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110-519: The games were first aired on Sunday nights on Citytv , after which they moved to Sportsnet beginning in the 2015–16 season. The tour was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and Hometown Hockey was suspended as a whole during the shortened 2020–21 NHL season (with Hometown Hockey segments instead airing during Hockey Night ). Hometown Hockey returned with a new Monday-night scheduling for

220-513: A COVID-19 vaccine provide protection against severe disease and hospitalisation caused by Omicron and its subvariants. For three-dose vaccinated individuals, the BA.4 and BA.5 variants are more infectious than previous subvariants but there is no evidence of greater sickness or severity. On 26 November 2021, the WHO 's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution declared PANGO lineage B.1.1.529

330-843: A Sunday night game of the week hosted by Ron MacLean . Hometown Hockey moved from Citytv to Sportsnet for the 2015-16 season. Individual stations are normally branded on-air as simply "Citytv" (from 2012 to 2018, the stations were referred to as "City"); the location may be added, for example "Citytv Toronto", if disambiguation is necessary. The list also mentions which stations had been owned by either CHUM Ltd. or Rogers, depending on affiliation. Like most Canadian networks, Citytv stations are generally available as distant signals on most cable and satellite providers nationwide. The Citytv brand has been licensed to local television stations in Bogotá , Colombia and formerly in Barcelona , Spain. Toronto's CITY-DT

440-505: A branded segment and virtual audience was featured for the duration of the 2020-21 NHL regular season . In season 8, the tour resumed, starting in Ayr, Ontario in North Dumfries , home of NHLers Jay Wells and Kyle Clifford . Citytv Citytv (sometimes shortened to City , which was the network's official branding from 2012 to 2018) is a Canadian television network owned by

550-527: A coincidental development, that same day, BCE Inc. , owner of Bell Globemedia and the parent company of CTV , announced it would buy CHUM Limited. Bell Globemedia had intended to retain CHUM's Citytv system while divesting CHUM's A-Channel stations and Alberta cable channel Access to get the CRTC to approve the acquisition. In October 2006, Citytv launched a daily national newscast, CityNews International , which

660-648: A company Christmas party held at a restaurant in Norway's capital, Oslo , were infected with the Omicron variant. France has confirmed only 25 cases of the new Omicron variant but officials say the number could jump significantly in the coming weeks. By 6 December, Malaysia confirmed its first case of the variant. The case was a South African student entering to study at a private university. In Namibia, 18 cases out of 19 positive COVID-19 samples that had been collected between 11 and 26 November were found to be Omicron, indicating

770-457: A diversity policy in hiring its on-air staff, actively seeking out people of colour , people with disabilities, and other minority groups to work as on-air journalists. Znaimer described the policy as wanting the station to "look like Toronto". Beginning in 1983, Citytv began to produce a New Year's Eve special live from Nathan Phillips Square in Downtown Toronto . Most recently known as

880-790: A few variants, but not in Delta which dominated in the country in October) and by a sudden increase of COVID-19 cases in Gauteng; sequencing revealed that more than 70 percent of samples collected in the province between 14 and 23 November were a new variant. The first confirmed specimens of Omicron were collected on 8 November 2021, in South Africa and on 9 November, in Botswana. Likely Omicron (SGTF) samples had occurred on 4 November 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa. When

990-524: A high level of prevalence in the country. Fiji also confirmed two positive cases of the variant. They travelled from Nigeria arriving in Fiji on 25 November. On 9 December, Richard Mihigo, coordinator of the World Health Organisation's Immunisation and Vaccine Development Programme for Africa, announced that Africa accounted for 46% of reported cases of the Omicron variant globally. On 13 December,

1100-487: A joint venture between Rogers Communications and the now-defunct Shaw Media prior to the latter's merger with Corus Entertainment ; and has been compared to the latter company's StackTV service. Live linear feeds of most Citytv stations, as well as CityNews 24/7 , also became available to Amazon Prime subscribers at no additional cost through Prime Video. CityNews 24/7 is a headline news channel, similar to those offered online by Global News , and an indirect successor to

1210-423: A large following since its debut in 1977. Other stations around the world have imitated its format to varying degrees of success. However, Citytv itself was unsuccessful in expanding its audience to other Canadian markets, as evidenced by the eventual cancellation of the other stations' traditional newscasts. Flagship station CITY-DT, along with Jim Pattison Group-owned affiliates CFJC-TV , CKPG-TV and CHAT-TV are

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1320-523: A long battle with cancer. The Citytv system began to phase in a modified branding in October 2012, with a new logo consisting only of the name "City", and some promotions using the verbal branding "City Television" (later also switched to simply "City") instead of "Citytv". The change marked the first major alteration to the "Citytv" brand since its introduction in 1972. The network adopted the name "City" on December 31, 2012, during its New Year's Eve special. For

1430-490: A longer interval usually allows time for the immune system's response to mature. As of June 2022, Omicron had about 50 mutations relative to the Wuhan-Hu-1 or B variant, which is more than any previous SARS-CoV-2 variant . Thirty-two of these pertained to the spike protein, which most vaccines target to neutralise the virus. As of December 2021, many mutations were novel and not found in previous variants. As of April 2022

1540-448: A modified version could be ready for mass production in 45 days. Sinovac said it could quickly mass-produce an inactivated vaccine against the variant and that it was monitoring studies and collecting samples of the variant to determine if a new vaccine is needed. On 7 December 2021, at a symposium in Brazil with its partner Instituto Butantan , Sinovac said it would update its vaccine to

