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The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:16 p.m. EST on Nov. 14, 2020: There are 291,845 confirmed cases in Canada.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6 p.m. Alberta's daily tally of new COVID-19 diagnoses has passed the 1,000-case threshold. Officials in that province are today reporting 1,026 new cases of the virus.

Former Grand Chief Magella (Max) Gros-Louis, who championed Indigenous rights for more than 30 years as leader of the Huron-Wendat First Nation, has died at the age of 89. Grand Chief Remy Vincent confirmed the news in a statement.

Celebrants of Diwali were forced to find new ways to mark the holiday this weekend as the heeded warnings from politicians and community leaders to keep gatherings to a minimum.

OTTAWA — When Donald Trump leaves the White House, a regular feature of the last four years of Canadian politics is going to change: Conservatives will no longer constantly have to distance themselves from such a polarizing president.

OTTAWA — The election of Kamala Harris as vice-president of the United States will inspire more young Black women in Canada to engage in politics and run for office, says Velma Morgan, a Black Canadian activist based in Toronto.

NEW EDINBURGH, N.S. — A 74-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged in relation to a violent clash last month at a lobster pound in the southwestern part of the province, police announced on Saturday.

No winning ticket was sold for the nearly $29.4 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 17 will be approximately $35 million. The Canadian Press

The chief of the Neskantaga First Nation says a contractor has tested positive for COVID-19 in the remote northwestern Ontario community.

VANCOUVER — A hospice society in Delta, British Columbia, has lost another court attempt to reject membership based on their apparent views around medical assistance in dying. The B.C.