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OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is preparing the military to act quickly on retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour’s recommendations for eliminating sexual misconduct from the ranks, which could come as early as the spring.

OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh says he would support federal intervention in a court challenge to a Quebec law known as Bill 21, which bans teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job.

Toronto police have released a video of a suspect in the murders of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman, hoping to get the public's help in identifying the individual. Det. Sgt.

VICTORIA — The discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the B.C. Interior and the countrywide awakening it set off have been chosen as Canada’s news story of the year by editors in newsrooms across the country.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

VANCOUVER — Stacity Bailie had been awaiting approval to enter a drug rehabilitation program when she died of an overdose on Oct. 22.

HALIFAX — Pat Ryan's recent advances into the electric-vehicle parts market are quietly fuelling his factory's expansion at an industrial park on the edge of Halifax, far from Canada's automotive heartland.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Taylor Fresh Foods is recalling its Taylor Farms brand Maple Bourbon Chopped Kit due to a possible salmonella contamination.

OTTAWA — Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says the government is open to amending legislation that would provide 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers.

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: — Canada's chief public health officer says Canada is expecting a potentially massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, driven by the new Omicron variant already spreading through communities.