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OTTAWA — Canada is doubling its direct cash commitment to help buy COVID-19 vaccines for the global sharing program known as COVAX but isn't sending any actual doses this month despite a desperate plea from officials for help.

OTTAWA — The discovery of an unmarked burial site at a Kamloops, B.C. residential school has sent shock waves across the world, which experts say will have a lasting negative impact on Canada's reputation as a leading human rights defender.

HALIFAX — A Mi'kmaq community is further delaying plans for a lobster harvest that was set to start this week off southwestern Nova Scotia, saying the band will have to set up its own security to protect its traps.

OTTAWA — An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 2... What we are watching in Canada ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. There are 1,383,214 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,383,214 confirmed cases (31,164 active, 1,326,484 resolved, 25,566 deaths).

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 307,826 new vaccinations administered for a total of 24,169,193 doses given.

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have begun planning to give second doses in the coming weeks. More than 24 million people across Canada have now had at least one dose of a vaccine.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $70 million jackpot in Tuesday night's Lotto Max draw. However, seven of the 20 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million were won.

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — Another nine protesters have been arrested at blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island.