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EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's vaccine passport will end almost immediately, with most other big COVID-19 health rules gone three weeks later.

Alberta,Saskatchewan and Quebec announced Tuesday plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions, saying it will increasingly be up to citizens to assess the risks they face from the virus.

VANCOUVER — A panel of judges in British Columbia's Court of Appeal says important questions about "procedural fairness" have been raised in the case of a man convicted of murder in the United States. John Graham was extradited to the U.S.

OTTAWA — The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, both in Ottawa and various cities across Canada. All times eastern: 8 p.m.

OTTAWA — All tow-truck companies on contract with the city have refused to haul away the big rigs that have gridlocked Ottawa's downtown for the second week in a row, the city's manager says.

COUTTS, Alta. — RCMP say removal of trucks and other vehicles from a protest in southern Alberta against pandemic restrictions is being hampered by towing companies that don’t want to help.

OTTAWA — People might be frustrated with COVID-19 but they don't share the extreme views of the anti-vaccine mandate protesters who have choked the national capital for over a week with large trucks, federal cabinet ministers said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Roughly 100 kids are living in the trucks idling on the streets of downtown Ottawa during the cold, noisy and prolonged protest that has grabbed hold of the capital, police say.

OTTAWA — Conservatives appear increasingly split over whether a protest against COVID-19 health restrictions in the nation's capital should stay or go.

A typically bustling border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit remained closed to vehicles seeking to enter Canada on Tuesday as a protest against COVID-19 measures prevented traffic from flowing.