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OTTAWA — The U.S. State Department says Arnold Chacon has been named to serve as chargé d’affaires to Canada at the American embassy. The announcement came Friday in a release issued by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

OTTAWA — A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals have long promised to address.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $65 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. However, two of the 12 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each were won by ticket holders in the Prairies.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 29, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 463,184 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,809,939 doses given. Nationwide, 1,877,968 people or 5.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Plans are being made to identify and return home the remains of more than 200 children found buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia's Interior, says a provincial Indigenous leader.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 29, 2021. There are 1,374,275 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,374,275 confirmed cases (39,903 active, 1,308,932 resolved, 25,440 deaths).

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Hundreds of pegs, each marking the possible site of a child's remains, were staked out on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops B.C.

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — The Mounties say four people were arrested Friday as they enforced a British Columbia court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island.

A push to shift efforts toward fully vaccinating the population gained steam Friday with Canada's advisory panel on vaccines urging second doses "as soon as possible," and federal health officials hinging summer reopening plans and any eased travel r

OTTAWA — Canada will provide $25 million to Palestinian civilians affected by a recent conflict with the Israelis in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.