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Today's coronavirus news: Toronto opening three mass immunization clinics early, on March 17; Ontario reports 1,631 cases; WHO advises against mandating vaccine to travel
Also: Only 18 per cent of COVID-19 charges laid in Ontario since March last year had been dealt with by the justice system by the end of January, leaving hundreds of thousands of unpaid fines outstanding.
Mon., March 8, 2021timer40 min. read
updateArticle was updated Mar. 09, 2021
12:15 p.m.: Trudeau says March 11 will be a "national day of observance" for the pandemic
10:05 a.m. Ontario is reporting 1,631 COVID-19 cases Mon., with 10 deaths.
7:40 a.m. Toronto is re-entering the province's reopening framework
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday. This file is no longer updating. Click here to read the latest coverage. Web links to longer stories if available.
11:30 p.m.: The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 8, 2021.
In Canada, the provinces are reporting 78,246 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,465,435 doses given. Nationwide, 569,009 people or 1.5 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. The provinces have administered doses at a rate of 6,505.23 per 100,000.
There were no new vaccines delivered to the provinces and territories for a total of 2,938,570 doses delivered so far. The provinces and territories have used 83.9 per cent of their available vaccine supply.
Please note that Newfoundland, P.E.I., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the territories typically do not report on a daily basis.
Newfoundland is reporting 4,472 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 24,757 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 47.279 per 1,000. In the province, 1.61 per cent (8,427) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Newfoundland for a total of 41,470 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.9 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 59.7 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
P.E.I. is reporting 1,105 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 13,281 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 83.724 per 1,000. In the province, 3.32 per cent (5,273) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to P.E.I. for a total of 15,885 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 10 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 83.61 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Nova Scotia is reporting 6,588 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 39,444 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 40.418 per 1,000. In the province, 1.48 per cent (14,433) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Nova Scotia for a total of 73,680 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.5 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 53.53 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
New Brunswick is reporting 4,742 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 38,483 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 49.335 per 1,000. In the province, 1.56 per cent (12,152) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to New Brunswick for a total of 56,135 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.2 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 68.55 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Quebec is reporting 16,166 new vaccinations administered for a total of 564,302 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 65.949 per 1,000. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Quebec for a total of 638,445 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.5 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 88.39 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Ontario is reporting 21,882 new vaccinations administered for a total of 912,486 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 62.12 per 1,000. In the province, 1.86 per cent (273,676) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Ontario for a total of 1,086,745 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.4 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 83.97 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Manitoba is reporting 1,199 new vaccinations administered for a total of 90,927 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 66.032 per 1,000. In the province, 2.20 per cent (30,334) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Manitoba for a total of 124,840 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 9.1 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 72.83 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Saskatchewan is reporting 892 new vaccinations administered for a total of 92,776 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 78.68 per 1,000. In the province, 2.38 per cent (28,022) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Saskatchewan for a total of 93,145 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.9 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 99.6 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Alberta is reporting 7,301 new vaccinations administered for a total of 297,692 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 67.626 per 1,000. In the province, 2.07 per cent (91,027) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Alberta for a total of 326,445 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.4 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 91.19 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
British Columbia is reporting 22,119 new vaccinations administered for a total of 333,327 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 64.956 per 1,000. In the province, 1.69 per cent (86,925) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to British Columbia for a total of 385,080 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 7.5 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 86.56 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Yukon is reporting 2,424 new vaccinations administered for a total of 23,521 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 563.634 per 1,000. In the territory, 20.90 per cent (8,720) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Yukon for a total of 35,000 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 84 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 67.2 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
The Northwest Territories are reporting zero new vaccinations administered for a total of 19,775 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 438.285 per 1,000. In the territory, 10.10 per cent (4,558) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to the Northwest Territories for a total of 35,300 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 78 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 56.02 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
Nunavut is reporting 753 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,664 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 378.66 per 1,000. In the territory, 14.10 per cent (5,462) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Nunavut for a total of 26,400 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 68 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 55.55 per cent of its available vaccine supply.
*Notes on data: The figures are compiled by the COVID-19 Open Data Working Group based on the latest publicly available data and are subject to change. Note that some provinces report weekly, while others report same-day or figures from the previous day. Vaccine doses administered is not equivalent to the number of people inoculated as the approved vaccines require two doses per person. The vaccines are currently not being administered to children under 18 and those with certain health conditions. In some cases the number of doses administered may appear to exceed the number of doses distributed as some provinces have been drawing extra doses per vial.
10:30 p.m. (updated at 11:40 p.m.): A Catholic elementary school in North York has temporarily closed due to a COVID-19 investigation.
Toronto Public Health posted the announcement late Monday night, saying they will keep the community informed.
As of Monday, there were eight active COVID-19 cases among students at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School and three among staff, according to the Toronto District Catholic School Board database. Six of those cases were reported over the weekend.
The school, located at the Keele Street and Lawrence Avenue West area, is the first school in the GTA to close since Toronto Public Health announced the closure of an elementary school in Scarborough last Monday.
Read the full story here: North York Catholic school closes for COVID-19 investigation
10:20 p.m.: The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 8, 2021.
There are 890,698 confirmed cases in Canada.
_ Canada: 890,698 confirmed cases (30,332 active, 838,090 resolved, 22,276 deaths).The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers.
There were 3,043 new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 79.81 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 20,408 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 2,915.
There were 27 new reported deaths Monday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 259 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 37. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.1 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 58.61 per 100,000 people.
There have been 25,276,119 tests completed.
_ Newfoundland and Labrador: 1,009 confirmed cases (88 active, 915 resolved, six deaths).
There were three new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 16.85 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 20 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is three.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 1.15 per 100,000 people.
There have been 202,752 tests completed.
_ Prince Edward Island: 143 confirmed cases (28 active, 115 resolved, zero deaths).
There were two new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 17.54 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 11 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is two.
There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people.
_ Nova Scotia: 1,659 confirmed cases (24 active, 1,570 resolved, 65 deaths).
There were zero new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 2.45 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 17 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is two.
_ New Brunswick: 1,460 confirmed cases (37 active, 1,395 resolved, 28 deaths).
There were five new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 4.73 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 29 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is four.
There were zero new reported deaths Monday. Over the past seven days there has been one new reported death. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is zero. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.02 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 3.58 per 100,000 people.
_ Quebec: 293,210 confirmed cases (6,933 active, 275,796 resolved, 10,481 deaths).
