Rising long-term care outbreaks in Ontario raise questions about whether the COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out fast enough. British Columbia becomes the second province to agree to host games for the upcoming NHL season. Plus, how educators are innovating learning from a distance. #COVIDVaccine #NHL #VirtualSchool 00:00 The National for Jan. 3, 2021 00:59 Calls to speed up long-term care vaccinations 03:25 Ontario reports 2,964 new COVID-19 cases 03:47 Quebec reports 2,869 new COVID-19 cases 04:03 More politicians spark anger with holiday travel 06:56 Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit loophole 09:07 Canadians travelling abroad amid pandemic 10:40 Concern about return to in-person classes 13:01 B.C. approves games for 2021 NHL season 14:50 Reports Larry King hospitalized with COVID-19 15:29 Trump asked Georgia official to ‘find’ more votes 17:45 Vigil for Iranian general Qassem Soleimani 18:11 New rules on removal of illegal online content 21:31 Innovative teachers take online learning to next level 24:08 Lookahead: the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 31:53 Canada reaches semifinals at world juniors 32:16 NHL's first Black player Willie O'Ree [Encore] 41:40 Singer Gerry Marsden dies at 78 42:32 The Moment: Dairy Queen TikTok star Subscribe to The National: www.youtube.com/user/CBCTheNational?sub_confirmation=1 Connect with The National online: Facebook | www.facebook.com/thenational Twitter | twitter.com/CBCTheNational Instagram | www.instagram.com/cbcthenational More from CBC News | www.cbc.ca/news The National is CBC's flagship nightly news program, featuring the day's top stories with in-depth and original journalism, with hosts Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang in Toronto, Ian Hanomansing in Vancouver and the CBC's chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton in Ottawa.