1650-823: A new control room, becoming one of the first fully HD broadcasters in Canada. On March 2, 2010, CKVU-TV in Vancouver launched its HD simulcast. CKEM-TV in Edmonton began testing its digital signal on May 26, 2010, and began regular HD broadcasts on June 29, 2010. CITY-DT-3 in Ottawa began testing its digital feed on June 12, 2010, and regular digital broadcasts on June 18, 2010. CKAL-TV began testing its high definition signal on August 31, 2010. By August 31, 2011 , all Citytv owned-and-operated stations had their primary transmitters and most retransmitters broadcasting exclusively in digital. Citytv HD

1760-504: A partial lockdown on 20 December 2021, ordering the closure of all bars, casinos, gyms, schools, and theatres, as well as imposing restrictions on the capacity and operating hours of restaurants, and the prohibition of spectators at professional sporting events. On 18 December 2021, the Netherlands government announced a lockdown intended to prevent spread of the variant during the holiday period. In December 2021, some countries shortened

1870-473: A potential Omicron spike, although no cases had yet been detected in the state or the rest of the United States. On 27 November 2021, Switzerland introduced obligatory tests and quarantine for all visitors arriving from countries where the variant was detected, which originally included Belgium and Israel. On 26 November 2021, South African Minister of Health Joe Phaahla defended his country's handling of

1980-562: A publicly available database, such as GISAID , report initial cases/clusters associated with virus-of-concern infection to the WHO through the International Health Regulations (IHR) mechanism, where capacity exists and in coordination with the international community, perform field investigations and laboratory assessments to improve understanding of the potential impacts of the virus of concern on COVID-19 epidemiology, severity, and

2090-467: A re-analysis because of doubts, the team retracted the article on 20 December 2022, due to contamination of the samples. On 24 November 2021, the variant was first reported to the WHO from South Africa based on samples that had been collected from 14 to 16 November. South African scientists were first alerted by samples from the very beginning of November where the PCR tests had S gene target failure (occurs in

2200-527: A reduction in the threat to public health, the WHO stopped classifying Omicron as a variant of concern in order to maintain this classification only for new threats. Instead, the WHO classified its subvariants as variants of interest and under monitoring. On 26 November 2021, BioNTech said it would know in two weeks whether the current vaccine is effective against the variant and that an updated vaccine could be shipped in 100 days if necessary. AstraZeneca , Moderna and Johnson & Johnson were also studying

2310-759: A single suspected case in Germany. On 27 November, two cases were detected in the United Kingdom, another two in Munich , Germany and one in Milan , Italy. On 28 November 13 cases were confirmed in the Netherlands among the 624 airline passengers who arrived from South Africa on 26 November. Confirmation of a further 5 cases among these passengers followed later. Entry into the Netherlands generally required having been vaccinated or PCR-tested, or having recovered. The passengers of these two flights had been tested upon arrival because of

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2420-485: A small and predictable proportion. After the WHO announcement, on the same day, several countries announced travel bans from southern Africa in response to the identification of the variant, including the United States , which banned travel from eight African countries, although as of 30 November 2021 it notably did not ban travel from any European countries, Israel, Canada, or Australia where cases were also detected at

2530-468: A soccer club. Sweden also confirmed their first case on 29 November, as did Spain, when a traveler came from South Africa. On 30 November, the Netherlands reported that Omicron cases had been detected in two samples dating back as early as 19 November. A positive case was recorded in Sydney from a traveller who had visited southern Africa before travel restrictions were imposed, and was subsequently active in

2640-518: A time, the service also featured exclusive programs not airing on the broadcast network. On April 12, 2022, Rogers announced the launch of Citytv+ (pronounced Citytv Plus ), an add-on channel for Amazon's Prime Video . The service includes most of the programming available on Citytv and its siblings, including Omni Television , as well as recent and selected past programming aired by the Canadian FX and FXX networks. The service succeeds Shomi ,

2750-555: A variant of concern and designated it with the Greek letter omicron . The WHO skipped the preceding letters nu and xi in the Greek alphabet to avoid confusion with the similarities of the English word "new" and the Chinese surname Xi . The name of the variant has occasionally been mistaken as "Omnicron" among some English speakers, due to a lack of familiarity with the Greek alphabet, and

2860-743: A week for CJNT (including a local edition of Breakfast Television ), and agreed to contribute funding and programming to a new independent multicultural station in Montreal. Citytv is well known for its unconventional approach to news and local programming. There is no news desk (anchors read the news standing up, or on stools), and cameras are sometimes hand-held. Citytv also pioneered the concept of videojournalism, where reporters often carry their own camera report and videotape their own stories. Citytv calls its videojournalists "videographers", but unlike many stations in American television markets that try to conceal

2970-712: Is also one station using the brand name serving Bogotá , Colombia . The Citytv brand name originates from its flagship station, CITY-TV in Toronto, a station that went on the air in September 28, 1972, in the former Electric Circus nightclub in which became known for an intensely local format based on newscasts aimed at younger viewers, nightly movies, and music and cultural programming. The Citytv brand first expanded with then-parent company CHUM Limited 's acquisition of former Global owned-and-operated station CKVU-TV in Vancouver, followed by its purchase of Craig Media 's stations and