There were 579 new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 80.86 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 4,857 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 694.
There were nine new reported deaths Monday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 82 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 12. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.14 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 122.23 per 100,000 people.
There have been 6,473,820 tests completed.
_ Ontario: 309,927 confirmed cases (11,016 active, 291,834 resolved, 7,077 deaths).
There were 1,631 new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 74.77 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 8,088 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,155.
There were 10 new reported deaths Monday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 91 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 13. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.09 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 48.03 per 100,000 people.
_ Manitoba: 32,288 confirmed cases (1,145 active, 30,236 resolved, 907 deaths).
There were 63 new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 83.02 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 394 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 56.
There was one new reported death Monday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 11 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is two. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.11 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 65.76 per 100,000 people.
_ Saskatchewan: 29,806 confirmed cases (1,463 active, 27,944 resolved, 399 deaths).
There were 97 new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 124.12 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 1,005 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 144.
_ Alberta: 136,119 confirmed cases (4,633 active, 129,566 resolved, 1,920 deaths).
There were 278 new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 104.77 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,324 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 332.
There were two new reported deaths Monday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 32 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is five. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.1 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 43.42 per 100,000 people.
_ British Columbia: 84,569 confirmed cases (4,941 active, 78,237 resolved, 1,391 deaths).
There were four new reported deaths Monday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 28 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is four. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.08 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 27.02 per 100,000 people.
_ Yukon: 72 confirmed cases (zero active, 71 resolved, one deaths).
There were zero new cases Monday. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of zero new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero.
There have been 8,254 tests completed.
_ Northwest Territories: 42 confirmed cases (one active, 41 resolved, zero deaths).
There were zero new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 2.21 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of zero new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero.
There have been 14,968 tests completed.
_ Nunavut: 381 confirmed cases (23 active, 357 resolved, one deaths).
There were zero new cases Monday. The rate of active cases is 58.45 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 23 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is three.
9:50 p.m.: British Columbia's minister of advanced education and skills training says universities and colleges will begin to prepare for a full return to campus starting this fall.
In a news release Monday, Anne Kang says she is encouraged by the advice from health officials that students can safely return to in-person classes.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry asked heads of all public colleges and universities to prepare for a full return to on-campus education this September.
Kang says education officials will work with Henry's office to make sure they have the right measures to keep everyone safe.
She says the ministry will also work with health and safety experts, student groups, labour, Indigenous partners and post-secondary institutions to develop guidelines in the coming weeks for a return to campus.
She says institutions can further tailor those guidelines to suit their specific requirements.
"While we update the guidelines to ensure on-campus safety, I encourage students and families to start planning for in-person instruction on a campus of their choice in September," Kang says.
8:30 p.m.: British Columbia's health minister promised to "do better" on Monday after call centres to schedule vaccine appointments were overwhelmed on the first day of booking.
Adrian Dix said there were 1.7 million calls in less than three hours after the phone lines opened for people over 90 and Indigenous elders over 65 to book their appointments.
Dix said that more resources would be added in the coming weeks, as more age groups become eligible to call to book their vaccines.
Fraser Health was the only authority to launch an online booking platform on Monday, but Dix said a web-based system would become widely available on April 12.
Dix urged eligible residents and their families to keep calling in the coming days. There are plenty of appointments available and it is not a "first-come, first-serve" system, he said.
B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, reported on Monday 1,462 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths over three days, pushing the death toll to 1,391 in the province.
7:50 p.m.: Toronto hospitals are scrambling to book residents for vaccine appointments, but the patchwork approach to booking has left the Rexdale neighbourhood stuck "kind of in no man's land."
Read the full story from the Star's May Warren.
7:30 p.m.: Pfizer Canada president Cole Pinnow said Monday that the company looked at shifting even part of its vaccine production to Canada, but found that it wouldn't be viable.
Read the full story from the Star's Tonda MacCharles.
7:20 p.m. (updated): British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday that physical distancing and other public health guidelines will be around for some time.
He said about 15 per cent of B.C.'s eligible residents are expected to be immunized by the end of the month, which is "nothing like herd immunity."
"The future is bright, but we can't live the future right now. We've got to live the now right now."
Dix does expect visiting restrictions to be loosened in B.C.'s long-term care homes this month as about 90 per cent of residents and staff have been vaccinated.
B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry did say some restrictions would be eased in the coming weeks as the weather warms and immunizations ramp up.
She also said she hopes to see the return of sports and in-person religious ceremonies within weeks.
Officials have been developing a plan with faith leaders to enable the gradual return of in-person services, as there are important dates in many religions coming up, Henry said.
7:00 p.m.: Health researchers are worried that Canada's public health officials are confusing Canadians with contradicting advice on vaccines and delays on a second booster shot.
"Canada does not speak with a single strong voice," said. Nathalie Grandvaux, a professor in biochemistry and molecular medicine at Université de Montréal.
6:35 p.m.: Alberta is lifting more COVID-19 public-health restrictions, including allowing more people to shop in retail stores and malls.
Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the retail limit is increasing to 25 per cent capacity from 15 per cent.
He says banquet halls, community halls and conference centres can open for meetings, while weddings of up to 10 people and funeral services with a maximum of 20 people are allowed.
Lessons and practices for youth and post-secondary sports can go ahead with a cap of 10 participants.
And there can be rehearsals and performances — without an audience and confined to 10 people — for youth and adult dance, singing and theatre activities.
6:25 p.m.: As Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are preparing to table a budget before the end of March, party insiders have acknowledged that they're feeling the pressure to act on a provincial sick leave program to complement the federal Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced Monday that 245,000 workers in Ontario have applied or are receiving sick pay benefits from the federal program, up from 110,000 employees two weeks ago.
Read the full story from the Star's Robert Benzie.
3:05 p.m.: Ontario associate medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe, addressing the issue of data cleanup, told reporters at her daily briefing that the actual additional case count for Monday is likely closer to 1,300.
The province reported that earlier that there were 1,631 COVID-19 addtional cases, the highest daily increase since Feb. 5 when 1,670 more cases were recorded.
However, a ministry spokesperson later said that the latest count was "higher than expected due to a data catch-up process related to the provincial CCM system."
2:55 p.m.: Toronto medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa reports 630 new cases of COVID-19 with 53 people in ICU and four new deaths. That's a big jump in new cases from recent days which have been in the 300 to 400 range but it's attributed to "data cleanup."
Asked about any frustration over "data cleanup issues" that can make COVID numbers seem out of whack, de Villa says Toronto Public Health has done its best to put accurate data as quickly as possible. She understands there will be problems, including Monday for provincial officials.
2:30 p.m.: City of Toronto won't wait for the March 15 provincial vaccination registration system. Will set up its own system earlier and then transition to provincial site.
2:25 p.m.: Toronto medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa says Toronto is reporting around 40 per cent of cases as variants of concern, with a doubling rate for those variants of about every nine days.
The latest variant totals have nearly doubled — 1,179 to 2,004 — in a week.
2:20 p.m.: De Villa says all four approved vaccines work equally well to prevent illness serious enough to trigger hospitalization and death. She encourages people to get vaccinated when it's available with confidence of the protection.
She also addresses talk among residents about which one of the four vaccines are better or stronger.
"When it's my turn for a vaccine, I would happily receive any of the 4 with complete confidence," she says.
2:15 p.m.: Fire Chief Matthew Pegg, who is leading the city's emergency operations, says three of Toronto's mass immunization clinics will be opening March 17, ahead of schedule with the accelerated arrival of vaccines.
The clinics are at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Scarborough Town Centre and Toronto Congress Centre.
Details on clinic operations, and how to book, will be made available shortly.
The clinics will, initially at least, be open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mayor and health board chair have talked about the possibility of operating around the clock.
