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OTTAWA — The federal government has tabled a new, tougher bill today in its latest effort to ban conversion therapy in Canada.

MONTREAL — Quebec confirmed its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Monday, and officials said 115 travellers who recently returned to the province, primarily from countries in southern Africa, have been told to take a PCR test and isolate.

OTTAWA — The United States is pressing Canada to commit medical units and drones to United Nations’ missions at a peacekeeping summit in South Korea next week, and to come up with a 200-strong force first promised four years ago.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that up to 200 mm of rain could drench the central coast of British Columbia and parts of Vancouver Island through to Wednesday as a third atmospheric river hits the province.

MONTREAL — The organization governing Quebec's maple syrup producers is releasing half its strategic reserve to address a global shortage of the province's "blond gold.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed to The Canadian Press Monday that all 22 victims of the April 2020 mass killing in the province were shot.

OTTAWA — An expert on substance-use policy says there should be clearer standards for publicly funded residential addiction treatment programs in Canada.

TORONTO — Ontario was investigating four more possible cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and offered to test hundreds of travelers Monday as the province's top doctor warned additional infections would likely be detected after the country's first

OTTAWA — MPs have been advised to wear parliamentary attire, which means a jacket and tie for men, in the new hybrid Parliament that begins in earnest this week.

Montreal is planning to host a forum in January about reducing gun violence in the city.