Canada and World Full Headlines for February 5

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Christopher Plummer, the Canadian actor who charmed us as Captain Von Trapp in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 91. Mike Drolet looks back at his extraordinary career.

More cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 variants are emerging. To date, at least 255 cases have been confirmed, and as Abigail Bimman reports, the slow vaccine rollout isn’t helping.

And, some countries are imposing age restrictions on the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, even though new data shows it’s safe. Crystal Goomansingh explains.

For the first time, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is responding to questions about allegations involving Canada’s former top soldier. David Akin has the latest.

Exactly one year ago the city of Wuhan, China was under an unprecedented lockdown to contain a mysterious new virus. As Jeff Semple explains, life in the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic has largely returned to normal.

Plus, about a third of the crowd during Sunday’s Super Bowl will be health-care workers. As Mike Armstrong reports, one nurse will receive a special honour right before kickoff.

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