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MONTREAL — Health officials in Quebec City say it's too early to tell whether a major outdoor festival there is contributing to a rise in COVID-19 cases, but an infectious disease expert says additional precautions are needed now.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is confident the federal government will be able to set up its proposed dental-care program by the end of the year, though his department has not yet settled on a model or begun formal talks

TORONTO — Some Sri Lankans living in Canada are welcoming the promised resignations of that country's embattled leaders, after protesters angered by economic collapse stormed the homes of the president and prime minister over the weekend.

OTTAWA — As premiers gathered in British Columbia try again to make their case for a permanent increase in federal health transfers, they're also waiting on $2 billion they were promised back in March to help clear surgical and diagnostic backlogs.

OTTAWA — The federal government is prioritizing temporary travel visas for people seeking to attend the International AIDS Conference in Montreal at the end of July.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, outfitted with two Canadian-built systems that help capture images, is already astounding the scientists who worked for years to get the instrument operational.

WASHINGTON — Shortly after an "unhinged" White House meeting with his motliest unofficial advisers, Donald Trump invited his Twitter followers to what would become the Jan.

HALIFAX — A former neighbour of the man who carried out the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killing stood by her story on Tuesday that RCMP did "nothing" when she reported a violent domestic assault years before the rampage.

WASHINGTON — In a nation of more than 332 million people now outflanked by their own firepower, a Canadian-born professor is preaching the merits of using risk management to prevent mass shootings.

OTTAWA — Most Canadians believe the country is in a recession and that prices are going to continue to rise for the foreseeable future, according to a new poll.