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CALGARY—It was seen as that most Canadian of tragedies — a tightknit hockey team on an icy highway, headed to a game, struck down when a tractor-trailer slammed into their bus. Five years on, the sorrow of that moment continues to balloon outward, swallowing up years and space. This ...

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.7 a.m.: An expert advisory panel recommended Tuesday that the U.K. government offer a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to everyone over age 50 ...

The ‘double mutant’ variant: what we know and don’t know about the COVID-19 strain found in B.C., Alberta and Quebec | The Starn","heading":"","fullWindow":false,"fullBleed":false,"showFullBleedOnMobile":false,"headColor":"","type":"html5mobile","textColor":"","mobileImageUrl":"","bgColor":"","imageUrl":"","registeredOnly":false,"linkUrl":"","aodaTitle":"g","internalScroll":false,"displayStyle":"small-up"},{"text":"What makes B.1.617 a double mutant? ","type":"text","isParagraph":true},{"type":"ad","heading":"ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW","name":"ArticleThirdBigBox","display":"medium-down","pos":"3","interstitial":true,"sizes":]},{"text":"It’s not as science-fiction as it sounds. ","type":"text","isParagraph":true},{"text":"The B.1.617 variant first discovered in India, in the Maharashtra state where ...

The latest: In signed letters, health-care professionals in Alberta and Manitoba urge their respective provinces to impose tough new restrictions aimed at beating back COVID-19 as case numbers rise, warning health-care systems are becoming overstretched.  A letter, signed Sunday by more than 1,500 nurses in Manitoba, urges officials to take action quickly and ...

A husband and wife — parents to three young children — died after being pulled under water at Crescent Falls in west-central Alberta on Tuesday.A third person, the couple’s nephew, also drowned. Read more: 3 family members dead after being swept under Alberta waterfall: RCMP The Pakistan Canada ...

EDMONTON -- Three people from the same family who drowned at a west-central Alberta waterfall Tuesday night have been identified as a husband and wife and their nephew. Edmonton residents Dr. Partab Rai Oad, 38, his wife Venjhar Oad, 38, and their nephew Anoop Kumar Oad, 25, were killed ...

The latest: While Ontario and Quebec, Canada's two most-populous provinces, have seen surging COVID-19 case counts for the past several weeks, Western provinces are now also reporting their own record-breaking numbers tied to the spread of the coronavirus. Saskatchewan reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, its highest-ever single-day increase. With 398 COVID-19 cases in ...