Your weekly COVID-19 update Every Tuesday, the Maclean's daily newsletter will catch you up on what you need to know about Canada's fight against the coronavirus. This week, Patricia Treble focuses on one story worth watching, and you can get a sneak peek here. You'll also get the same mix of Maclean's stories you expect every day if you scroll down below. Few greet the end of a weekend with unbridled joy and happiness. Lately, however, Mondays have become a day of anxiety and worry for residents of British Columbia and Alberta as they wait for their governments to release three days’ worth of COVID-19 data. The numbers weren’t great early in the summer, and have gotten worse in recent weeks. For the first three days of August, B.C. reported 118 new cases, while Alberta added 238. The following Monday, the three-day total was 131 for B.C. and 257 for Alberta. On Aug. 17, B.C. dumped 236 new cases into its tallies while Alberta reported 359. Concern is spreading about the state of the pandemic in the West, especially in British Columbia, which had contained its COVID-19 crisis during the spring and early summer at levels far below that of other big provinces. Then, things started to go wrong. READ MORE >> | 
