Volume 22- Issue 589 - January 27, 2023 -Rajab 5,1444 H, $1 www.miraclenews.com BC, CANADA First Muslim
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Actions on behalf of dead persons What is social inclusion? What does it mean to declutter your mind?
MP Sarai holds Award
to repatriate 23 06 Canada citizens from Syria
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07 Ceremony in Surrey 07 Kick-off
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new halal food joints in Surrey
Imran open to going IMF to shore up... Turkey Elections to be held on May 14
How will the WHO’s decision on COVID emergency declaration affect Canada?
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his story contains details that may be distressing to some readers. If you or a loved one is at risk of self-harm, the BC Crisis Centre can be reached at 1-800-784-2433
Translation services are available.Delta police are providing more information about an hours-long closure of the Alex Fraser Bridge on Monday, saying they
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he World Health Organization Emergency Committee will decide on Jan. 27 if the COVID-19 pandemic is still a global emergency— and the decision could impact how governments, including Canada, proceed with tackling the virus. The emergency declaration title, known as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, is the highest alert level for the United Nations agency and issuing the declaration helps accelerate research, funding and international public health measures to contain the disease.. At a press conference Friday, federal public health officials told reporters that Canada will continue to monitor COVID-19 subvariants and urged people to get booster doses. As Omicron’s newest subvariant, the Kraken, spreads across
‘An opportunity to transform’: Details on B.C.’s longawaited payment plan for family physicians released
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he B.C. government, in partnership with Doctors of B.C., has released details about its new payment model for family doctors, a plan that could reshape primary care across the province. Payment details of “The Longitudinal Family Physician Payment Model” were distributed to family doctors on Friday. The payment model in-
cludes compensating doctors for their time, patient interactions, and the complexity of patient needs. Dr. Joshua Greggain, president of Doctors of B.C. and a family physician, said the plan will help alleviate the healthcare crisis. “We really feel like by lifting up family medicine, our primary care, and leaning into team-based care, the
the country, officials said the pandemic is not over. On Friday, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam said the decision by the UN is an “important deliberation.”“Whatever the decision is made by the Director General of the WHO, I think we just need to keep going with what we’re doing now,” she said. Canada’s Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo cautioned people thinking the pandemic is over. Source: ctvnews.ca
expectation and the aspiration is that everything will get better in due time,” he said. “This is an opportunity to transform the health-care system by simply flicking a switch.” Under the previous fee-for-service model, doctors were not paid for the time they spent doing
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Hours after major outage hits Pakistan, govt says power restoration under way
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massive power cut across Pakistan continued after night fell on Monday, affecting most of the country’s 220 million residents, including in the metropolises of Karachi and Lahore. Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir
said on Monday night, more than 12 hours after the breakdown occurred, that officials had begun restoring electricity across the country. Power was beginning to return in parts Islamabad and Balochistan, said Dastgir.
Br. Daud Ali, passes away on Jan 12,
He was one of the founders of the Masjid Al-Salaam Burnaby. See details at Pg 15
The minister had earlier said that electricity across the country would be fully restored by 10pm after the breakdown — triggered by “frequency variation” in the national grid hit Pakistan.
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World-renowned Sheikh Mishary Bin Rashid Alafasya’s an Evening of Inspiration SOLD OUT EVENT at Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey on Jan 27th, Friday at 6pm See details at Pg 15
Quran Khawani & First death Anniversay of Qari and Khateeb Maulana Abdul Latif Naumani
on Saturday 28th at Fiji Islamic Centre. See details at Page 23