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VANCOUVER — The coroners service is expected to release data today on the latest number of monthly overdose deaths in British Columbia after three months of rising fatalities during the pandemic.

OTTAWA — The state funeral for former prime minister John Turner will take place on Oct. 6 at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica in Toronto, the Department of Canadian Heritage announced Tuesday.

HALIFAX — A Mi'kmaq chief says he's not satisfied with the federal government's response in the ongoing conflict between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia.

OTTAWA — The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 4:30 p.m. A long-term care home in Winnipeg says one of its residents has died after testing positive for COVID-19.

TORONTO — An organization working with some of Canada's largest transit providers hopes Ottawa will highlight low-emissions transit as part of its pandemic-recovery plan when the throne speech is delivered Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Supreme Court justices pushed lawyers from Saskatchewan and Ontario hard Tuesday, demanding to know how Canada can help stop climate change if any single province chooses not to help.

REGINA — Some leaders have a reputation for political strategy, others for charisma. Scott Moe may be best known for being ordinary.

REGINA — Ryan Meili arrived unexpectedly. It was 1997 and Father Les Paquin was working at a Roman Catholic church mission in Brazil. The stranger at his door was interested in medicine and wanted to see how health care in the country worked.

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A sketch of John Horgan, leader of the NDP in British Columbia: Age: 61. Family: Married Ellie in 1984; two grown sons, Nate and Evan. His father died when he was 18 months old. He was the youngest of four children.