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VICTORIA — The chief of a First Nation says he has the assurance of the Royal B.C.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Monday Feb. 2, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 18,290 new vaccinations administered for a total of 975,519 doses given.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Monday Feb. 2, 2021. There are 783,589 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 783,589 confirmed cases (51,745 active, 711,708 resolved, 20,136 deaths).

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday Feb. 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 18,290 new vaccinations administered for a total of 975,519 doses given.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:20 p.m. ET on Monday Feb. 1, 2021. There are 783,589 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 783,589 confirmed cases (51,745 active, 711,708 resolved, 20,136 deaths).

EDMONTON — A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message.

EDMONTON — A man accused of killing a woman in a hotel has testified that he was shocked to find her bloody and lifeless body in his room's bathtub after paying her for consensual sex. Bradley Barton, 52, of Mississauga, Ont.

VANCOUVER — Four pilot projects in Vancouver and Victoria have received $15 million in federal funding to provide safer drugs for people at risk of dying from overdose as British Columbia faces a record number of annual fatalities.

HIGH RIVER, Alta. — An Alberta town in the Rocky Mountain foothills wants the provincial government to order a stop to increasingly controversial coal exploration in the region.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:15 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 1,158 COVID-19 cases over the past three days. Provincial health officer Dr.