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The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday Feb. 19, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 25,253 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,354,289 doses given.

Last week, Paul Goulet's 10-year-old daughter quietly went to his wife with worry about her father. "It's like he's here, but he's not really here," she said.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday Feb. 18, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 25,253 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,354,289 doses given.

EDMONTON — A judge has sequestered a jury but has instructed them to begin their deliberations Friday morning in the trial of a man accused of killing a woman whose bloody body was found in the bathtub of his Edmonton hotel room.

VANCOUVER — Canada's attorney general says the failure of former U.S. president Donald Trump to win re-election nullifies an argument to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on the basis he was using her to get a better trade deal with China.

A single jab of COVID-19 vaccine appears to be highly effective, which could allow better use of scarce supplies and see more people immunized, federal and Quebec health officials said Thursday.

VANCOUVER — The chairman of a new Indigenous advisory committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix a system that has treated First Nations, Inuit and Metis people as an "afterthought.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. There are 837,497 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 837,497 confirmed cases (32,587 active, 783,412 resolved, 21,498 deaths).

EDMONTON — The mother of two young girls who were killed by her former boyfriend says she still has nightmares from that day.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons will wait until Tuesday to debate whether to accept or reject Senate amendments to a bill that would expand access to medical assistance in dying.