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EDMONTON — The posting for a new high-level Alberta government job supposed to help the province align with environmental concerns from financial markets seems more about talk than action, observers say.

OTTAWA — Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days.

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.

The mayor of a small Alberta border town says semi-trailers rolling through the community serve as a constant reminder of the pandemic's effect on the lives of community members.

REGINA — New research suggests that while Canadians feel COVID-19 will have negative consequences on mental health and the economy, they feel it will be good for online shopping and public mask-wearing once the pandemic is over.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday March 29, 2021. There are 965,404 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 965,404 confirmed cases (43,590 active, 898,934 resolved, 22,880 deaths).

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday March 28, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 146,438 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,113,757 doses given. Nationwide, 666,554 people or 1.

VANCOUVER — Flowers and wreaths were laid Sunday near the scene of a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others in and around a library in North Vancouver, B.C., a day earlier.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday March 28, 2021. There are 965,404 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 965,404 confirmed cases (43,590 active, 898,934 resolved, 22,880 deaths).

KELOWNA, B.C. — Five people were stabbed at an outdoor gathering on Sunday near Kelowna, B.C. The RCMP say they received a call at about 2 a.m. reporting that multiple victims had been stabbed.