As of Monday morning, 203,771 vaccine doses have been administered in Toronto. Hospital and health care partners are operating 17 vaccine clinics, including mobile sites in the city.
2 p.m. Toronto has launched its own website and hotline for booking COVID-19 vaccines as it waits for a provincial system to make its debut.
The website says appointments are only available at this time to priority groups identified by the province.
Those include people aged 80 or older, some health-care workers and Indigenous adults.
Coun. Joe Cressy, who chairs the city's board of health, says the booking system is an interim measure in place until the province's centralized online registration system is launched.
He says it is "not an ideal situation" but calls it a "necessary step" until the provincial system arrives, which is scheduled to be next week.
The city says vaccines are being administered to those with confirmed appointments at a number of Toronto hospitals and community health-care centres, including the University Health Network, and the Michael Garron and Humber River hospitals.
It says those institutions are working Monday to operate roughly 17 vaccination clinics, including mobile teams.
1:50 p.m. Vaccinations in Ontario long-term-care homes have prevented hundreds of COVID-19 deaths and thousands of infections, scientists advising the province said in a report released Monday.
The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table said that eight weeks after vaccinations began in December, infections were reduced by 89 per cent among long-term care residents and by 79 per cent among workers.
Deaths from COVID-19 among long-term care residents were reduced by 96 per cent over the same period.
"These data highlight the importance of accelerating vaccine rollout to priority populations who are at disproportionately high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 hospitalization and death," the report said.
Ontario's vaccine rollout began in December with long-term care workers after Health Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech shot for use in the country. Nursing home residents started to get vaccinated towards the end of that month.
Those two groups were prioritized for vaccines given the high rates of deaths and infections in the long-term care sector since the pandemic began.
The report noted that long-term care residents represent less than one per cent of Ontario's population but have made up more than half of the COVID-19 deaths in the province.
The researchers behind the report estimated that vaccinations prevented more than 2,600 infections, 250 hospitalizations and 615 deaths, most of those among residents, between Dec. 14, 2020 and Feb. 23.
1:45 p.m.: The president of Pfizer Canada says when the company signed a purchase agreement last August it didn't expect its vaccine to get approved here until February.
Cole Pinnow also told the House of Commons health committee that changes to the dosing schedule and conflicting advice could make more people vaccine hesitant.
On Aug. 1, Canada signed an agreement with Pfizer to buy at least 20 million doses, with the option to buy 56 million more, and approval was not expected until early 2021.
1:45 p.m. New Brunswick is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 Monday.
Two cases in the Moncton region involve people in their 20s and are travel-related.
The other cases are in the Miramichi area and are linked to a previously reported infection.
There are currently 36 active reported cases in the province and three people in hospital with the disease, including one in intensive care.
1:36 p.m. A senior World Health Organization official said that so-called "vaccine passports" for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because of numerous concerns, including ethical considerations that coronavirus vaccines are not easily available globally.
At a press briefing on Monday, WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said there are "real practical and ethical considerations" for countries considering using vaccine certification as a condition for travel, adding the U.N. health agency advises against it for now.
"Vaccination is just not available enough around the world and is not available certainly on an equitable basis," Ryan said. WHO has previously noted that it's still unknown how long immunity lasts from the numerous licensed COVID-19 vaccines and that data are still being collected.
Ryan also noted the strategy might be unfair to people who cannot be vaccinated for certain reasons and that requiring vaccine passports might allow "inequity and unfairness (to) be further branded into the system."
1:27 p.m. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited guidance to Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19, freeing them to take some liberties that the unvaccinated should not, including gathering indoors with others who are fully vaccinated without precautions while still adhering to masking and distancing in public spaces.
The agency said that fully vaccinated people may visit indoors with unvaccinated people from a single household so long as no one among the unvaccinated is at risk for severe disease if infected with the coronavirus.
That means fully vaccinated grandparents may visit unvaccinated healthy adult children and healthy grandchildren without masks or physical distancing. But the visit should be limited to one household: If the adult children's unvaccinated neighbors drop by, the visit should move outdoors and everyone should wear masks and distance.
The agency did not rule out the possibility that fully vaccinated individuals might develop asymptomatic infections and spread the coronavirus inadvertently to others, and urged those who are vaccinated to continue practicing certain precautions.
1:15 p.m. The president of Pfizer Canada says when the company signed a purchase agreement last August it didn't expect its vaccine to get approved here until February.
Cole Pinnow also told the House of Commons health committee today that changes to the dosing schedule and conflicting advice could make more people vaccine hesitant.
Health Canada ended up approving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December 2020.
Pinnow told the committee it was only in November that the federal government and Pfizer realized the approval could be imminent and began moving quickly to deliver doses to Canada months earlier than planned.
He also says the National Advisory Committee on Immunization did not contact Pfizer before it recommended changing delaying the second dose from three weeks to four months after the first shot.
1:10 p.m. Manitoba is expanding its vaccination program again.
The minimum age to book an appointment for the general public is being dropped by five years — to 60 and up for First Nations people and 80 and up for all others.
Manitoba is reporting 63 new COVID-19 cases and one death.
On a per capita basis, the northern part of the province continues to be hardest hit.
12:45 p.m.: Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting three new cases of COVID-19.
Health officials say all three cases involve close contacts of previously reported infections.
The province has 84 active reported cases and three people in hospital with the disease.
Newfoundland and Labrador has reported a total of 1,009 COVID-19 cases and six deaths linked to the virus.
12:15 p.m.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says March 11 will be a "national day of observance" for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The day is meant to commemorate the 22,000 people in Canada who have died from the disease and to acknowledge all the other ways lives have changed over the past year.
In a statement, Trudeau says that includes kids' missed birthday parties, seniors' increased isolation, lost jobs and failing businesses.
The day is also meant to honour workers in health care and other essential front-line services.
12 p.m.: Nova Scotia is reporting no new cases of COVID-19.
Health officials say the province has 24 active reported infections.
Two people in the province are in hospital with the disease, including one in intensive care.
Nova Scotia has reported a total of 1,659 COVID-19 cases and 65 deaths linked to the virus.
11:55 a.m.: Quebec on Monday eased COVID-19 restrictions in five regions, including the capital, permitting residents to return to the gym and restaurant dining rooms for the first time in months.
The government also pushed back the nighttime curfew from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Quebec City, Chaudiere-Appalaches, Estrie, Mauricie and Centre-du-Quebec, which were downgraded from "red" to "orange" under the province's pandemic-alert system.
Premier Francois Legault has opted to maintain restrictions in Montreal and the surrounding regions because public health authorities fear a novel coronavirus variant will soon cause regional case numbers and hospitalizations to rise again.
Legault has said the province is racing to vaccinate vulnerable older adults before the more transmissible mutation first identified in the United Kingdom can fully take hold.
Cases and hospitalizations across the province have stabilized in recent weeks after a dramatic drop earlier in the year.
Health Minister Christian Dube has said the province will step up the pace of vaccinations this week as more regions join Montreal in opening mass immunization clinics to the general public.
11:05 a.m.: Quebec is reporting 579 new cases of COVID-19 as well as nine additional deaths due to the illness.
None of the deaths occurred in the past 24 hours.
Hospitalizations declined by two to 590, with 108 people in intensive care, which is one more than a day earlier.
The province administered 15,249 doses of vaccine Sunday, bringing the total to 564,302.
10:35 a.m.: There were no new deaths in Ontario's long-term-care homes so the total remains unchanged at 3,748 since the pandemic began.
The province says the number of LTC homes in outbreak also remains unchanged at 84 or 13.4 per cent of all LTC homes in the province.
10:25 a.m.: Ontario is reporting that 21,882 additional vaccine doses were administered for a total of 912,486 as of 8 p.m. Sunday.
The province says that 273,676 people are fully vaccinated, which means they've had both shots.
10:05 a.m. (updated): Ontario is reporting 1,631 COVID-19 cases Mon., with 10 deaths.
It's the highest daily increase since Feb. 5 when 1,670 more cases were recorded.
The seven-day average is up to 1,155 cases daily or 56 weekly per 100,000, and up to 13.0 deaths per day.
Labs report 38,063 completed tests with a 3.4 per cent positivity rate.
Locally, there are 568 new cases in Toronto, 322 in Peel and 119 in York Region.
9:30 a.m. Students in Michigan's largest school district returned to classrooms for in-person learning Monday for the first time in months.
Detroit schools stopped face-to-face learning in November because of rising COVID-19 infection rates in the city. High schools statewide were also told to suspend in-person learning at that time.
Despite the resumption of in-person classes, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said many teachers have declined to participate. Teachers who agree to work inside classrooms will get a quarterly bonus of $750.
