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EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says widespread rule-breaking has forced his government to bring back tougher public-health restrictions and that failing to do so would cause variant COVID-19 cases to swamp the health-care system by next mont

OTTAWA — Provincial governments are grappling with how to bring the third wave of COVID-19 under control, as the more virulent variants of the virus begin to dominate and younger, healthier people are getting very sick, very quickly.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. There are 1,020,893 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,020,893 confirmed cases (60,299 active, 937,453 resolved, 23,141 deaths).

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — A church bell rang 29 times — once for each person who was killed or injured — at the end of an emotional virtual tribute marking the third anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

VANCOUVER — Police say five more charges have been approved against a man accused of setting fire to three Masonic halls in Metro Vancouver last week.

EDMONTON — Parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit, said an expert in plagiarism as the Opposition NDP vowed to dismantle it if elected next year.

OTTAWA — The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:05 p.m. Alberta is reporting 931 new daily cases of COVID-19. The province says 676 variant cases have been identified.

OTTAWA — Canada’s former top civil servant has suggested more might have been done in 2018 to investigate an allegation of sexual misconduct involving Gen.

VANCOUVER — A formal agreement has been signed by British Columbia, the city and parks board to work together to end a 10-month encampment in Vancouver that has frustrated residents who lost access to a park in their neighbourhood.

Saskatchewan plans to run deficits for two years longer than planned to pay for the ongoing costs of and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget tabled Tuesday by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer for this year forecasts a deficit of $2.