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EDMONTON — Staff in Alberta hospitals are treating more people in intensive care units than at any other time in the province's history, officials warn, adding that hospitalizations for COVID-19 are particularly high for people in rural areas. Dr.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:35 p.m. The Yukon government says more than 75 per cent of all eligible adults have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — On Monday afternoon, 11 billboards lit up across St. John's with messages supporting the woman who was raped by a local police officer in connection with a gruelling case that shook the city for years.

QUEBEC — A tunnel to be built under the St. Lawrence River connecting Quebec City and Lévis, Que., will cost $7 billion, take 10 years to complete and will transform the capital, Premier François Legault said Monday.

MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner inquiring into the death of an Indigenous woman who filmed herself being humiliated by hospital staff implored health-care workers on Monday to be honest in their testimony.

OTTAWA — A review by the national spy watchdog has found inconsistencies when it comes to federal efforts to ensure information-sharing with foreign agencies does not result in torture.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The Snowbirds air show flight demonstration team is soon to be in the air again trying to bring hope to Canadians. The Canadian Forces says the team based in Moose Jaw, Sask.

A Saskatchewan man who brutally attacked a woman and set her on fire has been denied parole. Leslie Black, 35, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the beating, burning and sexual assault of Marlene Bird in Prince Albert, Sask., in 2014.

Summer camp operators are optimistic they can save the 2021 season — even as the window for overnight camps to reopen is quickly closing. Sleepaway camps were closed in every province except New Brunswick last summer because of COVID-19 restrictions.

WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States have put their respective grievances on the table in advance of a key meeting about the new North American trade deal.