co-chaired the working group. The European Union (EU) had pushed for agreement on an international legally binding treaty, along with about 70 countries, but Brazil, India and the United States were among those reluctant to commit to a treaty, diplomats said. "We call for an ambitious process in developing this treaty - let us all demonstrate our multilateral commitment and engagement towards a binding instrument," Ambassador Lotte Knudsen, head of the EU delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, said in a statement on Wednesday. The United States welcomed the decision saying in a statement: "This momentous step represents our collective responsibility to work together to advance health security and to make the global health system stronger and more responsive." More than 262.22 million people have been reported infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, and 5.46 million killed since it emerged in China in December 2019. The WHO says China has still not shared some of its early data that might help pinpoint the origin of the virus. China said on Monday that it was ready to work on developing a new international agreement which it hoped would avoid "politicization, stigmatization and instrumentalisation." 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Wanda’s children, Billy and Tommy, are set to return in the Multiverse of Madness It’s been long speculated, but a recent trailer for the upcoming Doctor Strange has revealed that we will see the return of Wanda’s children from the Disney+ show, WandaVision. UP NEXT NOW PLAYING: Other Wanda’s children, Billy and Tommy, are set to return in the Multiverse of MadnessBANG Showbiz UP NEXT Sonic Origins to release on the birthday of Sonic franchiseBANG Showbiz Jane Foster will have cancer in Thor: Love and ThunderBANG Showbiz Paul Bettany teases his return as VisionBANG Showbiz New ‘Tales from the Borderlands’ coming in 2022BANG Showbiz Dungeons and Dragons movie gets official title: Honor Among ThievesBANG Showbiz LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had the biggest launch for any LEGO gameBANG Showbiz Jane Foster’s Mighty Thor coming to Marvel's AvengersBANG Showbiz Overwatch 2 developers ‘upset and annoyed’ by delaysBANG Showbiz Digimon Survive finally releasing this July after several delaysBANG Showbiz Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse delayed to 2023BANG Showbiz Returnal director says developers can ‘always do more’ to make games more accessibleBANG Showbiz Moon Knight arrives to FortniteBANG Showbiz Nintendo moves up Xenoblade Chronicles 3 release to 29th JulyBANG Showbiz Sucker Punch no longer ‘actively working on additional patches’ for Ghost of TsushimaBANG Showbiz Jason Momoa 'in talks' to star in Minecraft movie for Warner Bros.BANG Showbiz

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WaterPik donates $200K to Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County WaterPik, Inc. recently donated $200,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County to support its after school programs for children ages 6 to 18. WaterPik, founded in Fort Collins in 1962, was sold in August to Church & Dwight Co. Inc., the owners of Arm & Hammer. Its headquarters remain at the intersection of Prospect Road and Riverside Avenue. It is one of the largest corporate donations the Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County has ever received, said Executive Director Kaycee Headrick. “We are thrilled to partner with Church & Dwight/WaterPik, their commitment will ensure youth in our community have a safe and positive place to go each day. We are unbelievably grateful.” Charity: Bikes for Tykes boasts most donations ever Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County provides out-of-school service for young people ages 6 to 18 years old. To help ensure that every child has an opportunity to attend, Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County provides low cost membership at $20 per child per year. WaterPik Executive Vice President and CFO Todd Whitbeck, said, “Our intention is to give back to our community where we plan to stay to provide the greatest impact. Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County provides services to kids who truly need it the most; and because they help thousands of kids each year in our backyard, this made the decision to give strategic and quite easy." Local: Good Samaritan helps soothe Fort Collins girl's suffering dog

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