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OTTAWA — Days before Canada announced more than $100 million in new foreign aid to fight COVID-19, a federal minister and a leading aid advocate said the country can't afford to scrimp on its overseas spending in fighting COVID-19.

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

WASHINGTON — Canadians, it seems, had a number of choice words for the United States last year — and most of them revolved around President Donald Trump.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 6 ... COVID-19 in Canada ...

MONTREAL — When a Quebec couple recently travelled to the far reaches of Yukon in a bid to escape the novel coronavirus, only to be turned away, it seemed a textbook case of pandemic-generated panic.

TORONTO — Shirley Douglas, the impassioned Canadian activist and veteran actress who was mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of medicare founder Tommy Douglas, has died. She was 86.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:27 p.m. on April 5, 2020: There are 15,512 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:15 p.m. Three more COVID-19 patients have died in Alberta, bringing the death toll in that province to 23.

WINDSOR, United Kingdom — The Queen addressed Great Britain, the Commonwealth, and the world on Sunday in a rare speech calling for unity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA — Canadian hospitals should not throw out used face masks and other protective equipment because public health officials are investigating whether it will be possible to disinfect and reuse them, Canada's public health chief said Sunday.