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MONTREAL — Recent news that a Quebec hospital repeatedly posted notices seeking a "white woman" caregiver has sparked a debate about how to care for mentally ill seniors who refuse to be treated by people of another race.

OTTAWA — Canadian psychiatrists' attitude toward medical assistance in dying for people with mental illnesses appears to have undergone a sea change over the past five years.

When plans for COVID-19 vaccines began to emerge, Rabbi Adam Cutler delivered a sermon at Toronto's Adath Israel Congregation about a blessing people could recite when receiving their shot.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 20, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 156,246 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,721,269 doses given. Nationwide, 621,175 people or 1.

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 latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 20, 2021. There are 927,069 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 927,069 confirmed cases (33,399 active, 871,053 resolved, 22,617 deaths).

TORONTO — A ticket holder in British Columbia won Friday night's $13 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Mar. 23 will be an estimated $10 million. The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — Serial numbers associated with Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's electronic devices were a "gateway" to her private information and were improperly obtained by the RCMP to appease the United States, one of her lawyers said Friday.

OTTAWA — There is no evidence that Canada's history of colonialism has made Indigenous people any more hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19 than the general population, says an Indigenous studies professor casting a critical eye on the oft-rep

Canada's top doctor says there's concern that an increase in more transmissible variants of the COVID-19 virus may be threatening the country's progress in containing the spread of infections.