3080-757: Is available nationally via satellite and on digital cable. It is also available for free over-the-air using a regular TV antenna and a digital tuner (included in most new television sets) via the following stations and retransmitters: Video on demand access to Citytv programming has been available in various forms, such as through TV provider's set-top boxes, or streaming media through the network's website and mobile apps. In June 2018, Rogers announced it would launch an expanded service called Citytv Now (stylized Citytv NOW ) for authenticated customers of partnered TV service providers, such as corporate sibling Rogers Cable. Citytv Now features fulls-season (and several past season) availability of shows airing on Citytv. For

3190-589: Is broadcast on a number of cable television providers in the Caribbean. In Barbados, Citytv is carried on channel 507 of the terrestrial subscription service known as Multi-Choice TV . Italicized channel numbers indicate a digital channel allocated for future use by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission . In 2003, CHUM Limited launched a high definition simulcast of its Toronto station CITY-TV . In October 2006, Citytv installed

3300-505: Is now the largest gap in City's local coverage area, and there are few remaining realistic options for Rogers to purchase or affiliate with existing stations in the region. This had led Rogers to attempt, unsuccessfully, to request simultaneous substitution privileges for Citytv Toronto on its cable systems in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador . Prior to the CRTC's decision to refuse

3410-499: The 2018–19 television season , the network reintroduced its original "Citytv" branding, and its social media accounts. The Jim Pattison Group announced in July 2009 that its three television stations in western Canada ( CKPG-TV , CFJC-TV , and CHAT-TV ), formerly affiliated with E! , would join Citytv starting on September 1, 2009. These stations do not carry the Citytv branding; instead,

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3520-604: The 2020–21 NHL season . Two Sunday night Ottawa Senators games (one against the Montreal Canadiens and one against the Toronto Maple Leafs ) were produced nationally under the NHL on Sportsnet banner in lieu of regional rightsholder TSN . A branded segment and virtual audience was featured during Hockey Night in Canada . Beginning with the 2021–22 season , Hometown Hockey broadcasts were moved to Monday nights. Due to

3630-404: The 2021–22 NHL season , after which it was replaced with Rogers Monday Night Hockey the following season. The games were co-hosted on-location by Ron MacLean and Tara Slone from various Canadian cities as part of a nationwide tour. The pre-game show and studio segments for the games featured segments profiling local players and teams from each city. At least one Canadian-based franchise

3740-452: The ATV system of CTV affiliates, and cable-only channel ASN . Many Citytv programs were aired on ASN during this period, effectively making ASN an unbranded Citytv O&O. Both ATV and ASN were acquired by Baton Broadcasting (now Bell Media) in 1997; ASN continued to air much of the Citytv schedule until it became part of the A (now CTV 2 ) television system in 2008. This means that Atlantic Canada

3850-597: The City New Year's Eve Bash , the yearly concert special expanded to include a second event in Calgary, Alberta for its 2012–13 edition. In 2013–14, Citytv began simulcasting ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve instead of airing its own full special, though it continued to sponsor (and air some coverage of) the New Year's event in Toronto. Citytv Toronto's CityNews , which used to be known as CityPulse , had developed

3960-666: The CityNews Channel (which operated from 2011 to 2013, following the separation of Citytv and CP24 in 2009). Omicron variant Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around

4070-478: The Great Movies block; as Citytv transitioned to a primetime lineup consisting of mainly domestic and American series during the 2000s, Great Movies was scaled back, then replaced in 2008 by reruns, reality shows and infomercials. The station attracted attention and controversy by airing The Baby Blue Movie , a softcore pornography film showcase on Friday nights after midnight. Although this programming block

4180-504: The Hometown Hockey game that night featured the first all-female broadcast team in NHL history—with play-by-play commentator Leah Hextall , analyst Cassie Campbell-Pascall , and sideline reporter Christine Simpson . Women also served as the executive producer, game producer and director for the telecast. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Hometown Hockey games and tour were suspended for

4290-787: The London Knights . Live tour musical performances included appearances by: In season 2, the tour started in Kitchener, Ontario, home of the Kitchener Rangers . Live tour musical performances included appearances by: In season 3, the tour began in Newmarket, Ontario, home of Connor McDavid . Live tour musical performances included appearances by: In season 4, the tour started in Niagara Falls, Ontario, home of Derek Sanderson . Live tour musical performances include appearances by: In season 5,

4400-537: The Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications . The network consists of six owned-and-operated (O&O) television stations located in the metropolitan areas of Toronto , Montreal , Winnipeg , Calgary , Edmonton , and Vancouver , a cable-only service that serves the province of Saskatchewan , and three independently owned affiliates serving smaller cities in Alberta and British Columbia . There

4510-527: The Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) from 3 p.m.-6 a.m. CT daily, beginning on January 2, 2012. This program block followed the national program grid of Citytv and was known on-air as "Citytv on SCN". Shortly after, on January 17, 2012, Rogers announced its intent to acquire SCN from Bluepoint. The deal gave the Citytv system stations in all provinces west of Quebec and south of the federal territories of Northern Canada . The sale

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4620-459: The fifteenth letter in the Greek alphabet . By 6 January 2022, the variant had been confirmed in 149 countries. Retrospectively, Omicron cases have been detected as occurring earlier, in October 2021. Omicron did not evolve from any other variant, but instead diverged on a distinct track, perhaps in 2020. Competing hypotheses are being examined. One origin hypothesis is that various mutations in

4730-576: The Citytv stations have been sparse over the years. Between 2005 and 2014, the predominant sports property on Citytv was coverage of the National Football League . Craig Media (then-owners of the current Citytv stations in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary) owned the rights to Monday Night Football in the early 2000s, and these rights moved to Citytv for MNF ' s final season on ABC in 2005, before being moved again to TSN in 2006. Following

