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CALGARY — The Transportation Safety Board says there should be a better way of determining whether a train's brakes are working as they should.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 13 ... --- COVID-19 in Canada ... .

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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OTTAWA — Health Canada says it has authorized the first COVID-19 serological test for use in the country to detect antibodies specific to the virus.

CALGARY — The union representing workers at the Cargill meat processing plant in southern Alberta has paid tribute to the second employee who died as a result of COVID-19.

OTTAWA — The federal heritage minister says if new tools are needed to get digital giants to pay for Canadian content, they will be built.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:13 p.m. ET on May 12, 2020: There are 71,157 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:05 p.m. B.C. has just seven new cases of COVID-19, but one more person from a long-term care home has died.

Lingering uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting some Canadian post-secondary students to reconsider their plans for the fall, even as more schools announce strategies to navigate evolving health and safety measures.