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As the country grapples with a pandemic that is radically reshaping every aspect of public and private life, institutions across Canada are striving to capture the historic shift through the eyes of everyday people.

MONTREAL — When Josianne Plante looked out her window on a recent morning, she was surprised to see a pair of large, bare-headed wild turkeys going for a stroll through her east-end Montreal neighbourhood.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize when to a lottery player on the Prairies.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory.

That’s an estimated 16.3 million Canadians (43 per cent) coming up empty-handed when shopping in the last month.

Almost two-thirds of Canada’s “provisional home workers” (65%) say they hope to be able to work from home more often once the COVID-19 outbreak ends.

“We must ensure Canadians' food supply is secure,” agriculture federation president says.

“People in unprecedented times find unprecedented solutions in their respective businesses."

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7 p.m. on April 18, 2020: There are 33,383 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

More groups urged prisons to step up COVID-19 testing and sanitary measures to help prevent mass outbreaks among incarcerated populations, as well as to release some offenders immediately as case loads grew at several institutions.