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OTTAWA — Canada could see the end of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic before autumn, according to federal projections, but only if strong physical distancing measures are strictly maintained the whole time.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:45 p.m. ET on April 9, 2020: There are 20,696 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 2:20 p.m. Manitoba is reporting three new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 207 confirmed cases and 17 probable.

The number of COVID-19 cases in prisons is rising, prompting Canada's criminal lawyers and an inmate advocacy group to ask federal and provincial governments to reduce the number of people in the institutions.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will not look at whether parts of Quebec's secularism law should be suspended while a full legal challenge of the measure plays out.

Winnipeg police say a 16-year old girl shot by an officer has died in hospital. Manitoba’s Independent Investigation Unit says officers were pursuing a stolen vehicle in the city Thursday evening.

TORONTO — Amid staggering job losses across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government on Thursday said it expected the number of Canadians killed by the novel coronavirus to double over the next week.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party isn't deliberately holding up a new financial aid package for COVID-19 relief.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine whether new air-travel rules that allow lengthy delays breach the rights of some Canadians with disabilities.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy lost an unprecedented one million jobs in March — the worst recorded single-month change — as the COVID-19 crisis began to take hold, lifting the unemployment rate to 7.8 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Thursday.