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Montreal public health officials say two children have died from strep A amid an uptick in infections across the city. Health authorities have reported four cases in the city as of Dec. 15 and the deaths of two children aged two years or younger.

DELTA, B.C. — What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in Vancouver has ended with a record seizure of opium by the Canada Border Services Agency.

SASKATOON — Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades.

TORONTO — An Indigenous-led think tank says progress is moving at a “glacial pace" seven years after the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released.

OTTAWA — A coffee shop in Ottawa's downtown core is looking forward to some more frequent foot traffic once federal workers head back to the office on a more regular basis.

MONTREAL — A snowstorm forced the cancellation of a meeting scheduled today in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault.

A look at news events in November and the first half of December 2022: November 1 - Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. claimed his first American League Gold Glove Award as the league's top defensive player.

A look at news events in October 2022: 1 – Russia vetoed a United Nations resolution calling its Ukraine annexation referendums illegal. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 10-1 with China, India, Brazil and Gabon abstaining.

A look at news events in September 2022: 1 – Health Canada approved Moderna's new COVID-19 booster vaccine. The bivalent vaccine targets both the original strain of the novel coronavirus and the Omicron variant.

A look at news events in August 2022: 2 – Vin Scully, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Dodgers of Major League Baseball, died at the age of 94.