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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.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:40 p.m. British Columbia health officials reported 317 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 143,581 in the province.

EDMONTON — The Canadian Press has clarified a May 21 story on “anti-Alberta” inquiry researcher Vivian Krause. An early version of the story did not include proper sourcing in headlines and the lead paragraph.

OTTAWA — Liberal MP William Amos urinating while on camera during virtual proceedings was "shocking, reckless" and in contempt of the House of Commons, the Conservatives said of his second Zoom lapse in less than two months.

OTTAWA — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the G7 Leaders' Summit in person next month.

OTTAWA — Federal lawmakers have passed legislation to create a national day for truth and reconciliation. MPs unanimously agreed to wrap debate on Bill C-5 on Friday, fast-tracking its passage and sending it on to the Senate.

MONTREAL — The health executive who oversaw the Quebec hospital where an Indigenous patient was mocked and insulted before she died testified Friday he wasn't aware of a racism problem involving Atikamekw patients at the institution.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The remains of 215 children have been discovered at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.