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WINNIPEG — The COVID-19 pandemic will shape Manitoba politics in many ways in 2021. There will be an ongoing attempt to control outbreaks of the novel coronavirus and to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.

TORONTO — The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of Canadians across the country, causing many to lose their jobs or businesses, or to adapt to a new life spent mostly at home.

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OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the premiers of Canada’s three Prairie provinces are lagging counterparts from the rest of the country when it comes to how local residents feel they are managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

REGINA — The operators of Regina's Mosaic Stadium have come up with a novel way to give people who want to skate plenty of space for social distancing.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday Dec. 28, 2020. There are 555,207 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 555,207 confirmed cases (74,113 active, 465,973 resolved, 15,121 deaths).

The Ontario government has come under fire from critics after COVID-19 immunizations ramped down over the holidays.

Canada surpassed 15,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, and at least one infectious disease expert says the somber milestone should be a wake-up call to anyone who thinks the dangers of the disease are overhyped.

OTTAWA — For all the bluster among federal political leaders about not wanting an election any time soon, the political truth is as cold as a winter's wind: the potential for one is a reality in 2021.

OTTAWA — The federal minister in charge of the government's push on child care says bringing down fees parents pay is a key ingredient in the Liberals' design for a national system.