4840-648: The Omicron variant arriving in the United States, President Joe Biden stated that the variant is "cause for concern, not panic", reiterated that the government was prepared for the variant and would have it under control and that large-scale lockdowns, similar to the ones in 2020 near the beginning of the pandemic, were "off the table for now." In December 2021, multiple Canadian provinces reinstated restrictions on gatherings and events such as sports tournaments, and tightened enforcement of proof of vaccination orders. British Columbia expressly prohibited any non-seated "organized New Year's Eve event", while Quebec announced

4950-454: The Omicron variant was detected in three samples in Nigeria that had been collected from travelers from South Africa within the last week. On the same day, public health authorities in the United States announced the country's first confirmed Omicron case. A resident of San Francisco who had been vaccinated returned from South Africa on 22 November, began showing mild symptoms on 25 November and

5060-425: The Omicron variant, comprising a 9- nucleotide sequence, may have been acquired from another coronavirus (known as HCoV-229E ), responsible for the common cold. This is not entirely unexpected —  at times, viruses within the body acquire and swap segments of genetic material from each other, and this is one common means of mutation. A link with HIV infection may explain a large number of mutations in

5170-543: The Pattison stations began to carry 90% of Citytv's primetime programming and the majority of its morning and daytime programming from the programming grid of CKVU-DT, including simulcasts of the Vancouver edition of Breakfast Television . Unlike CKVU, the Pattison stations continue to produce midday and evening local newscasts. Meanwhile, on December 20, 2011, Bluepoint Investment Corporation announced an affiliation agreement with Rogers Communications to air Citytv programming on

5280-572: The Sportsnet channels: the 2012 Rogers Cup , and the 2012 Davis Cup World Group Play-off between Canada and South Africa . On November 26, 2013, Rogers announced a 12-year, $ 5.2 billion deal to become the exclusive national rightsholder to the National Hockey League in the 2014–15 season . Beginning in October 2014, Citytv began to broadcast NHL games produced by Sportsnet as part of Hockey Night in Canada , and Rogers Hometown Hockey ,

5390-847: The WHO was alerted on 24 November, Hong Kong was the only place outside Africa that had confirmed a case of Omicron; one person who traveled from South Africa on 11 November, and another traveler who was cross-infected by this case while staying in the same quarantine hotel. On 25 November, one confirmed case was identified in Israel from a traveler returning from Malawi, along with two who returned from South Africa and one from Madagascar. All four initial cases reported from Botswana occurred among fully vaccinated individuals. On 26 November, Belgium confirmed its first case; an unvaccinated person who had travelled from Egypt via Turkey on 11 November. All three initial confirmed and suspected cases reported from Israel occurred among fully vaccinated individuals, as did

5500-667: The Winnipeg and Edmonton editions of Breakfast Television ; in Winnipeg, it was replaced by a simulcast of the morning show from co-owned radio station CITI-FM , and the Edmonton edition was replaced by the spin-off Dinner Television , an evening newsmagazine and discussion program which did not feature original news reporting. On June 5, 2017, Rogers announced that it would relaunch local CityNews evening newscasts across its stations, which would air at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. nightly. The Edmonton and Winnipeg newscasts premiered on September 4, 2017, followed by Calgary, Montreal, and Vancouver on September 3, 2018. Sports broadcasts on

5610-485: The afternoon American Thanksgiving games until the 2017 season , when these rights were acquired by TSN. Under Rogers ownership, Citytv has aired occasional sports broadcasts as an overflow channel for co-owned Sportsnet, such as a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification group-stage match between Canada and Panama on September 11, 2012, in simulcast with Sportsnet One . It has also broadcast supplementary coverage of two tennis events that were primarily broadcast by

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5720-680: The air in October 2001 using the same format as CITY-TV. CKVU became known as "Citytv Vancouver" on July 22, 2002. Prior to CHUM's acquisition of CKVU, some Citytv programming were split between KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Washington , which is close to Vancouver, and CTV-owned CIVT-TV , during the 1990s and early 2000s when Citytv did not have a station in Vancouver; CHAN-TV , then a CTV affiliate, also aired some Citytv programs, such as CityLine . The WIC stations in Alberta (including CITV-TV and CICT-TV ) bought provincial rights to some Citytv programs prior to

5830-434: The cable-only Saskatchewan Communications Network and Montreal's CJNT-DT . At one point, Citytv also existed in Barcelona and San Juan, Puerto Rico . While patterned after the original station in Toronto, since the 2000s, and particularly since its acquisition by Rogers, Citytv has moved towards a series-based prime time schedule much like its competitors, albeit one still focused on younger demographics. The licence of

5940-592: The community. Japan also confirmed its first case. Two Israeli doctors tested positive and entered isolation. Both of them had received three shots of the Pfizer vaccine prior to testing positive. In Brazil, three cases of the Omicron variant were confirmed in São Paulo . Another five are under suspicion. A person in Leipzig , Germany with no travel history nor contact with travellers tested positive for Omicron. On 1 December,

6050-508: The company chose to retain CP24, and the channel was re-aligned with CFTO (CTV). As a replacement, Rogers received approval for, and launched, CityNews Channel in October 2011. The network was modelled on Rogers-owned radio station CFTR 680 , and featured news, weather, traffic reports, and other content drawing from the resources of Rogers properties such as Maclean's and Sportsnet . On May 30, 2013, as part of budget cuts, Rogers announced that