Vitti said online learning has been a challenge for many students but still will be offered.
"Some are doing well but many have been disengaged, have become chronically absent, have disconnected completely," he said.
The district has about 50,000 students. Detroit families also send children to charter schools or schools outside the city.
9:20 a.m. Public health measures meant to limit the spread of COVID-19 are loosening across New Brunswick Monday as the province shifts to the "yellow" level of its pandemic response plan.
Under the new restrictions, residents can expand their circle of regular contacts from 10 to 15 people with whom they can visit restaurants and socialize.
Health officials say formal indoor gatherings are permitted as long as venues operate at half-capacity and physical distancing is maintained.
Prior to the changes, which took effect just before midnight, the province had been in the more restrictive "orange" level following a spike in case numbers dating back to January.
Chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell issued a release on Sunday saying people must remain vigilant and follow public health advice, even at the yellow level.
As of Sunday afternoon, officials said there were 35 active reported cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, with three patients in hospital and two of those in intensive care.
9:16 a.m. Pope Francis said Monday he weighed the risks of a high-profile trip to Iraq during the coronavirus pandemic, but said he decided to go ahead with it after much prayer and belief that God would look out for the Iraqis who might get exposed.
Francis described his decision-making process en route home from Iraq amid concerns that his four-day visit, which featured oftentimes maskless crowds in packed churches, singing — could result in the spread of infections in a country with a fragile health care system and a sustained surge in new cases.
Francis said the idea of a trip "cooks over time in my conscience," and that the pandemic was the issue that weighed most heavily on him. Francis has experienced close-up the ravages of COVID-19 in Europe given Italy has had one of the worst outbreaks in the world, with the official death toll soon to hit 100,000.
"I prayed a lot about this. And in the end I took the decision freely," Francis said. "It came from inside. I said 'He who makes me decide this way will look after the people.'"
"I took the decision this way, but after prayer and knowing the risks," he said.
9:12 a.m. As Toronto and Peel Region are set to enter the "grey zone," the Archbishop of Toronto is speaking out against continued limits on religious gatherings and what he calls "the growing inequities facing our faith communities."
As of 12:01 a.m. Monday, strict stay-at-home orders lift in Toronto and Peel Region, a move that will allow all retailers, including malls, to reopen with a 25 per cent capacity restriction.
The new phase also allows slightly larger religious gatherings such as weddings and funerals, increasing from five to 10 people for indoor ceremonies, though regular indoor services are still not permitted.
But in a letter sent to parishioners Friday, Cardinal Thomas Collins said the new reopening plan unfairly caps religious gatherings regardless of church capacity, maintaining a hard limit of 10 worshippers "whether they seat 100 or 1,000 people."
Read the full story from the Star's Wendy Gillis
8:50 a.m. How, when and where will you get your COVID-19 vaccine?
Those questions are front and centre for Ontario residents as the 34 local public health units have been tasked with devising their own plans to roll out vaccines in their regions.
Ahead of a provincial vaccine registry portal that Ontario will launch March 15, the Star published an in-depth story last week on which of the health units had a vaccination plan ready to go, and which do not have the details publicly available yet.
Almost half, including Peel Region, Guelph, Windsor and York, have already started booking appointments or vaccinating those over 80 or 85 (with some including Indigenous adults) ahead of the portal's launch.
Use our table to look up your public health unit's plan
8:40 a.m. There's a photo saved in my phone that I've held close over the past year.
It's a selfie from my birthday party, shortly before COVID-19 was even referred to as a pandemic. In it, I'm standing with my sister. We're lit purple from the blue neon lights that rimmed the ceiling of the bar. Her face is pressed into my hair, head resting against mine.
Looking at it now, it feels surreal to be standing so close to someone — unmasked and indoors — that I wouldn't see again in person for months.
I just 'celebrated' a first lockdown birthday one of the last few to check that box since lockdown measures came into effect nearly a year ago. In just a couple of weeks, so many others will be facing a second birthday under the restrictions brought on by COVID-19.
Read the full story from the Star's Jenna Moon
8:10 a.m. Ilhan Elwidaa laughs self-consciously as she recounts how her relationship with her favourite house plant began.
"A friend gave me a tiny lemon plant, which is very hard to survive in cold weather," says the retired Mississauga accountant. Much to Elwidaa's surprise, the plant started to grow just weeks after she put it in her living room shortly before the first pandemic lockdown last spring.
Even as her social life wilted, Elwidaa's relationship with her new botanical buddy blossomed.
"Through all these coronavirus times I would care for her every day. She is growing, giving me comfort. I feel like someone is beside me that makes me comfortable. Everyone in my family is laughing at me, thinking I am crazy!"
Yet, according to psychologists, her behaviour is not crazy at all, especially at a time when humans are deprived of social interaction, as so many have been for almost a year.
8 a.m. As pandemic restrictions loosen in Toronto and neighbouring Peel Region, businesses across the personal care services industry say they're being left behind.
Several professionals and proprietors who spoke to the Star on Sunday complained they're being treated unfairly as they continue to be barred from opening under the "grey" lockdown category.
Outcry from the sector, which includes salons, barbershops and other cosmetic services, comes on the heels of the province announcing Friday that it was lifting the strict stay-at-home orders in those jurisdictions.
Michele Bonnick, the owner of Amani Hair Studio in Toronto, said anticipation built as dozens of people were on a waiting list, expecting to get the green light to book hair appointments this month. Bonnick instead had to tell them she was remaining closed indefinitely.
Read the full story from the Star's Jason Miller
7:50 a.m. Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president's office said Monday, with both having only mild symptoms of the illness.
In a statement, Assad's office said the first couple did PCR tests after they felt minor symptoms consistent with the COVID-19 illness. It said that Assad, 55, and his wife Asma, will return to work after spending between two to three weeks in isolation in their home.
Both were in "good health and in stable condition," it added.
Syria, which marks 10 years of war next week, has recorded nearly 16,000 virus cases in government-held parts of the country as well as 1,063 deaths, but the numbers are believed to be much higher with limited amounts of PCR tests being done.
7:40 a.m. Toronto is re-entering the province's reopening framework, loosening restrictions on small business that have been in place since mid-January.
After the city's medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa recommended moving into the "grey" or "lockdown" phase earlier this week, the province announced Friday afternoon the city could do just that.
Starting Monday, a new set of rules will be in place. Here's what's changing.
7:35 a.m. Only 18 per cent of COVID-19 charges laid in Ontario since March last year had been dealt with by the justice system by the end of January, leaving hundreds of thousands of unpaid fines outstanding nearly a year into the pandemic.
Only 990 of the 5,584 charges laid since March 2020 had been dealt with — fines being paid, the charges withdrawn or another disposition — as of January 2021, according to data provided by the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Just 100 of 1,027 Toronto charges had been dealt with in the same period.
In fact, Toronto had the highest percentage of unresolved charges — 90 per cent — compared to all the other regions and compared to 82 per cent for the province overall.
Read the full story from the Star's Jennifer Pagliaro
7:25 a.m. Prioritizing long-term-care residents and staff in Ontario's initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout is estimated to have prevented more than 2,600 infections and hundreds of hospitalizations and deaths, according to new research.
In a science brief released Monday, doctors, epidemiologists and researchers with the province's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table show that had residents in long-term care not been prioritized in the Phase 1 rollout of the vaccine, 2,079 more infections could have occurred, of which 249 would have resulted in hospitalization and 615 in death. Similarly, by also targeting long-term-care home employees, the rollout prevented a further 590 infections, eight hospitalizations and one death among staff.
The researchers estimate that there was a roughly 90 per cent reduction in cases among residents and a nearly 80 per cent reduction in staff cases eight weeks after vaccinations began in Ontario on Dec. 14.
6 a.m. Vietnam administered its first COVID-19 doses Monday to the front-line workers who made the nation's relative success in controlling the pandemic possible — health workers, contact tracers and security forces who handled quarantine duties.
The Southeast Asian nation of 96 million people has a goal to inoculate at least half of the population by the end of the year.
Thousands of doctors, nurses and technicians working at hospitals designated to treat COVID-19 patients lined up in the morning and received the first jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
"I have been waiting for this day for a long time," nurse Nguyen Thi Huyen said after she got her injection. Huyen has been caring for COVID-19 patients at a tropical disease hospital in Hanoi the past year. Health protocols have limited her time with family, among other challenges.
The first batch of over 100,000 AstraZeneca doses in a 30 million order arrived two weeks ago. Separately, Vietnam expects to secure another 30 million doses of the same vaccine through the U.N.-backed COVAX program for vaccine equality.
5:51 a.m. Norway saw a 19% drop in marriages in 2020 compared to the previous year, which had already seen the lowest figure since 1927.
Norway's statistics agency said Monday that the pandemic and measures to counter it led to the fall. In 2020, 16,200 weddings were performed.
On top of that, "the decline of 3,000 marriages from 2019 to 2020 is unparalleled and is the largest decline from one year to another since 1919," said Ane Margrete Toemmeraas of Statistics Norway.
"Figures show that the coronavirus measures from March 12, 2020 caused many to postpone their wedding," Toemmeraas said. Whether it "leads to an increase in 2021, as many of the postponed weddings may take place this year instead, will become clear later on."
