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OTTAWA — The prime minister has announced that veteran executive Michael Sabia will be the next deputy minister of Finance. He will take the job effective Dec. 14.

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The federal government is laying plans for the procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The approval of a vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech is said to be imminent. The second vaccine in line for approval in Canada is from Moderna.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Dec. 7, 2020. There are 415,182 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 415,182 confirmed cases (73,379 active, 329,138 resolved, 12,665 deaths).

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday Dec. 6, 2020. There are 415,182 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 415,182 confirmed cases (73,379 active, 329,138 resolved, 12,665 deaths).

Canada's smallest province introduced sweeping new measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 on Sunday as other parts of the country continued to shatter records for new diagnoses.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6 p.m. Alberta is reporting 1,836 new COVID-19 cases and 19 additional deaths. It's the fourth straight day the province has seen new case numbers above 1,800.

OTTAWA — A new report commissioned by the U.S. government says the mysterious brain injuries suffered by American diplomats posted in Cuba in 2016 were most likely caused by an attack using “directed” radio energy.

MONTREAL — Alexandre was sorting cans one recent morning outside a tent pitched next to a busy Montreal road by the Port of Montreal.

WASHINGTON — A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that “directed” microwave radiation is the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China.