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The next week in Ontario's battle with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial, an infections diseases expert said Sunday after the province reported more than 1,000 daily cases for the first time since the start of the global outbre

OTTAWA — Monday's vote on a Conservative motion to launch an in-depth review of the Liberal government's COVID-19 response highlights a key challenge of pandemic politics: how to hold a government accountable for decisions based on science, when the

A ticket holder in Ontario won Saturday night's $14.2 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The draw's guaranteed $1 million prize also went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 28 will be approximately $5 million.

The New Democrats won a majority government in the British Columbia election on Saturday as voters rewarded John Horgan with a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VANCOUVER — 11:35 Election night is coming to a close in B.C. with the results in four ridings likely to be left undecided until the results of mail-in ballots are known.

Green party leader Sonia Furstenau has been re-elected in her Cowichan Valley riding in the B.C. election. The Canadian Press

The New Democrats have won a majority government in the British Columbia election as voters have given John Horgan a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Liberals and New Democrats were jockeying for a lead in early provincial election results. With just over 500 polls reporting, the NDP edged out a slight lead in 45 ridings to the Liberals 28.

OTTAWA — Soon Jenny Wiebe will drive from her Fredericton home to the Maine town where she was born, to retrieve the mail-in ballot her parents are holding for her. The 55-year-old dual Canadian-U. S.

CALGARY — An inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to the province's oil and gas sector will be completed some time next year, at least six month later than its original target, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Saturday.