5:43 a.m. Germany is looking to ramp up the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after authorities last week gave the green light for it to be administered to people 65 and over.
Hundreds of thousands of doses have been gathering dust in recent weeks due to the restrictions on who could get the vaccine and misgivings among some who were eligible. According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Germany has received 2.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca shot so far but administered just 721,000.
Berlin is opening a sixth vaccine centre Monday at the former Tempelhof airport in the centre of the city that will administer only the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Germany's vaccine campaign has lagged behind Britain and the United States. By Sunday, Germany had given out 5.2 million vaccine doses, with 2.5 million people or about 3% of the population fully vaccinated.
5:21 a.m. After delays, Israel started vaccinating Palestinians who work inside the country and its West Bank settlements on Monday, more than two months after launching an immunization blitz of its own population.
Palestinian labourers who crossed into Israel at several West Bank checkpoints received their first doses of the Moderna vaccine from Magen David Adom paramedics. The vaccination drive orchestrated by COGAT, Israel's military agency co-ordinating government operations in the West Bank, had been beset by postponements.
Some 100,000 Palestinian labourers from the West Bank work in Israel and its settlements, which are widely seen internationally as illegal and an obstacle to peace.
Maj. Gen. Kamil Abu Rukun, the head of COGAT, said in a statement in Arabic that Israelis and Palestinians "live in the same epidemiological space" and that it was a shared interest to vaccinate Palestinians.
Israel has administered over 8.7 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to its population of 9.3 million. Over 3.7 million Israelis — more than 40% — have received two doses of the vaccine. But until Monday, Israel had provided few vaccines for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a move that has underscored global disparities and drawn international criticism.
Human rights groups and many Palestinians say that as an occupying power, Israel is responsible for providing vaccines to the Palestinians. Israel says that under interim peace accords reached in the 1990s, it does not have any such obligation.
5 a.m. Newly released documents show Statistics Canada considered delaying this year's census until 2022 over pandemic-related health concerns that could erode the quality of data relied on by policymakers across the country.
An agency document noted the plan for the 2021 census was developed in a "normal operating context" where tens of thousands of staff and temporary hires would interact with each other and Canadians.
In a pandemic, the document noted, that plan had "a high probability of failure."
The behind-the-scenes look at how Statistics Canada rethought this year's census operation is contained in 50 pages of internal reports and presentations obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.
The agency ultimately decided to forge ahead with the census for this year using a plan that relies more heavily on Canadians filling out census forms online than on face-to-face interactions.
4:55 a.m. Canada is set to receive 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country will receive nearly 445,000 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech for the second week running as the companies settle into a rhythm following a lengthy lull in January and much of February.
The remaining 465,000 shots are expected from Moderna, as the pharmaceutical firm steps up its delivery schedule from once every three weeks to once every two.
The influx of new shots comes as the federal government looks for vaccine-makers to finalize delivery of a total of eight million doses by March 31.
That includes 5.5 million from Pfizer-BioNTech — up from the four million originally expected — and two million from Moderna. Canada received 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine last week.
The federal government is not expecting any new deliveries from AstraZeneca-Oxford, nor does it anticipate receiving shipments of the newly approved vaccine from Johnson & Johnson until next month.
Monday 4 a.m. A new poll suggests most Canadians believe there's still a long way to go to achieve gender equality in this country.
The poll results themselves underscore the challenge, with women far more likely than men to say equality remains elusive in a host of fields.
Overall, 63 per cent of respondents to the poll, conducted by Léger and the Association for Canadian Studies, said equality between men and women has not been achieved.
But female respondents were far more pessimistic: 73 per cent said equality has not been achieved, compared to 53 per cent of men.
Overall, a majority said equality has definitely or "to some extent" been achieved at home, in social settings, in the media, at work, in sciences and in politics. Just 44 per cent said the same of sports.
But again male respondents were far more likely than women, by as much as 20 percentage points, to say equality has been achieved in those areas.
For instance, 80 per cent of men, but just 68 per cent of women, said equality has been achieved, at least to some extent, at home.
The same gender gap was evident on the questions of whether equality has been achieved in other settings: social settings (71 per cent of male respondents said it has versus 58 per cent of women), in the media (73 per cent versus 57 per cent), at work (68 per cent versus 50 per cent), in sciences (64 per cent versus 48 per cent), in politics (64 per cent versus 44 per cent) and in sports (48 per cent versus 41 per cent).
Sunday 8:45 p.m.: As pandemic restrictions loosen in Toronto and neighbouring Peel Region, businesses across the personal care services industry say they're being left behind.
She slammed the provincial rule book for what she sees as favouritism towards big-box stores and other retailers, while struggling entrepreneurs are left to bear the brunt of the restrictions.
"It's just garbage," she said. "The standards that they've set for us are so high."
Read the full story from Jason Miller here.
Click here to read more of Sunday's COVID-19 coverage.
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Queen and fascism: the Jazz album
Without Eno Roxy Music makes the album Stranded: their best?
Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
Blood Orange – Time Will Tell (video)
Upon reading the first reviews for this album I was immediately intrigued. I bought the album and was instantly smitten with it. The story of Devonté Hynes, aka Blood Orange, and his second album.
Devonté Hynes
Devonté Hynes, better known as Blood Orange, and before that as Lightspeed Champion, is an English singer, composer, producer, dancer and musician. He was a member of the (punk) band Test Icicles from 2004 to 2006, who released an album in 2005. Subsequently he released two records using the moniker Lightspeed Champion. To date he has released four albums as Blood Orange.
Changing in style is part of Hynes' DNA. Ranging from punk to R&B: he has done it all full heartedly and with great results. He has developed into a popular producer as well. He wrote, played and produced for artists like Tinashe, Solange Knowles, Sky Ferreira, FKA twigs, Haim, Florence and the Machine, Carly Rae Jepsen, Diana Vickers, The Chemical Brothers, Kylie Minogue, A$AP Rocky and Blondie.
Hynes's debut as Blood Orange was the release of the single Dinner in January of 2011. In August of that year the first album, Coastal Grooves was released. In November of 2013 Cupid Deluxe was released, followed by 2016's Freetown Sound. Earlier this year Negro Swan was released.
Cupid Deluxe
On November 18th, 2013, Cupid Deluxe was released in physical form. The album had its worldwide debut six days earlier on iTunes. According to Hynes the album was inspired by "New York City, the Big Apple. I lived in Brooklyn for some time and finally made the leap into Manhattan. So a lot of the record is about that, transitions, life transitions. Moving from a stable position to an unstable position. Something we have all been through".
With its 1980's sound it seems as if the album has been around for years and years, yet it's contemporary enough to be new. That contradiction makes the album stand out and highly enjoyable. That contradiction is also present between the music and the subjects. The R&B like songs regularly address heavy subjects.
A perfect example is the fantastic Uncle ACE, which contains several musical grooves and gets its name from "Uncle Ace's house", which stands for a safe-haven in New York for the almost 4000 young people who haven't got a home (anymore). Many of them are gay, lesbian or transgender and have been renounced by their family. The term safe haven should be used loosely. "ACE" stands for the subway lines A, C and E in New York. The term "house" stands for the subway carts on those lines. Because the start- and endpoints of those lines are the furthest apart, the lines are used for sleep. One person stays awake and watches out for police and/or criminals, while the rest sleeps until the end of the line. A grim reality in New York.
Musically Uncle ACE gives no indication whatsoever about the heavy contents of the lyrics. The whole album is like that. A tribute to the under-belly of society, the outcasts and the forgotten.
The album highlights Hynes' chameleon like qualities. He sings, writes, produces and plays guitar, bass, drums and synthesizer. There are only a handful of artists that can do what Hynes does at his level. The overall quality of what's offered is very high.
I guess this doesn't come as a surprise, but I think this album is worth your time and money. The songs, the beautiful production and the subjects make this album come highly recommended. Ever since I bought this album, I have followed Hynes/Blood Orange closely. He has yet to disappoint me.
Devonté Hynes aka Blood Orange
All songs written by Devonté Hynes, unless stated otherwise.
Chamakay
You're Not Good Enough
Uncle ACE
No Right Thing
Clipped On
Always Let U Down (Paul Draper and Dominic Chad)
Devonté Hynes – vocals, all instruments
Despot – vocals on Clipped On
Dave Longstreth – vocals on No Right Thing
Caroline Polachek – vocals on Chamakay, background vocals on Chosen
Samantha Urbani – vocals on You're Not Good Enough, No Right Thing, It Is What It Is, Chosen, Always Let U Down, On The Line, Time Will Tell
Skepta – vocals on High Street
David "DJ" Ginyard – bass
Jason Arce – saxophones and clarinet
Adam Bainbridge (Kindness) – vocals and drums on On The Line, Time Will Tell
Tawiah – vocals on Time Will Tell
Sam Beste – piano on Time Will Tell
Blue May – guitar on Time Will Tell
Do you know Blood Orange and this album? What's your opinion? Let me know!
Blood Orange – Time Will Tell (video) image: youtube.com
Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe image: stereogum.com
Devonté Hynes aka Blood Orange image: nytimes.com
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Culture – Two Sevens Clash
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds debut with the exquisite From Her To Eternity

