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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 Mar. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ... OTTAWA - Call it the calm before the storm.

HALIFAX — Atlantic Canada's political leaders have touted the region as an example to the world after the novel coronavirus was repeatedly beaten back by a population that dutifully followed orders to isolate and physically distance.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday March 15, 2021. There are 909,157 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada : 909,157 confirmed cases (31,674 active, 855,020 resolved, 22,463 deaths).

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday March 15, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 92,658 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,026,665 doses given. Nationwide, 595,333 people or 1.

OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada is expecting a smaller-than-normal shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, with fewer than 445,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech shots scheduled for delivery over the next seven days.

The CEO of a Vancouver-based company who is accused in the United States of aiding the illicit global drug trade through the sale of encrypted communications devices is denying the allegations.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday March 14, 2021. There are 909,157 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada : 909,157 confirmed cases (31,674 active, 855,020 resolved, 22,463 deaths).

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 8:00 p.m. ET on Sunday March 14, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 92,658 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,026,665 doses given. Nationwide, 595,333 people or 1.

Provinces continued to expand their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts on Sunday, amid what Canada's chief public health officer described as a recent increase in the number of new cases across the country. Dr.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:20 p.m. AstraZeneca is defending its vaccine after several European countries stopped administering the shot over concerns about blood clotting.