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TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Apr. 6 will grow to an estimated $20 million. The Canadian Press

MONTREAL — Protesters marched through Montreal's Plateau borough Friday afternoon to denounce what many described as a "pandemic" of violence against women, after a slate of recent killings.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:10 p.m. Alberta's chief medical health officer says the province had an estimated 1,100 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Dr.

OTTAWA — Three of the provinces hardest-hit by COVID-19 spent their second pandemic-era Good Friday either adjusting to or bracing for stricter public health measures meant to bring resurgent case counts back in check.

OTTAWA — Canada and other G7 nations are denouncing what they describe as human rights violations and calling for immediate access for humanitarian aid groups in Ethiopia's conflict-ridden Tigray region.

A group of Inuit women gather around a table over cups of coffee and speak to each other in a language that is expected to vanish over the next two generations. The women live in Cambridge Bay in western Nunavut.

The second Easter weekend of the pandemic has become an emblem of exhaustion over public health measures, some say, as politicians across much of Canada warn families not to gather in person for the holiday.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, April 2, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 203,268 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,892,748 doses given. Nationwide, 695,046 people or 1.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, April 2, 2021. There are 987,918 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 987,918 confirmed cases (49,568 active, 915,348 resolved, 23,002 deaths).

OTTAWA — The number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities has declined by 80 per cent since mid-January thanks to the high uptake of vaccines, says the top doctor at Indigenous Services Canada. Dr.