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Q: discord.py: guild.members returns only bot but no members I'm trying to make a Discord bot with Python.
In the Discord Developers interface, on my bot panel, "Privileged Gateway Intents" (SERVER MEMBERS INTENT) is checked.
The bot is on a server (guild) with admin authorizations.
I don't understand why the bot returns only itself, but not me or my friend.
for guild in self.discord_client.guilds:
            print(f"guild found : {guild}")
            print(guild.members)
        for member in guild.members:
            print(member)

The code above returns this:
guild found : Testdev
[<Member id=76277237853886878X name='Dev_Bot' discriminator='6271' bot=True nick=None guild=<Guild id=76114559936167936X name='Testdev' shard_id=None chunked=False member_count=3>>]

member count=3, but after this:
for member in list(guild.members):
    print(member)

it returns only the bot's ID:
Dev_Bot#6271

A: The only useful answer I have found is here:
Discord Bot can only see itself and no other users in guild
Basically, it says that you have to set the intents to be able to see the guild's members.
So, instead of just client = discord.Client(), you'll have to do:
...

intents = discord.Intents.all()
client = discord.Client(intents=intents)

...

or
intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.members = True
client = discord.Client(intents=intents)

if you want to just have that intent

A: https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intents.html
Or simply, install version 1.4.2 of the library: pip install -U discord.py==1.4.2

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Q: Bacula console - nothing happens after connecting I'm learning how to use bacula, and I followed the instructions from here to configure it.
Now my problem is that I enter in my debian linux terminal
sudo bconsole

Then I get
Connecting to Director 127.0.0.1:9101

and then nothing happens!!!! I just go back to the terminal.
If I don't use sudo, it gives an error that bconsole.conf is not accessible. I tried also to do this from root with su, but also does the same as sudo.
Any ideas? Please assist.
If you require any additional information, please ask for it and I'll provide it.
Thanks.

A: What version of Bacula are you using?
As one of the more recent versions has a MySQL install glitch, where it will not add all of the tables to the bacula database. Which leads to you not being able to connect to bconsole.
Bacula, however have released an updated version that fixes this problem, however it does require a total reinstall.
Remove using:
sudo apt-get remove --purge bacula*
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove

To remove anything to do with bacula, and any other programs that are not required on your system.
Install using:
sudo apt-get install bacula-director-mysql bacula-common-mysql bacula-sd-mysql

This should allow you to run bacula, as long as you have MySQL installed.
This occured for me on Ubuntu 16.04 Server (yours may be slightly different)

A: I feel your pain. Bacula has quite a learning curve, and some idiosyncrasies. It's a great system, though.
A couple separate things.
First, you don't need sudo as long as the permissions on the bconsole.conf file are set to allow your user access to it. That's a two-edged sword from a security perspective, because bconsole can allow an attacker access to fairly high-value data, such as the ability to destroy all your backups. Also, an attacker could potentially use the password and director name to access the director later from elsewhere.
Second, when nothing happens and you are right back at the terminal, that indicates that bconsole was not able to connect to the director. To troubleshoot, use netstat -ltnp and make sure that the director is really listening on port 9101, and also that it is listening either on * or on 127.0.0.1, not just on an external IP address.
If that does not help, make sure that the information in bconsole.conf matches the information in bacula-dir.conf. Bacula is somewhat finicky here; both the director name and the password need to match.

