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An expert says Canadians don't need to panic about COVID-19 reinfections even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive a second time for the virus.

OTTAWA — Passport offices are still dealing with a surge of applications, the minister responsible says, and wait times are "far from acceptable.

VANCOUVER — The emergency operations centre in the British Columbia community of Fernie has been activated as heavy rain pounds the area and a flood warning has been posted for the nearby Elk River.

SHERBROOKE, Que.

OTTAWA — Hundreds of public servants and downtown workers trudged shoulder to shoulder down the sidewalk on the outskirts of Ottawa's core on a dreary October 2019 morning, making an unexpected march to work.

MONTREAL — Quebec's new language law will harm vulnerable English-speaking Jewish seniors and could cause a new exodus of young people from the province, a prominent Jewish organization said Monday.

OTTAWA — Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTREAL — A suburban Montreal high school has recalled more than 900 yearbooks after a racial slur was found hidden in a student biography. The Lester B.

OTTAWA — Philippe Dufresne, the government's nominee to be the next federal privacy watchdog, says coming legislation must recognize privacy as a "fundamental right.

OTTAWA — The federal government is cutting short debate by MPs of its online streaming bill, a move Tory MPs have condemned as "draconian" and "disturbing.