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VANCOUVER — A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the number of active COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern is higher than what has been publicly reported in the province.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Ottawa is looking at expanding the categories of essential workers allowed to travel across the Canada-U.S. border.

OTTAWA — For NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, the path to a stronger presence in Parliament runs through Quebec — but the trail is littered with obstacles.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 5:45 p.m. Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says the COVID-19 variant of concern first reported in the United Kingdom is now the dominant strain. Dr.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is drawing a line in the sand for 18 of his backbenchers who are openly criticizing public-health restrictions meant to face down COVID-19.

OTTAWA — The international vaccine-sharing program known as COVAX says it has reached 100 countries with vaccines as of Thursday, though many of the world's poorest nations have still not been able to receive a single dose. Since Feb.

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories says two recently announced infections have been identified as the COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom.

VANCOUVER — Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood lumber, Canada's ambassador to the United States said Thursday.

OTTAWA — Advocates are calling for fundamental reforms to the process for reporting sexual violence in the Canadian Armed Forces, deeming decades-old patterns of misconduct a "national embarrassment" amid a broken military justice system.

TORONTO — The federal government's proposed gun-control laws are "toothless and cowardly," victims of gun violence in Ontario said Thursday.