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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 5:45 p.m. Alberta continues to record more than 500 new COVID-19 cases per day.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Roman Catholic parishes in the St.

TORONTO — Five years ago, Dilnaz Garda stood frozen in place at a procession line at her brother's funeral. His colleagues, Toronto police officers, walked up to her one-by-one. "I'm in my own living hell," some whispered into her ear.

EDMONTON — Environmentalists and scientists are calling on Parks Canada to further restrict access to Rocky Mountain backcountry in an effort to help save the last large caribou herd in the national parks.

WASHINGTON — North America's polarizing pipeline battles have seen many venues — from the Prime Minister's Office and the U.S. State Department to the windswept plains of Nebraska and Minnesota to judge's chambers on both sides of the Canada-U.S.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday March 21, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 141,064 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,862,333 doses given. Nationwide, 626,473 people or 1.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday March 21, 2021. There are 930,516 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 930,516 confirmed cases (34,283 active, 873,590 resolved, 22,643 deaths).

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C.

VANCOUVER — Noor Fadel says most people assume that the night she was attacked by a racist man on a SkyTrain in Vancouver in 2017 was the worst night of her life.

TORONTO — An Ontario ticket holder won Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot. And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Mar. 24 will be an estimated $5 million.