6160-620: The divestment, CTV would have exceeded the CRTC's concentration of media ownership limits. CTV announced on June 11, 2007, that it would retain the A-Channel stations, and sell the Citytv stations to Rogers Communications for $ 375 million. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on September 28 and was completed on October 31, 2007. On September 8, 2009, CITY Toronto moved to its current location at Yonge-Dundas Square at 33 Dundas Street East . On December 6, 2010, CityNews Tonight Toronto anchor and continuity announcer Mark Dailey died after

6270-535: The effectiveness of public health and social measures, diagnostic methods, immune responses, antibody neutralization, or other relevant characteristics. On 26 November 2021, the WHO advised countries not to impose new restrictions on travel, instead recommending a "risk-based and scientific" approach to travel measures. On the same day, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported modeling indicating that strict travel restrictions would delay

6380-596: The emergence of new variants, and these nations also were struggling to gain intellectual property to develop and produce vaccines locally. At the same time, inoculation had slowed in South Africa due to vaccine hesitancy and apathy, with a nationwide vaccination rate of only 35% as of 24 November 2021. On 29 November 2021, the WHO warned countries that the variant poses a very high global risk with severe consequences and that they should prepare by accelerating vaccination of high-priority groups and strengthening health systems . WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom described

6490-462: The event of scheduling conflicts. Beginning in the 2015–16 season, Hometown Hockey moved exclusively to Sportsnet; Moore explained that introducing Hometown Hockey on Citytv was intended to incubate the brand, but that airing it on Sportsnet had made sense from an economic standpoint due to its status as a pay channel, and enabled Citytv to return to entertainment programming on Sundays. On March 8, 2020, in recognition of International Women's Day ,

6600-698: The fact that reporters are so-called "one-man bands", Citytv embraced the use of video journalism by highlighting the use of technology; Citytv videographers often carry a second home video camera to record images of them videotaping on the scene. The low-grade video is then incorporated into the story to show viewers how the story was recorded. At one time, Citytv's Toronto flagship CITY-TV produced more local programs than any other television station in Canada, and more local programming than any other station in North America other than Boston 's WCVB-TV . Citytv produced shows such as Speakers' Corner , CityLine and

6710-561: The first North American country to report an Omicron case. On 29 November, a positive case was recorded in Darwin , Australia. The person arrived in Darwin on a repatriation flight from Johannesburg, South Africa on 25 November, and was taken to a quarantine facility, where the positive test was recorded. Two more people who travelled to Sydney from southern Africa via Singapore tested positive. Portugal reported 13 Omicron cases, all of them members of

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6820-626: The first death of a person with Omicron was reported in the UK. On 16 December, New Zealand confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant, an individual who had traveled from Germany via Dubai. The first death of a person with Omicron was reported in Germany on 23 December and in Australia on 27 December. By Christmas 2021, the Omicron Strain became dominant in the US. On 3 January 2022, South Korea reported

6930-467: The first known samples collected in Johannesburg , South Africa on 8 November 2021. The first known cases outside of South Africa were two people who travelled on 11 November: one who flew from South Africa to Hong Kong via Qatar , and another who travelled from Egypt to Belgium via Turkey . On 26 November 2021, the WHO designated B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern and named it "Omicron", after

7040-611: The first time, visiting the Enoch Cree Nation outside of Edmonton . Ahead of the game, Rogers announced a partnership with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) to simulcast that night's game with commentary in Plains Cree . It was the first-ever NHL broadcast in the language: Clarence Iron of Pinehouse, Saskatchewan 's CFNK-FM (who is known locally for his radio broadcasts of indigenous teams in

7150-579: The first two deaths of people who tested positive post mortem for Omicron. In February 2022, Omicron accounted for 98% of publicly available genetic sequences worldwide. On 29 March 2022, Omicron subvariant BA.2 overtook BA.1 and became the dominant strain in the US. As of May 2022, BA.2.12.1 was spreading in the US and two new subvariants of Omicron named BA.4 and BA.5, first detected in January 2022, spread in South Africa. All 3 subvariants have spike protein mutations of L452 and elude immunity from prior BA1 infection. On 16 March 2023, without seeing

7260-467: The flight were directed to isolate. Two travellers from South Africa who landed in Denmark tested positive for COVID-19; it was confirmed on 28 November that both carried the Omicron variant. On the same day, Austria also confirmed its first Omicron case. A detected Omicron case was reported in the Czech Republic, from a traveler who spent time in Namibia. Canada also reported its first Omicron cases, with two from travelers from Nigeria, therefore becoming

7370-426: The format when it acquired four Ontario stations from Baton Broadcasting in 1997, namely CHRO in Pembroke , CFPL-TV in London , CKNX-TV in Wingham , and CHWI-TV in Windsor . Most of these stations were also former CBC affiliates, and in markets where CKVR's sister station, CITY-TV, was already or subsequently became available on basic cable. Until 1997, CHUM owned two television outlets in Atlantic Canada :

7480-418: The global situation as dangerous and precarious and called for a new agreement on the handling of pandemics, as the current system disincentivizes countries from alerting others to threats that will inevitably land on their shores. CEPI CEO Richard Hatchett said that the variant fulfilled predictions that transmission of the virus in low-vaccination areas would accelerate its evolution. In preparation for

