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MONTREAL — Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. There were also seven Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up grabs, but none of them were won.

The Stanley Cup will be in attendance at the Bell Centre for Game 4. The Montreal Canadiens are hoping they won't have to watch it handed back to the defending-champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

LYTTON, B.C. — British Columbia's chief coroner says preliminary reports suggest two people have died as a result of the wildfire that ravaged the village of Lytton, B.C.

CHESTERMERE, ALBERTA — An Alberta imam says two families were visiting with each other over the Canada Day holiday when seven of them, including four children, died in a house fire.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief coroner says 719 sudden and unexpected deaths have been reported in the province during the historic heat wave, and that number over a seven-day period is unprecedented.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:30 p.m. B.C. is reporting 84 new cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday along with two deaths.

TORONTO — A 31-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder Friday in the death of a veteran police officer who was struck by a vehicle earlier that day, an incident investigators deemed an "intentional and deliberate act." Const.

OTTAWA — Federal parties appear to have seen a drop in their fundraising in 2020, a year when the pandemic dented donations of all kinds and made parties rethink some of their traditional fundraising tools.

SQUAMISH, B.C. — A woman who escaped a ferocious wildfire that tore through the village of Lytton, B.C., and surrounding First Nation communities says she didn't even have time to put shoes on before fleeing.