this was the last time the vancouver canucks played a game even shoot. a fine one loss against the winnipeg jets on march the 24th since then the team has been hit by a widespread outbreak has 19 at least 21 plays full members of the coaching staff tested positive for the virus this is the biggest outbreak not just in the n.h.l. this season but in all of north american professional sports since the pandemic began you know the additional thing that's made this outbreak complicated is that it's widely presumed to be the p one variant which is obviously running you know rampant in terms of it's community spread in the bank over community and we're talking about a majority of the players who are on the ice for sessions on ice sessions on tuesday march 30th and wednesday march 31st majority of players and coaches who are competing on the ice in unmasked athletic activity contracted the virus. the canucks have been due to return to action against the edmonton oilers on friday but the national hockey league decided to cool the game off that decision came after

the vancouver canucks hockey team have been hit with more pandemic problems. play has been delayed again after more than 20 players tested positive with coronavirus. here is the report. >> here is the chance. through it around the -- oh, it is tipped in! >> this is the last time the vancouver canucks played a game. >> shoots. rebound! >> a 5-1 loss against the jets on march 24. since then, the team has been hit by a widespread outbreak of covid-19. at least 21 players and four members of the coaching staff tested positive for the virus. >> this is the biggest outbreak not only in the nhl this season but in all of american professional sports since the pandemic began. the additional thing that has made this outbreak implicated is that it is widely presumed to be the b1 variant which is running rampant in terms of its community spread in the vancouver community. we are talking about a majority of the players on the ice for sessions on tuesday, march 30 and wednesday, march 31. majority of players and coaches who were competing on the ice in unmasked athletic act

coming up next in the sports more problems for the vancouver canucks hockey team as the as coach at 19 keeps the keeps them off the ice. just ahead of sports scientists have revealed just how many tire on a saurus rex dinosaurs once roamed the earth i think there were 2500000000 of them mostly in western north america they came up with that figure by assessing t.-rex is likely metabolism life expectancy and body size they say the robot 20000 of them on the planet at any one time. there is only one harding on the planet right now and she's a lot more friendly than a c. right now he reckons thanks adrian all such to hockey and the vancouver canucks have been hit with more pandemic problems their return to play has been delayed indefinitely after more than 20 players tested positive with coronavirus the team has been out of action for more than 3 weeks with similar outbreaks the league said the decision to postpone play was made as to give staff and athletes additional time to recover now one of the few players to not get sick is j.t. miller he says his team isn't ready to play. it's hard

and i'm lee harvey in sport hockey's crisis team hits more problems the vancouver canucks return to action has been delayed indefinitely after more than 20 players tested positive for corona virus. groups opposed to may have lost military join to have joined forces to form a national unity government outside the country as part of the ongoing resistance to military rule think clude ousted members of parliament ethnic leaders and protest figures hundreds of civilian demonstrators have been killed since the coup at the start of february the unity government is promising to and people's suffering scott hypes reports now from bangkok. what it means actually on the ground probably not that much different quite honestly they're still going to face this intensified crackdown by the security forces on the streets across myanmar as they go out so that won't change but what they're hoping to do this new government this new unity government including leaders from ethnic groups they are looking for recognition a little bit more to it is that what they're trying to do is really participate in the dialo

as things look more normal, the vancouver canucks hockey team shows we can't let our guard down.e than 20 players and coaches have the coronavirus. they cancelled the last four games and are not expected on the ice for another week. some of the positive tests are the brazil variant of the virus. europe is battling a new covid surge. >> today pope francis dressing those suffering during the pandemic. the easter tradition impacted by covid for a second year with italy once again under national lock down, hoping to avoid a repeat of the disaster they suffered at the start of the pandemic. across europe, tougher restrictions in france, poland and germany. >> i think it definitely makes people not want to go out as much because the rules are so much stricter. >> reporter: in imposed a third national lock down sending residents racing out of the city. the queen and prince charles can take a socially distanced easter stroll. back in the u.s., vaccinations are speeding up with more than 1 in 3 american adults receiving at least one dose, but there are growing concerns over a new wave as

this was the last time the vancouver canucks played a game he was sure she could get. a fine one loss against the winnipeg jets on march the 24th and since then the team has been hit by a widespread outbreak has 19 at least 21 play as full members of the coaching staff tested positive for the virus and this is the biggest outbreak not just in the n.h.l. this season but in all of north american professional sports since the pandemic began you know the additional thing that's made this outbreak complicated is that it's widely presumed to be the p one variant which is obviously running you know rampant in terms of its community spread in the bank over community and we're talking about a majority of the players who are on the ice for sessions on ice sessions on tuesday march 30th and wednesday march 31st majority of players and coaches who are competing on the ice in unmasked athletic activity contracted the virus. the canucks hopping due to return to action against the edmonton oilers on friday but the national hockey league decided to cool the game off that decision came

and away from football the vancouver canucks have returned to action in the n.h.l. of trying during one of the worst covert 19 outbreaks in world sport at least 21 players and 5 members of the coaching staff were infected leaving the canadian side able to play since march 24th in their comeback and the canucks defeated one of the league's top teams the toronto maple leafs 32 win over time thank you the captain boho over at school twice including the game winner. of the sports news for no more on the way again later thank you so much peter and thanks for watching the news hour on al jazeera back in just a moment we'll have much more the day's news and all the latest headlines from the terek chosen trial just about to get underway in minneapolis. it is only a change because. people believe in a place that is because they're. trying to make a political my city around the state senator they put themselves out to make the changes. we should have taken this. country. we have a disk culture to slosh and to create new areas we have to change this culture one of the fortunat

