UK's Omicron wave grows: Cases jump by a fifth to 51,459 with super-mutant strain now spotted 336 times... as experts warn true toll could already be FIVE TIMES higher and Boris says he will decide on Xmas curbs in ten days

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10253445/Omicron-wave-pressure-hospitals-winter-mild.html?ito=push-notification&ci=nBHy-N548c&cri=LXiYXYKYQf&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10253445

Warning signs present in 1 in 3 homicides of intimate partners, CBC investigation finds

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/warning-signs-intimate-partner-homicide-1.6269761?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_347394

Omicron COVID variant spreads to a THIRD of US states as Surgeon General urges Americans not to panic

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10277689/The-Omicron-variant-coronavirus-spread-nearly-one-U-S-states.html?ito=push-notification&ci=CRs-Y1Potb&cri=_gMqhH26X6&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10277689

Britain’s Omicron outbreak grows by more than 50% in a day: 86 new cases take total to 246 as scientist warns its ‘too late’ to halt spread and overall Covid cases rise by 16% in week to 43,992

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10277063/Scientist-warns-late-halt-spread-Omicron-new-rules.html?ito=push-notification&ci=yuH-AxvEWo&cri=pBoxexLkyx&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10277063

South Africa’s Covid surge continues: Today’s cases rocket 289% compared to last Sunday with 11,125 new infections recorded as hospitalisations begin to tick up too

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10277663/South-Africas-Covid-cases-rocket-289-compared-Sunday-11-125-new-infections.html?ito=push-notification&ci=KeK8hIssCT&cri=vHXsZ0kxVo&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10277663

Preparing to do more: Barbados visit reflects evolving role of Prince Charles in royal transition

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-charles-transition-barbados-bbc-snub-christening-1.6272599?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_347149

Liberal MP feeling 'excited but nervous' after winning private member's lottery

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/randeep-sarai-private-members-bill-draw-1.6269862?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_347149

Canadian field hockey players heading home from South Africa after travel exemption granted

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canadian-field-hockey-team-headed-home-south-africa-covid-19-1.6274021?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_347149

Why employers may need to bend toward a more flexible future to stay competitive

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/flexible-work-remote-future-canada-business-talent-retention-1.6272801?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_347149

Would national vaccine mandates work in Canada? Experts aren't sure

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/national-vaccine-mandates-experts-1.6273850?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_347149

Is COVID getting smarter? WHO says no one has yet died from Omicron variant despite the new Covid strain being spotted in 38 countries

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10274619/WHO-says-no-one-died-Omicron-Covid-variant.html?ito=push-notification&ci=PasBy7aqOm&cri=Sgt2UQNdRp&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10274619

It's been a happy year for someone at least: Tears of joy and 'heart' were the world's most-used emojis of 2021

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10274625/Tears-joy-heart-emojis-come-worlds-used-emoticons-2021.html?ito=push-notification&ci=xdhePsGFRX&cri=19m4Rx-Her&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10274625

Canada added 154,000 jobs last month, pushing jobless rate down to pandemic low of 6%

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-job-gains-november-1.6272113?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_346645

Parents charged in Michigan school shooting are in custody, police say

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jennifer-james-crumbley-charged-michigan-shooting-1.6272530?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_346645

A 3-year-old went for a flu shot. Instead, she mistakenly got an adult COVID-19 vaccine

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/brandon-girl-wrongly-vaccinated-covid-19-1.6271286?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_346645

Will psychedelics become mainstream? This Calgary company is betting on it

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/psychedelics-drugs-psygen-calgary-1.6245793?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_346645

Doctors call for help as hospitals battle surgical backlogs, staffing shortages

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-surgical-backlog-staffing-shortages-cma-1.6272940?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_346645

Cops hunt for 'fugitive' parents of Michigan shooter Ethan Crumbley, 15, after they withdrew $4,000 from ATM and disappeared when manslaughter charges were announced: Lawyer claims they are 'returning'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10271865/Charging-decision-parents-Oxford-High-shooting.html?ito=push-notification&ci=cQBQoLSLDG&cri=hLdM7VmetT&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10271865

Heads up: How China is colonising the Commonwealth: As Britain beats itself up over our imperial past - and slavery - countries once loyal to the Crown are kneeling to Beijing which is building its own empire and enslaving a million Uighurs

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10273381/How-China-colonising-Commonwealth.html?ito=push-notification&ci=-S5JuubTf2&cri=c6A7_l4xx6&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10273381

Alberta oilfield jobs now:

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US adds just 210,00 jobs in November - 340,000 BELOW expectations - in another dire employment report: Psaki finds out live on air, says she can't comment and points to Biden's 'good trends'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10271779/US-adds-just-210-00-jobs-November.html?ito=push-notification&ci=PDljBSBdEW&cri=EHoJKgqkyh&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10271779

Terrified female driver, 19, desperately signals for help as her car is dragged down Chicago highway by oblivious truck driver after it got trapped when she changed lanes

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10270883/Truck-drags-car-sideways-Chicago-highway-desperate-driver-waves-frantically-help.html?ito=push-notification&ci=S3vPo7XhpH&cri=wvvJSv1-GL&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10270883

Nice try : ) Italian anti-vaxxer, 50, tries to dodge Covid vaccine by wearing a FAKE ARM but he now faces fraud charges after doctors foiled his plan

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10271927/Italian-anti-vaxxer-50-tries-dodge-Covid-vaccine-wearing-FAKE-ARM.html?ito=push-notification&ci=NOTZ7MDr9L&cri=Ngw1rwfLyp&si=48868883&xi=303a73c2-0fff-4fc0-99cc-e004ad1af9f2&ai=10271927

Highway 1 to Hope reopens as rains ease in southern B.C., but flood warnings remain in place

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wyntk-bc-floods-dec-2-1.6270645?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_345881

Coming of age - Barbados just got rid of the Queen — should Canada follow suit?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/barbados-canada-1.6270496?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_345881

Edmonton police officer fined $2,000 for 2019 assault on Indigenous man

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-officer-fined-partington-1.6271194?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_345881

Edmonton police officer fined $2,000 for 2019 assault on Indigenous man

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-officer-fined-partington-1.6271194?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_345881

Unable to find nearby housing, this mature student walked 32 km every day for school

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/walking-student-1.6269160?ref=mobilerss&cmp=newsletter_CBC%20News%20Top%20Headlines%20%20%E2%80%93%20Morning_1613_345881