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WASHINGTON — Social media was supposed to be the great equalizer, but a majority of elected officials in Canada, the United States and elsewhere are struggling to connect with people on Twitter, a new study suggests.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Police have identified two people killed in an Oakville, Ont., shooting over the weekend that also injured two others. Officers were called to a commercial business in an industrial area of the city west of Toronto around 3:10 a.m.

OTTAWA — The federal government has been quietly probing how to provide provinces with more money annually for child care, as part of what sources describe as an issue that is at, or near, the top of the Liberal agenda to restart the economy.

The crash of a Snowbird plane in Kamloops, B.C., on May 17 claimed the life of Capt. Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer with the Canadian Forces aerobatic team. The pilot of the jet, Capt. Richard MacDougall, was seriously injured.

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — One member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died and another is injured after a Snowbird plane crashed in a residential area of Kamloops, B.C.

OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency has warned the Trudeau government that proposed changes to bolster privacy could undermine the ability of intelligence agents to collect and use information about citizens.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:34 p.m. on May 17, 2020: There are 77,001 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

OTTAWA — Frustration is growing within Canada's veterans' community as many disabled ex-soldiers continue to wait for federal support and benefits even as the government rushes to approve millions of claims for assistance related to COVID-19.

Long lines of people waiting to get into big-box and grocery stores were an early phenomenon of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another type of queue has emerged and it's not for toilet paper.