7590-555: The intention of making it a newest Citytv station. CHUM planned on spending $ 8.03 million on British Columbia-based independent productions, $ 5.95 million on local news and information programming, and $ 1.37 million on local culture, social policy, and talent development over a period of seven years. A similar application was filed in 1996 by the CRTC but was dropped in favor of Baton launching CIVT-TV in 1997. CHUM gained CRTC approval for its acquisition of CKVU on October 15, 2001. Meanwhile, CIVI-TV in Victoria, British Columbia went on

7700-431: The language) served as the play-by-play announcer, while former NHL player John Chabot and Northern Cree member Earl Wood hosted the studio segments. In December 2019, it was announced that Sportsnet and APTN would continue the broadcasts, with six Sunday-night games planned per-season over the next three years. The expanded package began with a Montreal Canadiens/Florida Panthers game in February 2020. On March 1, 2020,

7810-590: The launch of CKAL and CKEM in 1997. On April 12, 2004, CHUM Limited announced a deal to purchase Craig Media for $ 265 million. The move came more than a month after the CRTC denied CHUM's applications for new Calgary and Edmonton stations, which they applied back in 2003, because the market did not have sufficient advertising revenue to support a new entrant. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, 2004. CHUM had to sell off Toronto 1 because it already owned stations in Toronto and nearby Barrie ; Toronto 1

7920-577: The morning and daytime hours. Due to the structural problems facing the conventional television industry in Canada and the Great Recession , Rogers Media announced cost-cutting measures at the Citytv stations on January 19, 2010, which included massive layoffs and the cancellation of the following newscasts: CITY-DT used to operate CP24 , a cable news channel covering the Greater Toronto Area . During CTVglobemedia's purchase of CHUM Limited,

8030-451: The network would be shut down. Citytv continued to produce Breakfast Television for all markets, and 6:00 p.m. and late-night CityNews Tonight in Toronto only (the evening newscasts in Toronto excluded weekend broadcasts until March 2011; the 5 p.m. newscast, meanwhile, would return in September 2011). 60 employees (including long-time Toronto news anchor Anne Mroczkowski ) were laid off across Canada. In 2015, Rogers cancelled

8140-468: The new variant and make it available in three months. On 2 December, the Finlay Institute was already developing a version of Soberana Plus against the variant. Pfizer hoped to have a vaccine targeted to immunize against Omicron ready by March 2022. On 26 November 2021, the WHO asked nations to enhance surveillance and sequencing efforts, submit complete genome sequences and associated metadata to

8250-536: The newly imposed restrictions (which were set in place during their flight), after which 61 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. A further two cases were detected in Australia. Both people landed in Sydney the previous day, and travelled from southern Africa to Sydney Airport via Doha Airport . The two people, who were fully vaccinated, entered isolation; 12 other travellers from southern Africa also entered quarantine for fourteen days, while about 260 other passengers and crew on

8360-657: The only Citytv stations producing midday or evening newscasts. The Pattison stations use their individual callsigns, instead of branding under the Citytv name and do not use the CityNews title for their weekday newscasts. Four of City's five other owned-and-operated broadcast stations (CKVU-DT, CKAL-DT , CKEM-DT and CHMI-DT ) only produce localized versions of the morning program franchise Breakfast Television . Citytv Saskatchewan, meanwhile, does not carry any local programming, and would be unable to broadcast Breakfast Television due to its mandate of airing educational programming in

8470-423: The original Citytv station, granted the callsign of CITY-TV by the CRTC, was awarded in Toronto on November 25, 1971 by Channel Seventy-Nine Ltd., which consisted of – among others – Phyllis Switzer, Moses Znaimer , Jerry Grafstein and Edgar Cowan. The four principal owners raised over $ 2 million to help start up the station, with Grafstein raising about 50% of the required funds, Znaimer raising around 25%, and

8580-502: The pandemic and said that travel bans went against the "norms and standards" of the World Health Organization. Some speculated that travel bans could have a significant impact on South Africa's economy by limiting tourism and could lead to other countries with economies that are reliant on tourism to hide the discovery of new variants of concern. Low vaccine coverage in less-developed nations could create opportunities for

8690-545: The ratings of the stations with the new moniker. The change took effect on August 2 of the same year, when the A-Channel name was transferred to CHUM's NewNet stations. On July 12, 2006, CHUM announced that it would dramatically reduce its newsgathering operations in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg, as well as in several other cities. It laid off 281 part- and full-time employees, effectively cancelleing its supper-hour, late-night and weekend newscasts, laying off hundreds of news department staff among 281 job cuts. In

8800-536: The re-branding of its A-Channel system in Central Canada as Citytv in August 2005. CHUM Limited was acquired by CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media ) in 2007; to comply with Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ownership limits, the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers. The network grew through further affiliations with three Jim Pattison Group -owned stations, along with Rogers' acquisition of

8910-444: The reinstatement of COVID-19 restrictions nationwide due to Omicron variant , the tour was suspended from December 2021 until March 2022. On June 28, 2022, Rogers cancelled Hometown Hockey after eight seasons; the games were replaced with Rogers Monday Night Hockey the following season. MacLean remains with Sportsnet to host Hockey Night . On March 24, 2019, the Hometown Hockey was broadcast from First Nations territory for

9020-527: The relative frequency of the Latin prefix " omni " in other common speech. The GISAID project has assigned it the clade identifier GR/484A, and the Nextstrain project has assigned it the clade identifiers 21K and 21L, both belonging to a larger Omicron group 21M. Omicron was first detected on 22 November 2021 in laboratories in Botswana and South Africa based on samples collected on 11–16 November, with

