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OTTAWA — Canada is being urged to step up its presence in Mali, including through the provision of military assistance to help fight Islamic militants in the region and a diplomatic push to lead peace and reconciliation talks.

TORONTO — Dina Risin is terrified there are other men like Alek Minassian.

OTTAWA — The COVID-19 crisis has overshadowed an equally dark pandemic of opioid overdoses, which have risen sharply since March as the border closure and limited access to services raise fatal risks for drug users.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $11 million jackpot in Saturday night's lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in Dartmouth, N.S. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Nov.

TORONTO — The rising tide of COVID-19 infections across much of Canada threatens to swamp a hospital system already under strain, the country's top doctor warned Saturday amid case numbers that continued to set records in long-standing virus hot spot

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tens of thousands of the 72 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump showed up on his doorstep Saturday, urging on the president in his quixotic bid to subvert the results of last week's election.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:16 p.m. EST on Nov. 14, 2020: There are 291,845 confirmed cases in Canada.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6 p.m. Alberta's daily tally of new COVID-19 diagnoses has passed the 1,000-case threshold. Officials in that province are today reporting 1,026 new cases of the virus.

Former Grand Chief Magella (Max) Gros-Louis, who championed Indigenous rights for more than 30 years as leader of the Huron-Wendat First Nation, has died at the age of 89. Grand Chief Remy Vincent confirmed the news in a statement.

Celebrants of Diwali were forced to find new ways to mark the holiday this weekend as the heeded warnings from politicians and community leaders to keep gatherings to a minimum.