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The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday June 22, 2021. Some provinces and territories do not report daily case numbers. There are 1,409,607 confirmed cases in Canada.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday June 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 394,799 new vaccinations administered for a total of 32,566,031 doses given.

A new report grades Canadian governments in how they responded to the country's international promise to conserve at least 17 per cent of its land mass and 10 per cent of its oceans by 2020.

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday June 21, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 394,799 new vaccinations administered for a total of 32,566,031 doses given.

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The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday June 21, 2021. Some provinces and territories do not report daily case numbers. There are 1,409,607 confirmed cases in Canada.

MONTREAL — One person was killed after a tornado struck Mascouche, Que., a suburb north of Montreal, late Monday afternoon. Marisa Curcio, a spokeswoman for the municipality, said the tornado touched down just before 4 p.m.

OTTAWA — The Conservatives are asking that the Public Health Agency of Canada's offices be searched after a public shaming of the agency's president failed to persuade him to turn over unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists at t