9130-454: The remainder being accrued by Switzer and Cowan. CITY-TV began broadcasting on September 28, 1972 for the first time using the "Citytv" brand and initially operated as an independent station , and its transmitter operated at an effective radiated power of 31   kW . The station operated from studio facilities located at 99 Queen Street East, near Church Street, at the former Electric Circus nightclub. The station lost money early on, and

9240-488: The request, Rogers had hinted that a similar agreement had been tentatively reached with EastLink , the main cable provider in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island . In 2000, after Canwest Global Communications acquired the assets of Western International Communications which led to a network shuffle in Vancouver , CHUM applied to the CRTC to acquire CKVU-TV (Global Vancouver) on July 26, 2001 for $ 175 million, with

9350-448: The result of Industry Canada 's decision to reassign frequencies corresponding to high-band UHF channels 70 to 83 to the new AMPS mobile phone systems as a result of a CCIR international convention in 1982. In 1981, CITY was purchased outright by CHUM with the sale of Moses Znaimer's interest in the station. Znaimer remained with the station as an executive until 2003, when he retired from his management role but continued to work with

9460-620: The risk of uncontrolled HIV driving the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants. One hypothesis to explain the novel mutations is that SARS-CoV-2 was transmitted from humans to mice and mutated in a population of mice sometime between 2020 and 2021 before reinfecting humans. On 1 December 2022, a team of researchers from the Charité (Berlin) published a now- retracted study in Science that claimed that "data revealed genetically diverse Omicron ancestors already existed across Africa by August 2021". After

9570-485: The sale to Rogers, CKVU carried Sunday afternoon "late window" (4:00/4:15 p.m. ET, 1:00/1:15 p.m. PT) games during the 2007 season (as did Omni Television station CJMT in Toronto). From the 2008 season through 2013 , all Citytv stations carried Sunday late-window games. After rights to late games were acquired by CTV (who also airs early games), Sportsnet and Citytv maintained rights to Thursday Night Football and

9680-538: The same month, Citytv Toronto became the first television station in Canada to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition . The following year on June 8, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM. However, the CRTC made the deal conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv, because there were already CTV owned-and-operated stations serving the same cities ( CFTO-TV Toronto, CIVT-TV Vancouver, CFCN-TV Calgary, CFRN-TV Edmonton, and CKY-TV Winnipeg). Without

9790-480: The sequence of the Omicron variant. Indeed, in order to be affected by such a high number of mutations, the virus must have been able to evolve a long time without killing its host, which can occur in people with a weakened immune system who receive enough medical care to survive. This is the case in HIV patients in South Africa, who represent about 14% of the population (as of 2017). HIV prevention could be key to reducing

9900-660: The sport of hockey at a local level. MacLean characterized Hometown Hockey as an extension of Hockey Day in Canada and the Kraft Hockeyville competition—highlighting grassroots hockey throughout the country on a weekly basis. He also felt that the original Sunday night timeslot was "a good hockey night", believing that it could be "[a] family-forward way of doing the show to get the kids involved. Families can have it on while they get ready for school or work Sunday night. For me, after 27 years, honestly, what’s wrong with doing something different?" The games also sought to emulate

10010-485: The station on some production projects. CITY and the other CHUM-owned television properties moved their operations to the company's headquarters at 299 Queen Street West in May 1987, which became one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city. On March 30, 1998, CHUM launched CablePulse 24 ( CP24 ), a local cable news channel whose programming used anchors from and featured reports filed by CITY-TV's news staff, rebroadcasts of

10120-655: The station's CityPulse newscasts and select programming from CITY and other CHUM stations. CHUM added CITY-TV's three rebroadcast transmitters in Woodstock (CITY-TV-2 on channel 31, which also served nearby London ) on September 1, 1986, while another transmitter was set up in Ottawa in 1996 (CITY-TV-3 on channel 65). CITY-TV's groundbreaking format became successful when CHUM dropped CKVR's longtime affiliation with CBC Television on September 1, 1995 and relaunched it as an independent station . Eventually, CHUM began to replicate

10230-412: The stations continue to use the same branding and logos they used as affiliates of the E! system. The Pattison-owned Citytv affiliates produce local newscasts, but do not produce their own versions of Breakfast Television nor title their midday and evening newscasts under the CityNews brand like the Citytv owned-and-operated stations do. Through a long-term affiliation renewal agreement on May 3, 2012,

10340-409: The success of ESPN 's College GameDay —a traveling pre-game show for ESPN's college football broadcasts , and NBC 's Sunday Night Football —which originally aired Sundays against Hometown Hockey during the National Football League season. The games were carried by Citytv during its inaugural season (with London, Ontario as its inaugural city), although infrequently moved to Sportsnet in

10450-449: The system's first television station located east of the Greater Toronto Area . On December 20, 2012, the CRTC approved the acquisition of CJNT and Rogers' request to convert the station from multicultural to a conventional English-language station. The station began carrying the full Citytv schedule on February 4, 2013, turning Citytv from a television system into a full-fledged network. Rogers will produce 15.5 hours of local programming

10560-544: The time the bans were announced. Other countries that also implemented travel bans include Japan, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Morocco, and New Zealand. On 26 November 2021 the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency recommended flight restrictions regarding the new variant. The state of New York declared a state of emergency ahead of

