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HALIFAX — Residents of Halifax and of the province's eastern shore were being warned Tuesday to stay away from the coastline as hurricane Teddy made its way toward Atlantic Canada.

OTTAWA — The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:50 Quebec is reporting 489 new cases of COVID-19 — almost 100 fewer cases than were reported on Monday.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:01 a.m. EDT on Sept. 22, 2020: There are 145,893 confirmed cases in Canada.

OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives say so far there's no agreement on how members of Parliament will return to work with only one day to go before tomorrow's speech from the throne.

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — The federal government is affirming the Mi'kmaq First Nation's treaty rights in an ongoing dispute with non-Indigenous fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia.

OTTAWA — The Canadian government will sign on to a global vaccine procurement program and by week's end hopes to announce how much money it will pledge to the cause.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

ST. HUBERT, Que.

LANGFORD, B.C. — Premier John Horgan called an early election Monday, saying British Columbia needs stability during the COVID-19 pandemic as opposition leaders accused him of putting politics ahead of the province's response to the virus.

MONTREAL — COVID-19 appeared to be gaining steam in several regions of central Canada on Monday, prompting Quebec's public health director to announce the beginning of a second wave in that province.