Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ... Nova Scotia recorded 581 COVID-19 cases, including an outbreak at the Halifax Infirmary site of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. ---Also this ...Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a rapid test. ---In entertainment ...TORONTO _ Mirvish Productions is permanently closing its musical "Come From Away'' in Toronto, describing the costs of reopening amid tightened pandemic restrictions "prohibitively high and risky.'' ---ICYMI ...TORONTO _ Candy Palmater, an Indigenous comedian, actor, broadcast personality and host of "The Candy Show,'' has died.

Source: CBC News December 28, 2021 09:47 UTC