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CP NewsAlert: Quebec imposes COVID-19 nighttime curfew starting on New Year's Eve
MONTREAL - Quebec's government is imposing a nighttime curfew that will begin on New Year's Eve in an attempt to reduce the high transmission of COVID-19 across the province and ease pressure on the h...
Dec 30, 2021
WestJet to cancel 15% of flights due to COVID-19 related staff shortages
CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it is being forced to cut 15 per cent of its flights through to the end of January as it deals with staffing shortages due to the Omicron variant.The Calgary-based...
Dec 30, 2021
Slovakian goalie calls world juniors 'a joke,' criticizes organizers, COVID protocols
RED DEER, Alta. - Slovakia's goaltender at the world junior hockey championship says that this year's tournament was "a joke."Simon Latkoczy criticized the event's organizers In a pair of Instagram po...
Dec 30, 2021
US children hospitalized with COVID in record numbers
SEATTLE (AP) - The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are n...
Dec 30, 2021
Biden, Putin hold call as tensions mount over Ukraine crisis
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, a simmering crisis that has become further complicated in re...
Dec 30, 2021
Ontario caps arena crowds at 1,000 for sporting events as COVID-19 cases rise
TORONTO - The Ontario government has capped the crowd size for indoor venues at 1,000 spectators or 50 per cent capacity, whichever is less, as the province deals with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. T...
Dec 30, 2021
Slovakian goalie calls world juniors 'a joke,' criticizes organizers, COVID protocols
RED DEER, Alta. - Slovakia's goaltender at the world junior hockey championship says that this year's tournament was "a joke." Simon Latkoczy criticized the event's organizers In a pair of Instagram p...
Dec 30, 2021
IIHF announces more positive COVID-19 results after cancellation of world juniors
The International Ice Hockey Federation has announced seven new positive COIVD-19 tests from the world junior hockey championship following the cancellation of the tournament, including a member of th...
Dec 30, 2021
Canadian defender Alistair Johnston already feeling at home with CF Montreal
Alistair Johnston is already feeling at home with CF Montreal. The newly acquired Canadian international defender has friends on the MLS team, appreciates its "very beautiful" style of play and has be...
Dec 30, 2021
Group: Sudanese forces fire at anti-coup rally; 4 killed
CAIRO (AP) - Sudanese security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at protesters rallying Thursday in the country's capital and elsewhere against the October military coup. At least four protest...
Dec 30, 2021