A: I find you also sometimes get a clue by stopping the director as a service and running it interactively in another terminal. Use "bacula-dir -f -v", the -f is foreground mode and -v is for verbose messages. When you next run bconsole, it will use this instance to attempt the connection.
Also, it's always worth a quick "bacula-dir -t" to test the config is ok.

A: In my case the fix was to make the following change in bconsole.conf for the definition of Director:
Changed "address = myhostname" to
        "address = 127.0.0.1"
You will need to make the same change in bacula-dir.conf for all instances of the "Address" attribute. Note that my bacula server is running in a network without a domain.


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Q: Trying to cast string to number returns NaN I'm confused... I have a number as a string ('3'), and I want it to become a normal Number-type number. If I go into any console and do Number('3'), it'll return 3.
However, in this code it returns NaN:
const attr = "rating='3'";
const [attrName, attrValue] = attr.split('=');
// if the attrValue is a number, cast it as such
if (!Number.isNaN(attrValue)) {
    const numAttr = Number(attrValue);
    console.log('num: ', numAttr, attrValue.length, attrValue.charCodeAt(0));
}

I confirm that the first char code of the number string is 39, which is single apostrophe, and its length is 3, so no sneaky hidden chars.. The numAttr value is NaN though. It also does go into the if statement, which presumably tells me that it can, in fact, become a number?

A: You have to replace the single Quotes around the number. You can use the replace() function for this:

const attr = "rating='3'";
let [attrName, attrValue] = attr.split('=');
const para1 = attrName;
const para2 = attrValue.replace(/'/g, '');

console.log(para1, para2);
console.log('isNAN()?',isNaN(para2))

isNaN = is not a Number?


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STRANGERS YOU KNOW To Play Hangout and Firefly Music Festivals; New Song & Lyric Video For "Queen Of Venice Beach (Oowee)" Out Now
Posted on November 18, 2015 by MSOPR
DT: NOVEMBER 18, 2015
FM: ANGELA MORENO/BARI LIEBERMAN, MSO PR
LOS ANGELES INDIE POP/FOLK/ELECTRO DUO
STRANGERS YOU KNOW
TO PLAY HANGOUT AND FIREFLY MUSIC FESTIVALS
NEW SONG & LYRIC VIDEO FOR
"QUEEN OF VENICE BEACH (Oowee)"
OUT NOW VIA 'PRE/POST' TWO-SONG FREE DOWNLOAD
STRANGERS YOU KNOW: Grady Lee and Adam Haagen
Photo credit: Christian Fabiani
Indie pop/folk/electro duo STRANGERS YOU KNOW is gearing up for a busy 2016. The group will perform at the HANGOUT Music Festival, during the weekend of May 20-22, 2016 in Gulf Shores, AL, as well as the Firefly Music Festival, June 16-19, 2016 in Dover, DE. Tickets for both festivals go on sale this week.
To coincide with the announcement of their first major music festival appearances, STRANGERS YOU KNOW has released two new singles—"Queen Of Venice Beach (Oowee)" and "Shoot Me Down'–available for a limited time as free downloads via their SoundCloud. This marks the first new music off the band's forthcoming EP, due out in early 2016. A lyric music video for "Queen Of Venice Beach (Oowee)" also premiered via their Hangout Festival webpage; watch it now here.
The two tracks, dubbed Pre/Post, showcase the pair's range and versatility musically, while also aligning together lyrically to share a complete story about the complexities of young love. "Queen Of Venice Beach (Oowee)" puts a spin on classic pop/electronic, evoking the excitement of budding romance. By combining vintage visuals with modern melodies and lyrics, the video further brings to life the actuality of the lyrics, as portrayed through old-fashioned clips featuring the timeless romantic interactions between men and women. "Shoot Me Down" offers a glimpse into the band's thoughtful and poignant side, with intoxicating melodies and raw, heartfelt lyrics.
"Pre/Post started as an exploration of the harsh hookup culture of LA," the two share. "From 1 OAK Los Angeles to Beverly Drive, this two song collection follows drunken infatuation and the impact of sobering reality."
Upon meeting serendipitously at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Grady Lee (vocals, guitar) and Adam Haagen (piano, guitar, vocals, banjo, mandolin) formed an immediate connection over synths, beats, guitars, lyrics and melody, leading to their first EP Something to Someone released in early summer 2014. After the EP's release, the band appeared at a few U.S. festivals such as the Vans Warped Tour, First City Festival and Sunset Strip Music Festival. In early 2015, the pair put out their debut full-length album, What Happened, a representation of the band's rich, eclectic sound.
STRANGERS YOU KNOW takes inspiration from many different sources, with each member bringing their own color to the group. Adam, a native of West LA, and Grady, a Santa Barbara local, draw on many different influences ranging from folk to rock to pop to electronica. Their sound represents everything that they're feeling in the moment.
www.strangersyouknow.com
www.facebook.com/Strangersyouknow
www.twitter.com/strangersuknow
www.instagram.com/strangersyouknow
www.youtube.com/user/sykband
www.soundcloud.com/strangersyouknow
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For sale, Hemingway novels, never read.
Walked past an apartment and saw GBBO on the TV and a person on their couch with a blanket and small dog on them and was like quit bragging?
I spend 75% of my day figuring out what time I should leave by.


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With the rise to prominence of cyptocurrencies like bitcoin, especially over the past year, chances are that you've at least heard of the blockchain. Ask anyone in the know about bitcoin and the term "blockchain" will most likely come up in the conversation. And as this blog post will explain, that's for good reason.
In short, the blockchain is the technological backbone that allows all transactions involving cryptocurrencies to happen. The first major application of blockchain technology was with the introduction of bitcoin in 2009. As previously mentioned, bitcoin is a "cryptocurrency", which is a coin that is completely digital and operates through encrypted technology. Bitcoin was created by someone who went by the name Satoshi Nakamoto. The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto isn't known, and some people even believe that it is actually the alias for a group of people. But whatever the case, Nakamoto laid out the blueprint for bitcoin in a white paper titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".
Another thing that makes the blockchain special is that it is decentralized. While most traditional currencies are controlled and issued by a central bank or other central authority, the bitcoin blockchain is instead maintained by a network of individuals known as bitcoin "miners". To keep it simple, miners are people that run specialized computers that solve complex mathematical problems to allow transactions to go through.
Every individual involved in a transaction has their own unique bitcoin "wallet" with its own unique wallet ID number. This ID number provides the proof that a transaction came from that particular wallet owner. Individual transactions get grouped together into cryptographically-organized blocks. Those blocks then get sent out to the bitcoin network, made up of individual miners. Those miners then use high-powered computers to compete to validate the transactions. Transactions are validated by solving the aforementioned mathematical problems.
Miners are rewarded for their efforts by receiving bitcoin themselves, and the validated block of transactions gets added onto previous blocks, creating the chain of blocks we know as "the blockchain". It can be a complicated process, but those are the basics of what is the blockchain. There are other blockchains besides the one for bitcoin, but they all operate under pretty much the same principles.


