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Ontario marked a grim COVID-19 milestone Thursday as its virus-related death toll passed 8,000 and Alberta brought in tighter public-health measures to try to get rapidly rising infection rates in hot spots under control.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's housing minister says campers in Vancouver's Strathcona Park can either choose to accept the housing they are offered or leave the park by Friday's deadline.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:40 p.m.

VANCOUVER — A drug policy adviser to the City of Vancouver is warning of a dangerous drug saturating British Columbia's illicit supply in much the same way fentanyl did several years ago.

OTTAWA — Seniors are getting vaccinated in higher numbers for COVID-19 than they did for the flu, Health Canada data suggest. Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr.

VANCOUVER — Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died of cancer at the age of 88.

Threatened caribou herds in Alberta and British Columbia have lost twice as much habitat as they've gained over the last twenty years and the pace of loss is picking up, new research says.

MONTREAL — Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million, nearly half of which will go toward refunding travellers for flights cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is walking back its plan to rename Red Indian Lake following an uproar from nearby residents who said they weren't consulted and don't agree with the new Mi'kmaq name.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he acted appropriately after hearing a "rumour" about Jonathan Vance months before the general took over as Canada's top military commander in July 2015.