COVID-19 Coronavirus

CP NewsAlert: B.C. delays return to class for most students until Jan. 10 over COVID

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is delaying the full return to classrooms in January to allow public health officials to assess the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and give school staff time to im...

Dec 29, 2021

Canada's bobsled team places 13 team members in COVID-19 protocols

SIGULDA, Latvia - Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has placed 10 of its athletes and three staff members into COVID-19 protocols. A spokesman from the national sport organization confirmed the outbreak on We...

Dec 29, 2021

Canucks forwards Boeser, Di Giuseppe added to NHL's COVID protocol

Vancouver Canucks forwards Brock Boeser and Phillip Di Giuseppe and a member of the team's support staff have been added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list hours before the team was scheduled to retu...

Dec 29, 2021

Toronto preparing to redeploy hundreds of staff amid COVID-19 surge

City of Toronto officials say they are preparing to redeploy hundreds of staff to support critical and essential services in response to a surge in new COVID-19 cases fuelled by the highly contagious ...

Dec 29, 2021

Reports: World junior hockey championship cancelled due to COVID-19 cases

The world junior hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., has been cancelled according to multiple reports. Reporter Chris Peters of the Daily Faceoff first reported that the International...

Dec 29, 2021

Conservative MP questions delay in suicide hotline as COVID-19 crisis calls continue

OTTAWA - A Conservative member of Parliament is questioning why a national suicide-prevention hotline approved by the House of Commons last year still does not exist. MPs from all parties voted in Dec...

Dec 29, 2021

Saleh rejoins Jets after clearing COVID-19 protocols

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Jets coach Robert Saleh cleared COVID-19 protocols and returned to the facility Wednesday to run practice for the first time since testing positive for the coronavirus last we...

Dec 29, 2021

NHL cutting COVID-19 isolation time to 5 days, change doesn't apply to Canada

The NHL is following other leagues and the CDC by cutting COVID-19 isolation times to five days under certain conditions and where it is allowed by local laws. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly on Wednesd...

Dec 29, 2021

Quebec, Ontario set new COVID-19 records as provinces mull easing isolation rules

Ontario and Quebec are both reporting new COVID-19 case records today, as Canadian provinces explore changing isolation rules to keep health systems afloat amid an unprecedented wave of infections. On...

Dec 29, 2021

Nunavut extends lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge in the province

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is extending its "circuit-breaker'' lockdown as a rise in COVID-19 infections pushes the territory's health-care system to a breaking point. The territory's chief public hea...

Dec 29, 2021