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The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. There are 786,417 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 786,417 confirmed cases (49,562 active, 716,642 resolved, 20,213 deaths).

OTTAWA — Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is in "a very delicate period" as case counts for fast-spreading COVID-19 variants tick upward across the country, even while overall numbers of new coronavirus cases fall.

EDMONTON — A jury has heard that a man accused of killing a woman who was found dead in a bathtub in his Edmonton hotel room lied several times about knowing her and paying her for sex. Bradley Barton, 52 and from Mississauga, Ont.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:30 p.m. B.C. is reporting another 429 cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, bringing to 1,218 the number of fatalities linked to the infection.

Opposition to Alberta's attempt to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains is growing with two more towns expressing concerns and a legislature member with the governing United Conservatives backing them up.

OTTAWA — A Calgary-based sailor has been kicked out of the Canadian Armed Forces for admitted involvement with online hate groups.

OTTAWA — Between July 24 and Oct. 22, Canada signed deals to pre-order seven COVID-19 vaccines. Here's a brief look at what we know about those vaccines, listed by manufacturer. Moderna Headquarters: Cambridge, Mass.

OTTAWA — One of the unions representing workers at Veterans Affairs Canada is sounding the alarm over what it alleges is widespread harassment and discrimination within the department.

OTTAWA — The Canadian government is telling the Federal Court of Appeal a judge made serious legal mistakes in striking down a refugee pact between Ottawa and Washington.

OTTAWA — Animal suffering won't be considered when a Health Canada agency next reviews licences for poisons used to kill predators, the department has ruled.