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VENICE, Italy — Canada stands firmly behind a two-pillar plan to enact sweeping reforms to the global corporate tax system and limit multinational companies' capacity to shop around for lower tax rates, the country's finance minister said Saturday.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:45 a.m. Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today as well as one new recovery.

CALGARY — A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

LYTTON, B.C. — A Delta, B.C., resident who owns a home in Lytton that was charred by a wildfire that tore through the village says the devastation is "breathtakingly shocking" after getting a glimpse of the area Friday.

OTTAWA — Canadian party leaders worked their way around the country this week, in what some see as a sure sign the pandemic is near its end, but also as proof that a federal election is on its way.

TORONTO — No winning was sold for Friday's $21 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on July 13 will be an estimated $27 million. The Canadian Press

LYTTON, B.C. — Residents of Lytton, B.C.

OTTAWA — The federal government's new ArriveCAN travel app is inaccessible to some Canadians with disabilities, raising questions of fair treatment and practical border-crossing concerns.

OTTAWA — Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says she is concerned that vaccination rates among younger Canadians aren't high enough as the rate of first-dose shots is slowing.

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — Indigenous leaders from across southern Vancouver Island called for an end to recent incidents of violence and vandalism, including the destruction of a statue, the burning of a totem pole and online threats and abuse.