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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.

MONTREAL — A Montreal university has postponed the legal action it took against a student who posted on social media semi-nude photos of herself posing with a diploma featuring the school's logo.

Advocates for old-growth forests say they are digging in as they try to protect parts of a valley on southwest Vancouver Island from logging.

A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains.

REGINA — Saskatchewan tabled its 2021-22 spending plan on Tuesday, the second budget prepared during the COVID-19 pandemic.

REGINA — Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2021-22 budget on Tuesday. Here's a look at some of the highlights: — A $2.6- billion deficit with revenue projected at $14.5 billion and expenses at just over $17 billion.

OTTAWA — Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but the move did nothing to quell Canadian demands for accountability Tuesday.