There are 60,772 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 32,623 confirmed (including 2,280 deaths, 7,578 resolved) Ontario: 17,923 confirmed (including 1,300 deaths, 12,505 resolved) Alberta: 5,836 confirmed (including 104 deaths, 2,942 resolved) British Columbia: 2,224 confirmed (including 117 deaths, 1,417 resolved) Nova Scotia: 985 confirmed (including 38 deaths, 638 resolved) Saskatchewan: 467 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 307 resolved) Manitoba: 281 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 238 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador: 259 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 233 resolved) New Bru

Surrey RCMP say a tip from the public led to the seizure of a stash of illegal drugs, weapons and cash. Police say a month-long investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at a home in Newton last Tuesday. Officers seized over 15-thousand dollars in cash, suspected illegal drugs including methamphetamine and fentanyl, and knives, swords and an imitation gun. Two men and two women were arrested but police say they have been released without charges pending further investigation.

Canada's chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, says Canadians are going to need how to learn to live with COVID-19. She says that means even as things begin to reopen, people will have to keep practising physical distancing and cough etiquette, and stay home at the first sign of symptoms. Tam says working while sick can no longer be allowed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that when this is over he will order an audit of the government's response. Trudeau says the government will try to set up a plan to be better prepared for the next global pandemic, if one should take place. He says for now the government remains focused on getting through this time.

B.C. residents are scrambling to access the provincial government's one-thousand dollar benefit for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Carole James says almost 375 thousand people have applied for the help as of eight a.m. this morning. The one-time, tax-free benefit is for those who have lost their jobs, had their hours reduced or had to quit work to stay at home with their children. James says Premier John Horgan will reveal on Wednesday or Thursday the process of how the pandemic restrictions will be lifted.

British Columbia is reporting 53 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths since Saturday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. now has a total of 2,224 positive COVID-19 cases, with 1,417 people having recovered. She says the provincial death total is now at 117 people. Henry says the three most recent deaths are people who were residents of long-term care centres. She says B.C.'s most recent COVID-19 modelling data continues to show dramatic decreases in cases since the province introduced physical distancing and other measures in March to slow the spread of the virus, but it cont

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales dropped by 39.4 per cent in April from a year earlier to hit an almost four-decade low. The number of homes sold also fell to an almost 40 year low, with just 11-hundred and nine changing hands last month. But the average price for a home has climbed 2.5 per cent since April 2019 to 1.04 million dollars.

Transit users in Metro Vancouver will have to start paying bus fares again starting June 1. TransLink, the authority responsible for regional transportation, says fare collection and front-door boarding on buses will resume next month, although physical distancing measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 remain in place. TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond says in a statement that Plexiglas or vinyl barriers will be installed on buses to ensure the safety of drivers. Fare collection was halted in mid-March and passengers were required to board buses by rear doors and use only designated seats as the

British Columbia's egg producers are joining the effort to keep Canadians fed during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC Egg, the organization representing all registered egg farmers in the province, says it will donate 25,000 dozen eggs to Food Banks BC every week. The organization says all egg farmers in B.C. will share the cost of the donation. Food Banks BC executive director Laura Lansink says protein is one of the most sought-after food bank items and more than 100,000 individuals, families and children who depend on food assistance every month will appreciate the donation.