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Recent positive COVID-19 tests have James, Radford unsure if they'll skate at trials

Recent positive COVID-19 tests could keep Vanessa James and Eric Radford out of Canadian figure skating's Olympic trials this week. Canada's top-ranked pair team this season revealed on a conference c...

Jan 04, 2022

Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard's sex assault trial postponed again due to COVID-19

TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedley, has once again seen his sexual assault trial postponed as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Hoggard was initially set to s...

Jan 04, 2022

Matthews returns negative COVID-19 test, not ruled out for meeting with Oilers

Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews returned a negative result for COVID-19 on a PCR test one day after a rapid test came back positive. Head coach Sheldon Keefe says the team is awaiting furth...

Jan 04, 2022

COVID case counts may be losing importance amid omicron

The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren't climbing as fast. Dr. An...

Jan 04, 2022

Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 cases climb in Canada's jails and prisons

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Calls are growing for governments to release inmates in provincial jails and federal prisons as outbreaks of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant spread through the country's corr...

Jan 04, 2022

Top CEOs in Canada were paid at second-highest level ever during the pandemic

OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid CEOs had their second-best year ever in 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic left this country in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. "Despite the...

Jan 04, 2022

Multiple provinces delay in-person learning as COVID cases and hospitalizations rise

Ontario is joining the list of provinces delaying in-person schooling in the new year, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country.Monday's announcement by Ontario Premi...

Jan 04, 2022

More COVID restrictions, Indigenous child welfare settlement : In The News for Jan. 4

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 4... What we are watching in Canada ... O...

Jan 04, 2022

Eagles put 12 on COVID-19 list with playoff spot in hand

The Philadelphia Eagles have placed defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and tight end Dallas Goedert along with 10 others on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday ahead of Saturday's regular-season finale agains...

Jan 03, 2022

Provinces announce new measures as Omicron fuels rise in COVID cases, hospitalization

Provinces are putting new measures in place to deal with an Omicron-fuelled rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, including delaying in-person schooling in Ontario by two weeks and bringing in ...

Jan 03, 2022