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MONTREAL — Three teachers opened the court challenge to Quebec's secularism law Monday, testifying that the legislation forces them to choose between their deeply held religious beliefs and their vocations.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:14 p.m. EST on Nov. 2, 2020: There are 240,263 confirmed cases in Canada.

Manitoba weighed imposing a curfew to help contain the spread of COVID-19 while Ontario considered whether to loosen restrictions in some hot spots on Monday, as both provinces continued to see hundreds of new infections.

WASHINGTON, Wash.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's massive tree-planting promise from the 2019 election has yet to be allocated a single dime.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Boxes of Kraft Dinner. Erasers. A fistful of loose mints. These are just some of the unorthodox treats that landed in kids' trick-or-treat bags in Newfoundland and Labrador this Halloween.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The trial of a man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman will hinge on the question of whether evidence proves that his actions contributed to her death, a court in Thunder Bay, Ont., heard Monday.

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is intensifying efforts to draw a line separating his party's values from those of the Trudeau Liberals, particularly on the fraught ground of free speech.

FREDERICTON — The Crown began its cross-examination on Monday of Matthew Raymond, the man accused of the Fredericton mass shooting, suggesting he knew the victims were real people and not demons.

OTTAWA — Canada Post is using three colourful and festive scenes painted by Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis for its holiday season stamps this year. The agency announced the choice of the works by the late artist today in a news release.