10670-724: The tour broadcast from the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba. In 2017 and 2018, Ron MacLean was nominated for Best Sports Host at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards and the 6th Canadian Screen Awards respectively. In 2020, the Hometown Hockey broadcast from Enoch Cree Nation was nominated in the Best Sports Program or Segment category at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards . In season 1, the tour kicked off in London, Ontario, home of

10780-577: The tour started in Kitchener, Ontario, home of Hockey Hall of Famer Scott Stevens . Live tour musical performances include appearances by: In season 6, the tour kicked off in Halton Hills, Ontario, home of former NHL Director of Officiating Bryan Lewis . Live broadcast musical performers included: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tour was suspended, as were the Hometown Hockey-themed Sunday national games. During Hockey Night in Canada,

10890-451: The typical six-month interval for a booster dose of the vaccine to prepare for a wave of Omicron, as two doses are not enough to stop the infection. UK, South Korea and Thailand reduced to three months; Belgium, four months; France, Singapore, Taiwan, Italy and Australia, five months. Finland reduced it to three months for risk groups. Other countries continued with a six-month booster schedule. While antibody levels begin to drop at four months,

11000-420: The variant's impact on European countries by two weeks, possibly allowing countries to prepare for it. As with other variants, the WHO recommended that people continue to keep enclosed spaces well ventilated, avoid crowding and close contact , wear well-fitting masks, clean hands frequently, and get vaccinated. On 29 November 2021, the WHO said cases and infections were expected among those vaccinated, albeit in

11110-437: The variant's impact on the effectiveness of their vaccines. On the same day, Novavax stated that it was developing an updated vaccine requiring two doses for the Omicron variant, which the company expected to be ready for testing and manufacturing within a few weeks. On 29 November 2021, The Gamaleya Institute said that Sputnik Light should be effective against the variant, that it would begin adapting Sputnik V , and that

11220-563: The world. Following the original B.1.1.529 variant, several subvariants of Omicron have emerged including: BA.1 , BA.2 , BA.3 , BA.4 , and BA.5 . Since October 2022, two subvariants of BA.5 called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have emerged. As of September 28, 2024, a new subvariant of Omicron labeled XEC has emerged. The new variant is found in Europe, and in 25 states in the United States of America, including three cases in California. Three doses of

11330-496: Was approved in late June 2012 by the CRTC and Rogers relaunched SCN as Citytv Saskatchewan on July 1. Rogers plans to invest in the station's infrastructure, and also launch a high definition feed. In Montreal, Rogers announced its intent to acquire multicultural station CJNT-DT from Toronto-based Channel Zero on May 3, 2012, and announced an affiliation agreement with the station, effective June 4, 2012. This gave Citytv stations in all provinces west of Atlantic Canada as well as

11440-569: Was confirmed to have a mild case of COVID-19 on 29 November. Ireland and South Korea also reported their first cases. South Korea reported its cases from five travelers arriving in South Korea from Nigeria. On 2 December, Dutch health authorities confirmed that all 14 passengers with confirmed Omicron infection on 26 November had been previously vaccinated. The same day, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health confirmed that 50 attendees of

11550-522: Was discontinued in the 1980s, it was reinstated on CITY and CKVU throughout most of the 2000s, until its ownership change to Rogers Communications. This, along with the 'hide away' place on the UHF dial formed the basis of fictional station "CIVIC TV" (Channel 83, Cable 12) in David Cronenberg 's Videodrome , which is set in Toronto. Citytv was one of the first television stations in Canada to implement

11660-594: Was featured during each game, although it sometimes also aired a game between two American-based teams if necessary. Most Hometown Hockey games were aired in primetime, although it occasionally aired in the afternoon (such as the second half of the Montreal Canadiens ' traditional matinee games on the weekend of the Super Bowl ; typically no other games were scheduled that evening). The games and tour contributed to an effort by Rogers to improve its public image, particularly under CEO Guy Laurence , by associating itself with

11770-560: Was in debt by 1975. Multiple Access Ltd. (the owners of CFCF-TV in Montreal ) purchased a 45% interest in the station, and sold its stake to CHUM Limited , the parent company of CKVR-TV in Barrie , Ontario in 1978. On May 1, 1976, the station's main transmitter began broadcasting at 208 kW from the CN Tower . The station switched channel allocations on July 1, 1983, moving to UHF channel 57,

11880-419: Was produced in Toronto for broadcast on the western Canadian stations and on CHUM's Toronto news channel CP24 . The Edmonton and Calgary stations also began broadcasting a daily 30-minute magazine show, Your City , instead of a full-fledged newscast. The Vancouver news operation, which had operated for 30 years under various owners and station identities, was not maintained aside from Breakfast Television . In

11990-512: Was sold to Quebecor Media , owners of the media units TVA and Sun Media . In February 2005, CHUM announced it would align Craig's A-Channel stations with its existing major-market stations under the Citytv brand. No other significant changes were made, since the A-Channel stations's on-air look had always been very similar to that of Citytv; they initially retained their local programs, relaunched under Citytv's Breakfast Television morning brand and CityNews news brand. CHUM hoped to lift

12100-502: Was the original home of FashionTelevision , SexTV and MediaTelevision . Many of these series were not exclusively focused on Toronto – FT , for instance, consisted largely of foreign runway footage – and are easily syndicated to other outlets. The latter three shows are now owned by CTVglobemedia as a result of its takeover of CHUM and subsequent divestiture of the Citytv stations. CITY prominently broadcast feature films during primetime, in late night and on weekends as part of

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