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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, May 31, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, May 31, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday May 31, 2021. There are 1,378,971 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,378,971 confirmed cases (35,935 active, 1,317,524 resolved, 25,512 deaths).
Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have begun planning to give second doses in the coming weeks. More than 23 million people across Canada have now had at least one dose of a vaccine.
B.C. teacher says students could be triggered by residential school discovery

B.C. teacher says students could be triggered by residential school discovery

KAMLOOPS, B.C.
NHL working on Canadian quarantine exemption for Stanley Cup playoffs: Sources

NHL working on Canadian quarantine exemption for Stanley Cup playoffs: Sources

OTTAWA — Work is underway for a travel exemption that would let the winner of the NHL's all-Canadian division and an American counterpart cross the border during the third and final rounds of the playoffs.
Parks Canada says two dead following avalanche on Alberta mountain

Parks Canada says two dead following avalanche on Alberta mountain

JASPER, Alta. — Parks Canada says two people have died in an avalanche on an Alberta mountain popular with climbers.
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6 p.m. The number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta hospitals continues to fall, as does the number of active cases.
Grizzly believed to have killed Alberta woman is caught and will be euthanized

Grizzly believed to have killed Alberta woman is caught and will be euthanized

WATER VALLEY, Alta. — Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement officers have captured a grizzly bear they say fatally attacked a woman while she went for an evening stroll on her property last week.
Survey show only 20 per cent of workers want to return to office full-time post-COVID

Survey show only 20 per cent of workers want to return to office full-time post-COVID

Canadians are in no rush to head back to the office even as COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline across the country, a new survey suggests.
Trudeau asks for lowered flags to honour dead residential schoolchildren

Trudeau asks for lowered flags to honour dead residential schoolchildren

TORONTO — Flags on federal buildings will be lowered for the 215 children whose bodies were found at a former British Columbia residential school, the prime minister said Sunday as communities across Canada began mounting their own tributes to the st
Military's diversity, inclusion efforts plagued by shortcomings: internal review

Military's diversity, inclusion efforts plagued by shortcomings: internal review

OTTAWA — An internal Defence Department review completed last fall found significant problems and shortcomings in attempts to promote diversity and inclusion across the Canadian Armed Forces.