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VANCOUVER — British Columbia is delaying the full return to classrooms in January to allow public health officials to assess the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and give school staff time to implement enhanced safety measures.

OTTAWA — Todd Doherty still remembers the despair he felt when he learned one of his closest friends took his own life at age 14. The day it happened, Doherty and a group of friends had gone swimming and were laughing and joking on their way home.

OTTAWA — Canada's border agency says it is temporarily closing two ports of entry in the Atlantic region due to COVID-19. The Canada Border Services Agency says the affected offices are in Bathurst, N.B., and Charlottetown, P.E.I.

City of Toronto officials say they are preparing to redeploy hundreds of staff to support critical and essential services in response to a surge in new COVID-19 cases fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

OTTAWA — The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy says while the fire that broke out on HMCS Fredericton last month was not due to a systemic issue in Canada’s frigate fleet, the 30-year-old warships are starting to show their age.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut is extending its "circuit-breaker'' lockdown as a rise in COVID-19 infections pushes the territory's health-care system to a breaking point. The territory's chief public health officer, Dr.

OTTAWA — Jan. 1 is going to feel like Groundhog Day for all those paying into the Canada Pension Plan.

OTTAWA — Rideau Hall has released the names of the newest additions to, and promotions in the Order of Canada. Here is the list with each hometown and citation. Companions Yann Martel (Saskatoon, Sask.

OTTAWA — In a renovated shed in his garden, author Yann Martel drafts and redrafts his best sellers.

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