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OTTAWA — Broken links, at home and abroad, emerged in Canada's crucial food and medical supply chains on Tuesday, tempering discussions by health officials about potentially easing the restrictions to combat COVID-19.

TORONTO — The federal government has given up its fight against court rulings that effectively outlawed placements in solitary confinement lasting longer than 15 days.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:25 p.m. Yukon is reporting 11 confirmed and eight recovered cases of COVID-19. The territory has conducted 878 tests, and is awaiting results on two.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:39 p.m. ET on April 21, 2020: There are 38,422 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

CALGARY — The union representing workers at a southern Alberta meat-packing plant says some employees don't feel safe because of an outbreak of COVID-19 and they aren't showing up for work.

OTTAWA — Canada's urban Indigenous population is being left behind by the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis, according to the The National Association of Friendship Centres.

OTTAWA — Canada's charities are getting a $350-million injection of federal funding while they deal with growing revenue gaps related to COVID-19, as the federal government considers a request for billions more to help community groups seeing a surge

OTTAWA — Having a virtual meeting of Parliament next week with all 338 MPs present remains beyond the capacity of the House of Commons, the institution's most senior administrator said Tuesday.

HALIFAX — A retired high-ranking Mountie says the investigation into one of Canada's worst mass killings will tax the resources of the Nova Scotia RCMP.

This week is usually when kids in the Muslim community get excited about an annual trip to see the new moon that marks the start of Ramadan, says Cindy Jadayel, a member of the Mosque of Mercy in Ottawa.