An exhaustive study of practical wood craftsmanship detailing farm and household implements made of wood. Also trade, medical and scientific items. THIS LARGE BOOK will incur an additional postage charge to overseas destinations.
A comprehensive will illustrated history of personal and public space over the last 6000 years, including fine public buildings and the domestic vernacular.
May Morris was a significant figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and the pioneer of art embroidery. She ran the embroidery department at Morris and Co., and also designed textiles, wallpaper and jewelry. Long overshadowed by her famous father this superb work gives her recognition as a gifted designer in her own right. Beautiful illustrations throughout.
A history of these rare maps from the collection of the British Library demonstrates their importance to an understanding of eighteenth century British science and the emerging middle class world view.
A history of the fire mark, and the companies that used it. Many photographs as well as colour plates. The very scarce presentation edition, limited to 19 numbered copies. Bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt tooling. All edges gilt. SIGNED to title page with a presentation inscription by Brian Sharp. THIS HEAVY BOOK will incur extra shipping charges.
A biography of the foremost New Zealand stamp and coin designer. Covers his life and work. Many examples of his stamps and coins, which he designed for many Pacific nations.
A classic work of philately, an in depth study of the 1933 pictorial stamps that we acclaimed for their originality and beauty. This copy signed by the author.
The Illustrators of Children's Books and Postcards 1900 - 1950. Major publishers and illustrators described and with colour reproductions of their works. THIS large book will incur extra shipping charges outside of New Zealand.
A detailed listing of all known official and private issue of numismatic pieces covering historical and commemorative events in New Zealand 1865-1940. Photographs of obverse and reverse of the items described. Revised edition. This copy one of 1000 numbered copies. ALSO INCLUDES the additional Supplement issued in 2000 in an edition of 500 softbound copies of 28 pages of newly discovered items.
A unique book, an account of all Arctic and Antarctic Expeditions between 1818 and 1961, whose members received the award of the Arctic or Polar Medal. A very valuable work of reference for historians of the polar regions, listing of all medals and clasps awarded. Illustrated. This copy has a pocket at rear with assorted related ephemera including reproduction postcards of the Terra Nova. Also some letters from Rear Admiral J A L Myers to J Bryant Haigh, and some reprinted articles on the George VI Polar Medal. This copy has a name and stamp to title page.
Works from the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. With excellent full colour photographs of silverwork and period paintings of them in use. THIS LARGE BOOK will incur an additional postage charge to overseas destinations.
A comprehensive reference to the small radio sets called Radiolettes, amoungst the most famous domestic receivers produced in New Zealand. Illustrations and service data.
Colour photographic guide to collecting cameras and accesories, with a pricing guide. THIS LARGE BOOK will incur an additional postage charge to overseas destinations.
A history of the Leica company and the cameras it produced up to 1985. Photogrpahs and technical details of the cameras and accessories available for them.
The first book ever to explore the history of and design of paper knives, paper folders, letter openers and page turners. Numerous illustrations of the amazing variety of these once common tools.
First-hand account of tinderboxes, matches, spills, vesta cases, match strikers and permanent matches. The history and development of personal fire-lighters with many examples shown in colour photographs.
The milk can was once ubiquitous and little regarded but of considerable importance and utility. Local author Ian Spellerberg has written the first ever history of the milk can and its social impact. Many interesting illustrations.
A beautifully illustrated history and guide to all the various Japanese swords and the related polearms. Covers every topic of interest to the sword enthusiast and collector. First published in 2009.
Studies of Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer in Japanese craftmanship. Focusing on manufacturing techniques and collecting of Tokugawa, Meiji, Taisho and Showa period items.
Collections of vintage paua shell jewellery photographed and described. Arranged thematically, and discusses them as pieces of kiwi art, souvenirs or kitsch.
History of Chinese potteries from 2852 BCE to 1368 CE. Illustrated with plates, some in colour. THIS LARGE BOOK will incur an additional postage charge to overseas destinations.
Exhaustive survey and guide to the Ming period by the Keeper of the Department of Ceramics and Ethnography of the British Museum. Illustrated with plates in colour and b&w. THIS COPY is #622 of 1500 numbered copies. THIS LARGE BOOK will incur an additional postage charge to overseas destinations.
From the Neolithic Period (6000BC) to the Qing (early 20th century). In association with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Includes b&w and colour photographs. THIS LARGE BOOK will incur an additional postage charge to overseas destinations.
The Early history of recorded sound observed through printed ephemera, advertising and mechanical devices. With hundreds of colour photographs.
Detailed study of phonograph horns, cylinder machines and disc machines, and their housing cabinets. Hundreds of colour photographs.
An illustrated compendium of rare and collectabledevices for reproducing recorded sound. Very detailed and with hundreds of colour photographs.


Talented student in my Junior Varsity Preteen Acting Class at The Playground and private client Atticus Moats booked lead role in feature "Midnight Scorpion". He learned a South African accent for the audition and blew them away with his acting choices.
My private acting coaching client and Playground student will star in the horror film 'The Butterfly Room'.
Two students – two roles!!! My students Ashley Argota and Tiffany Espensen play sisters Kelly and Piper on Nickelodeon's "Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures". It's was fun to be able to be hanging out on set with them during the shoot of the pilot!!!!
My Varsity Class Acting Class student and private coaching client Roman Verciglio books huge "Nitendo" National Commercial.


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How I disarmed kidnapper of Ak-47 –Rivers-based lawyer
Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt
A kidnap survivor and Rivers State-based lawyer, Tamuno Igbikiberebima, has narrated how he disarmed a two-man kidnap gang of AK-47 while trying to abduct him at his residence in Rumuigbo, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
The lawyer who is also a worker with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation while speaking to City Round at the state police headquarters, Port Harcourt, where the hoodlums were paraded by the state's Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mucan, said he mustered the courage to resist the kidnappers.
Igbikiberebima said he was making a call in front of his gate on December 17 when a black Toyota Camry suddenly pulled over and the occupants ordered him to enter the vehicle.
He explained, "One one of them came out with an AK-47 rifle and ordered me to enter the back seat. When he asked me to enter, I said why should I enter? He said he wanted to waste (kill) me. I begged him not to waste me and asked him what I had done.
"When I noticed how he was handling the gun. It appeared to me that he is not proficient in gun handling. I told myself that 'ordinarily one-to-one this man cannot beat me.' That was the courage I had.
"When he faced the nozzle of the rifle down trying to cock the gun, I started struggling with him. In the process both of us shot one bullet on the ground. When he saw a crowd coming, he left the rifle and ran into the car.
"I then ran into my compound and brought out my Hilux. Some people joined me and we chased after them. We tracked them at Apara link Road."
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Asked what gave him the courage to resist the hoodlum who was carrying a gun, he said, "most likely their intention was to kidnap or assassinate me. I think it is important for me to do it in front of my gate. It would be more honourable instead of following them to wherever they wanted to take me to."
Earlier, the police commissioner, Mukan, said Igbikiberebima "displayed uncommon bravery by putting up a strong resistance, whereupon he single-handedly dispossessed one of the kidnappers of his AK-47 rifle and arrested him."
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"We knew we had made the right decision to take my Dad to the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House when he first entered his assigned room. My Dad was transported from CMC in Pineville and as they were wheeling him into the room he looked up and saw a framed picture of a black lab on the wall. You see my Dad's most prized possession was his 185-pound black lab. This dog was a constant companion to my Dad (and Mom). He watched over my Dad's every step. He even mourned during the numerous hospital stays that kept my Dad away from him. How ironic it was to see a picture of a dog that looked exactly like him on the wall of the very room that was assigned to Dad. We felt like this was a sign from God that we were doing the right thing and we never regretted that decision.