CBC News: The National | Rapid test demand, Party plane outrage, B.C. winter blast

Jan. 5, 2022 | Ottawa is sending millions more rapid COVID-19 tests to provinces as Canadians scramble to find them. Anger grows over partying passengers on a Sunwing charter plane. Plus, B.C. deals with a blast of winter weather.

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00:00 The National for Jan. 5, 2022
01:05 COVID-19 Omicron wave in Canada
01:44 Partiers on Sunwing flight prompt outrage
04:05 COVID-19 hospitalizations on the rise
04:33 High demand for COVID-19 rapid tests
06:44 How useful are COVID-19 rapid tests?
07:58 You have symptoms but rapid test is negative?
08:50 Omicron sick calls disrupt services, businesses
11:00 Ontario goes back in partial shutdown
11:36 Preparing for a return to the classroom
13:54 U.S. CDC COVID-19 testing guidelines
14:33 Australia denies entry to Novak Djokovic
16:49 Kazakhstan protests turn deadly
17:20 Two years after Flight PS752 shot down
20:33 13 killed in Philadelphia apartment fire
20:56 The Fifth Estate investigates The Base
24:10 U.S Capitol Riot: one year later
35:23 Cold snap grips Western Canada
40:16 Testing wastewater for COVID-19 clues
42:53 The Moment

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#PartyPlane
#BCWeather

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