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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Dec. 14, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Dec. 14, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Dec. 14, 2020. There are 460,743 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 460,743 confirmed cases (74,059 active, 373,253 resolved, 13,431 deaths).
First COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive in Canada, more en route

First COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive in Canada, more en route

MONTREAL — The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada.
Man accused of trying to bring millions of smokes from Quebec into Manitoba

Man accused of trying to bring millions of smokes from Quebec into Manitoba

A Manitoba man faces charges after authorities there and in Ontario allege he was caught with millions of illegal cigarettes. The Manitoba government says the 44-year-old was stopped and arrested by Ontario Provincial Police on Nov.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday Dec. 13, 2020. There are 460,743 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 460,743 confirmed cases (74,059 active, 373,253 resolved, 13,431 deaths).
Quebec Police cancel Amber Alert after two young girls are found safe

Quebec Police cancel Amber Alert after two young girls are found safe

TERREBONNE, Que. — Quebec police have cancelled an Amber Alert, saying two girls who were missing from the Terrebonne area have been found safe. Police lifted the alert shortly before 7 p.m. -- four hours after they were reportedly last seen.
Former Liberal cabinet minister Alfonso Gagliano dies

Former Liberal cabinet minister Alfonso Gagliano dies

OTTAWA — Alfonso Gagliano, a former Liberal cabinet minister who played a key role in the sponsorship scandal of the early 2000s, has died. He was 78. His daughter Imma Gagliano confirmed his death, which occurred Saturday.
Former PM Brian Mulroney recovering after emergency surgery

Former PM Brian Mulroney recovering after emergency surgery

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing an emergency surgery on Friday. A family spokesman says the "urgent procedure" was a "complete success" and Mulroney was released from hospital this afternoon. Mulroney is 81.
Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Researchers are aiming to "teach" a computer to recognize the sounds of resident killer whales in order to develop a warning system for preventing ships from fatally striking endangered orcas off British Columbia's coast.
Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic

Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 sense of the word.
Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?

Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?

OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades.