The replica police car that the gunman drove on his killing rampage through rural Nova Scotia last monthwas distinct from most other RCMP patrol vehicles in at least one way. It was equipped with a black push bar on the front bumper. But exerts disagree on how much of a difference that made in the head-on collision with the vehicle of RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, who died at the scene after confronting the gunman.

The Trudeau government's announcement Tuesday that it is spending up to $2 billion to procure personal protective equipment including more than 60 million N95 masks comes weeks into a global pandemic and raises questions about Canada's emergency preparedness.

In the global race to find a COVID-19 vaccine, the federal government announced Monday it is pumping $23 million into an academic research lab in Saskatoon. Here is a look at how the facility that started out as a modest veterinary lab in 1975 became Canada's best hope for a vaccine.