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COVID-19 cases mount, restrictions reintroduced amid Omicron variant threat

COVID-19 cases are continuing to soar across the country, with Ontario and Quebec each posting more than 3,000 new cases today fuelled by the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. One day after se...

Dec 18, 2021

Dentists see pandemic stress in patients with more grinding, cracked, broken teeth

VICTORIA - Stress and anxiety connected to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is revealing itself in people's mouths, say dentists who report increasing cases of patients with cracked, broken and damaged t...

Dec 18, 2021

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada and the restrictions being brought in to try to stem the spread of the Omicron variant: - Canada is bringing back a requirement for everyone entering the c...

Dec 17, 2021

Active COVID cases rising provincially in Alberta, falling in South Zone

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics from the past four days.Note: Due to lower COVID-19 case counts in recent weeks, LNN will only ...

Dec 17, 2021

Raptors' coach Nurse doesn't see the NBA shutting down, despite rising COVID cases

TORONTO - COVID-19 outbreaks, cancelled games, and reduced crowd capacity has dominated news around the Toronto Raptors this week. It's conjured memories of March 11, 2020, when the NBA promptly close...

Dec 17, 2021

Infant dies of COVID-19 in Montreal, hospital says baby was born healthy

MONTREAL - An infant has died of COVID-19 at a Montreal hospital. The Sainte-Justine children's hospital says the baby, who was less than two months old, died of the disease on Thursday. The hospital ...

Dec 17, 2021

Flames joined on sidelines by Avs, Panthers as COVID-19 wreaks havoc across NHL

The Calgary Flames were already sidelined by COVID-19. Now the Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers have joined them. The NHL announced Friday the three clubs have been shut down until after the le...

Dec 17, 2021

Northwest Territories loosens COVID-19 isolation requirements, increases testing

YELLOWKNIFE - Northwest Territories parents with partially vaccinated children no longer need to self-isolate for COVID-19 when they return from travel. N.W.T. chief public health officer Dr. Kami Kan...

Dec 17, 2021

OHL bracing for more COVID-19 uncertainty with capacity reduction

David Branch wasn't surprised. The commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League had been hopeful rising COVID-19 case counts across the province wouldn't force the government's hand. He could also read t...

Dec 17, 2021

Alberta justice dismisses doctors' requests to be exempt from vaccine policy

EDMONTON - An Alberta judge has dismissed an application by four doctors who wanted to be exempt from an Alberta Health Services requirement that all health-care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19...

Dec 17, 2021