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OTTAWA — When Mahmoud Khalaf's wife and two children travelled from Canada to visit extended family in the Gaza Strip in April, they couldn't imagine they would end up stranded there during a deadly war between Israel and Hamas.

TORONTO — Lotto 649 players in Atlantic Canada should really check their tickets for Saturday night's draw.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday May 30, 2021. There are 1,376,734 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,376,734 confirmed cases (37,808 active, 1,313,448 resolved, 25,478 deaths).

Experts say higher than normal pollen levels have led to a sneezier allergy season in parts of Canada this year. They point to an earlier blossom and warmer May, which led to an explosion of pollen in southern Ontario and Quebec.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday May 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 346,320 new vaccinations administered for a total of 23,156,259 doses given. Nationwide, 1,948,469 people or 5.

TORONTO — Health Canada extended the expiry date of tens of thousands of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses by one month on Saturday, easing pressure on Canadians scrambling to get a second shot before the jabs went to waste.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:35 p.m. Alberta is reporting that the number of patients with COVID-19 in the province's hospitals has fallen to 478.

MONTREAL — Quebecers lost no time in marking the end of the provincewide curfew imposed to help lower COVID-19 cases, gathering in large groups across the province and creating a busy night for local police forces.

OTTAWA — The U.S. State Department says Arnold Chacon has been named to serve as chargé d’affaires to Canada at the American embassy. The announcement came Friday in a release issued by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

OTTAWA — A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals have long promised to address.