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HALIFAX — Repeated communication failures were partly to blame for the Nova Scotia RCMP’s inability to stop a gunman from killing 22 people over a 13-hour span in April 2020, recently released documents show.

OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up many aspects of Canadian life. As the pandemic’s second anniversary arrives, Statistics Canada reviewed the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 across the country.

VANCOUVER — A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly 144 football fields at a major Metro Vancouver port has sparked a rival proposal along with concerns for endangered orcas and the salmon they depend on.

It's been two years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at the pandemic by the numbers in Canada. 3.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's $1 million guaranteed prize was won by a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Mar.

Peter MacKay says he will not seek the leadership of the Conservative party when one is chosen this September.

HALIFAX — Powerful and potentially damaging winds and heavy precipitation are forecast to hit the East Coast over the weekend, with hurricane-force gusts expected in Newfoundland and Labrador.

OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says it will be another week or two before Canada will know with certainty how much extra oil it can produce and ship to help offset bans on the use of fossil fuels from Russia.

OTTAWA — When Kaleo Joseph Gary Rabbitskin burst into the world last month, his birth marked a turning point for his community. It was the first time in 50 years a baby was born in Sturgeon Lake First Nation with traditional Cree birthing practices.

VANCOUVER — Most Canadians will move their clocks forward by an hour before going to bed Saturday night for daylight time. Yukon and most of Saskatchewan keep their clocks the same year-round, and the premiers of Ontario, B.C.