. >>> to the nhl, at least 20 members of the vancouver canucks reportedly tested positive for covid includings. espn reports all the players and staff have gotten the more infectious variant first found in brazil. the vancouver hotspot for the v canucks haven't played a game in almost a week. there months timetable for their return of since canadian teams are in their own division they could play makeup games after the regular season while the american teams start the playoffs. this abc7 sports report is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. dion? >> chris, thank you very much. that's it for tonight, everybody. i'm dion lim. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. for drew tuma and chris alvarez and all of us here at abc7 news, thank you so much for joining us! have a wonderful evening and we'll see you again very soon. come experience the grand opening of floor and decor's newest location in pleasant hill! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. or easily order online, and pick

. >>> the vancouver canucks return to the ice for the first time after a covid outbreak devastated theire "bleacher report." good morning, andy. >> good morning. the canucks had the worst outbreak than any team. they have 25 members including 21 players test positive for covid-19 over the past several weeks. they were finally able to return to the ice last night against the toronto maple leafs. i it's the first time since march 24th. travis green said afterward this was a special win considering everything they've gone through. >>> the lakers, meanwhile l not be visiting the white house next week to celebrate their title with president biden, a white house official telling cnn it's being postponed due to covid protocols and scheduling issues. they haven't visited the white house since 2016 since they met with the cleveland cavaliers to see president obama. >>> last last year stewart cink wins the second tournament of the season. his family and son reagan was there to cheer him on. >> it's so great to have the whole family here. it means so much to me. it's really been a blast this week.

and after a severe coronavirus outbreak the vancouver canucks are back on the ice and the n.h.l. reader will have that story in sports. however for sunshine you're off to look no further than scandinavia which you believe you've got largely dry weather coming through here big area of high pressure keeping it settle munchie there is a fire danger risk at the moment and with little rain rain in the forecast over the next couple days that could increase further hopefully it will turn a little damper as we move towards the middle part of next week we have got some wet weather down into the southeast and coated with a couple of areas of low pressure here some very heavy rain just rolling out of the black sea pushing up into ukraine possibility of some localized flooding here at these up into that western side of russia with seeing some rain coming into moscow turns cold but it has been recently temps have been getting up to read 18 celsius over the past few days so that is something of a change going on still into the mid teens there into scandinavia you notice but there's that wetter

the vancouver canucks hockey team say 25 of their players and coaches have now tested positive for team the team haven't played since this heavy loss against them when the peg jets on march the 20 says the n.h.l. is now targeting the end of next week for they cannot return to have it at action. ok and that is all your sport for now back to you thank you so much indeed to a far out world that wraps it up for this news there but to keep it here on al-jazeera i'll be back with you on the other side of the break with more of the day's news see you then. frank assessments the world is on the brink cash a strong the moral failure is that a fair assessment you can be catastrophic and it's. why you. informed opinions should we be buying big calling ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day school opel headlines inside story on 00. a footballer from spurs traded battling opponents on the pitch for fighting fascism at home on the broad. footballing legend at accountant introduces sup the name on the b

the vancouver canucks hawkie team say 25 of their players and coaches have now tested positive for covert 19 the team haven't played since this heavy loss against the winnipeg jets on march the 25th the n.h.l. is now targets in the end of next week for the canucks to return to competitive action. for nothing on monday andrew card now police say a former n.f.l. player is the suspect in a mass shooting in the us state of south carolina that's 2 year old philip adam is believed to have killed 5 people before taking his own life it happened at the home of his doctor who is also one of the victims investigators do not yet know what the motive was a few hours into this investigation we gather a lot of information we have a lot more information to gather as to the why. 2 priorities here are number one to assure the citizens of the community in your county that an armed man who just shot 6 people is not on the loose sure the community that is the case we feel like that we have. the individual who's response for this and he's deceased. and that's why as well we'll have more for you later on but no

and it's hit vancouver's ice hockey team — the canucks.lumbia — the brazil variant has also been found in ontario and alberta. kim mackrael wrote that article for the wall streetjournal. she's in ottawa. first of all, sorry, how important is this brazil variant to the general state of covid in canada? t general state of covid in canada? i think the best way to describe it is that it's becoming increasingly important. right now, it does not represent the dominant form of covid—19 across canada nationally or specific to a pc. and even when you look at the variance, the uk variant is actually proportionally bigger of the known purported cases compared with the brazil variant. but what we're seeing especially in particular in brazil is this really rapid growth of the brazil variant, and that's what has people more concerned about that particular one. i'll add just a little bit detail quickly about what you just mentioned around the closure of the whistler ski resort and the canucks, just to clarify i don't know for certain if the variant was i

the canucks are originally supposed to return on friday but the nhl postponed the game after a player voiced his concerns saying the team wasn't ready. they got back on the ice and vancouverar win during the regular season. yeah. it's a special win. we've gone through a lot here over the last few weeks. >> i couldn't be sprouder of our guys in the room. it felt great. >> all right. huge news in the soccer world overnight. 12 of europes biggest and richest soccer teams agreed to form a new super league that would change the landscape of the sport. top teams in england, spain, and italy have agreed to join, and that means they would no longer take part in the champion's league. the new super league would have 20 teams and governed by the fou founding clubs. the plans were met with immediate condemnation from politicians, fans, former players, and the sports governing bodies. the new league plans to start in 2023. >>> the lakers will not be visiting the white house next week to celebrate their title with president biden. a white house official telling cnn it's being postponed because of covid-19 protocols and scheduling issues. the nba champions have not visited the white ho