Canadian officials declare progress on the pandemic, with some exceptions: as daily COVID case counts drop, new variants of concern have helped drive up the number of severe illnesses. Nunavut's COVID case count continues to climb, the bulk of them in Iqaluit. A Manitoba mother unable to see her newborn because of the virus encourages others to take the pandemic more seriously. A DNA match helps verify an Indigenous woman’s identity more than 40 years after she first disappeared. A new public/private partnership will upgrade cellphone coverage on B.C.'s infamous 'Highway of Tears.' 

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