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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's government is predicting the number of COVID-19 cases could still be comfortably managed by the province's hospital system by the end of June if the public keeps following social distancing guidelines. Dr.

VANCOUVER — A former judge who led an inquiry into the RCMP's use of a Taser on a man from Poland after he arrived at Vancouver's airport in 2007 has died. Thomas Braidwood, who was a justice on the B.C. Court of Appeal, was 89.

NIPAWIN, Sask. — Saskatchewan's premier wants an explanation for why an Easter drive-in church service was prohibited over the weekend.

TORONTO — COVID-19's grim march through many of the country's nursing homes left more residents dead on Tuesday as the facilities fought desperately to stem the lethal spread of a virus that has prompted crushing restrictions on normal personal and c

OTTAWA — As of Wednesday, all people returning to Canada will have to check in to a hotel or other designated site unless they have an acceptable self-quarantine plan, the federal government says.

OTTAWA — Health Canada is warning Canadians about the risks of using fraudulent and unauthorized N95 masks that may not offer protection against COVID-19.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is willing to send money to provinces that want to provide salary top-ups to workers deemed essential.

OTTAWA — Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer fended off criticism Tuesday that they're asking Canadians to do more to stop the spread of COVID-19 than they're willing to do themselves.

VANCOUVER — As a registered nurse in the emergency department at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Zoe Manarangi Bake-Paterson wonders whether she'll be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.

OTTAWA — Donald White was shaving when his friend ran in excitedly to tell his unit the news: The war was over.