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EDMONTON — Public protest has persuaded the Alberta government to U-turn on a major section of its economic road map and reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains for almost 45 years.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:20 p.m. British Columbia now has 40 confirmed cases of fast-spreading variants of COVID-19. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 25 cases are the U.K.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Flights have been grounded and most operations suspended at an open-pit iron ore mine on Nunavut's Baffin Island as protesters upset about its expansion plan continue to block the site's road and air strip.

OTTAWA — Those who support expanding access to medical assistance in dying are doing so because they have not grappled with the consequences of medical racism, a disability activist said Monday before senators began debating the proposed legislation.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled against a group of mothers who wanted to force the government to provide a remote learning option to all students during the pandemic.

Several provinces began relaxing COVID-19 restrictions on Monday amid what Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam described as “hopeful signs of declining COVID-19 activity.

MONTREAL — Residents of Montreal's northeastern St-Leonard neighbourhood expressed sadness and shock on Monday at news a 15-year-old girl had been shot to death in the area the night before.

FREDERICTON — An Acadian man who fought to remain in his home on New Brunswick's eastern shore is being recalled as a symbol of the francophone minority's resistance to unjust expropriation of their lands.

VANCOUVER — Thirty registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses in British Columbia are expected to complete their training this month to prescribe medication to those battling addiction to opioids. Provincial health officer Dr.

OTTAWA — A 33-year-old Ottawa man was scheduled to appear in court Monday after being arrested and charged with arson in connection with what police say was a fire at the Canada Revenue Agency's headquarters.