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It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat.

EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the goal in 2021 is to get vaccines out and put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, then work to fix a battered and beleaguered economy.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $6.4 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec.

VANCOUVER — A plastic barrier sits on a table between Debbie Drew and her father during their visits in the reception area of a long-term care home where the first Canadian died of COVID-19.

A variant of COVID-19 that has ravaged the U.K. is now in Canada, health officials said Saturday as they announced an Ontario couple had been diagnosed with the contagious new strain.

IQALUIT — There are more than 60 words to describe sea ice in Inuktitut. For Nunavut's hunters, the words are critical when travelling across a frozen ocean highway by snowmobile or dog team.

No winning ticket sold for the $12 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Dec. 29 will be approximately $17 million. The Canadian Press

In her annual Christmas message, the Queen spoke about hope and kindness, praising nurses, front-line service workers and Good Samaritans.

The most wonderful time in a not-so-wonderful year has arrived and Canadians from coast to coast aren't letting the pandemic put a damper on their Christmas spirit.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (All times Eastern): 1:30 p.m. A Windsor, Ont., hospital is taking the lead on managing a long-term care home weathering a deadly COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened more than 150 people.