Canada sets new single-day record with 9,561 COVID-19 infections
Canada reported 9,561 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, setting a new record for daily cases since the start of the pandemic.

Canada reported 9,561 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, setting a new record for daily cases since the start of the pandemic.
Alberta reported 1,646 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day count since mid-December.
A longboarder has a broken leg but is otherwise OK, according to officials, after a crash Thursday evening.
After two straight days in the mid to upper teens, we'll be close to 20 C for a high in Edmonton this afternoon.
An Edmonton Football team player is keeping busy in the off-season as he prepares to become a firefighter.
Alberta could see outdoor events with up to 100 people in attendance by late May, up to 500 by late June and capacity restrictions removed by late July, according to a letter from Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
Starting Monday, youth sport and recreational activities in the city of Calgary must take place outside for the next two weeks, the province announced.
A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States after a relative lull during the pandemic.
A large structure fire swept through a commercial building in Stettler, Alta.
Ontario has logged more than 4,800 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in the pandemic, breaking a record for the most daily infections for a second day in a row.
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for 'extraordinary measures' to be implemented to address the surge of COVID-19 cases across several provinces.
A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States after a relative lull during the pandemic.
A new Twitter account run by volunteers is helping Canadians who are having a hard time finding available vaccination appointments.
A few weeks into what the federal government has billed as the 'ramp-up' phase of Canada's mass vaccination effort, the rollout is still being plagued by delays in Moderna shipments and lingering uncertainty about when and how many doses of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson's shots will land.
A U.S. diver stumbled upon a wedding ring while in a river, luckily for the owner who had been looking for the lost band.
An eight-day period of national mourning for the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is underway in the U.K.
A Cyclone helicopter made a precautionary landing at Nova Scotia's Rainbow Haven Provincial Park after noticing a cockpit indication.
The app, created by Indigenous Vision, shares the locations of historical Blackfoot land sites throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana and Wyoming.
A territorial goose attacks an unsuspecting Edmonton man and his two dogs Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
A man who was shot in New York while at a tribute for DMX took cover in the vehicle of the news crew that was covering the event.
Jill Macyshon has the story about animals a little out of their element, and the urging of experts to let them be.