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Canada remains on a troubling path for new COVID-19 infections as case counts continue to mount, the country's top doctor said Saturday.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6 p.m. Alberta is reporting 1,731 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths -- a record for the province.

Vancouver police say seven people overdosed on street drugs at a party Saturday at an apartment in Vancouver's West End. Const.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:12 p.m. EST on Nov. 28, 2020: There are 364,798 confirmed cases in Canada.

OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh committed a grisly slaying in front of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday night. Fortunately, the victim was a video game character, not a human being.

MONTREAL — Atikamekw leaders in Quebec say they are disappointed by the provincial government's refusal to adopt measures aimed at improving Indigenous health care this week over a reference to systemic racism in the recommendations.

OTTAWA — Canadian egg and poultry farmers who've lost domestic market share due to two recent free trade agreements will soon have access to $691 million in federal cash, Canada's agriculture minister announced Saturday.

OTTAWA — There was a strong message conveyed to cabinet ministers last week as senators grilled them on the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying. We told you so.

No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. However, there were six Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs and one of them was claimed by a lottery player somewhere in the Prairies.

The federal government is laying plans for the procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, inking contracts with seven potential manufacturers and saying six million doses could arrive in the country in the first quarter of 2021.