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  Federal government to announce details of dental insurance plan

  Several government ministers are expected to launch today a new federal dental insurance plan that will provide benefits directly to eligible Canadian residents, though the first claims won't be processed until May.

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  Provincial police launch sudden death investigation in Mississauga First Nation

  Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating what they are calling a 'sudden death' at a residence on Eli Street in the community of Mississauga First Nation, north of Blind River.

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  Wanted woman found with drugs, a weapon, cash during a northwestern Ont. patrol

  Provincial police arrested a wanted suspected drug dealer while on patrol in northwestern Ontario.

• 'No one else has done this on the planet': Guilbeault insists emissions cap delay is due to novelty
• Widow takes OPP to court over misconduct of officer who struck, killed her husband 'not serious'
• 'People are confused': Survey suggests Canadians need education on Charter rights
• LCBO reveals what Ontarians drank the most this year
• Commercial vehicle driver from Quebec driving impaired on Hwy. 11, police say
• Another driver charged with stunt driving on Hwy. 11
• Canada has a secretive history of adoption, and some want it brought to light
• North Bay to hear ‘Lights, camera, action’ more often
• Indigenous services minister to table First Nations water bill as early as Monday

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  Here is the current number of active COVID-19 cases in Northeastern Ontario

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• Sudbury businesses brace for return of COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday
• Timmins health official explains concerns around school-related COVID-19 reporting
• Sudbury school bus cancellations continue fifth week in a row
• Another week of cancellations for 14 Sudbury school bus routes

Northern COVID-19 articles

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  One northern Ont. hospital to require masks again starting Monday

  

  Vital Sudbury community resources given more than $100K from the feds
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  North Bay decorator still in court battle over COVID-19 pandemic restraining order

  

  As temperatures drop in the north, COVID-19 cases climb
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  Updated COVID-19 vaccine available next month, Sudbury’s health unit says

  

  Sudbury's COVID assessment centre returns to familiar spot
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  Springer Aerospace to be sold locally, founder says financial worries behind them

  

  COVID-19 delays Sudbury murder trial until Monday
• Sault-area nursing homes involved in COVID-19 study
• North Bay suspends COVID-19 vaccine policy
• North Bay mayor says council can't fund every organization, budget deliberations underway
• One of North Bay’s top doctors tells northerners to mask-up
• COVID-19 outbreak declared at long-term care home in Elliot Lake
• Algoma Public Health warns of increased risk of COVID-19 in the area
• Updated bivalent COVID-19 booster rolling out in northern Ont.
• Ontario court sides with child on vaccination stance
• Northerners were hit worse by the pandemic than rest of Ontario, study finds
• Timmins Chamber of Commerce offers free rapid antigen screening kits for COVID-19
• Heavy rains spark special weather statement for Sudbury, North Bay, Manitoulin
• Northerners weigh in on getting fourth COVID-19 shot

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  Al Gore calls UAE hosting COP28 'ridiculous,' slams oil CEO appointed to lead climate talks
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  A gigantic new ICBM will take U.S. nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks
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  Minnesota grocery store clerk dies after customer impales him with a golf club, police say
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  CBC considering 'all possible measures' in wake of concerns over cuts, exec bonuses
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  2 U.S. men fined $5,100 after fishing trip in northern Ontario
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  Law Society of B.C. disbars former lawyer after sexual assault conviction

CTV National News

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  'We're trying not to break down': Sask. family desperate to find their loved one last seen in Toronto
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  Canadians feeling slightly more confident in carbon tax's effectiveness compared to summer: Nanos
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  Several seriously injured when construction site elevator crashes to the ground in Sweden
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  Buckingham Palace releases this year’s Christmas card

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Ottawa

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  NEW THIS MORNING

  Slow progress on some systems delaying other elements of Trillium Line LRT prep: report
• Up to 2 cm of snow in the forecast for Monday
• The 10 busiest photo radar cameras in Ottawa so far in 2023

Barrie

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  Barrie Curling Club advocates for its future with a new development planned nearby
• Toy Mountain campaign gets big boost from police's 'Weekend of Giving'
• Barrie's Jewish community marks beginning of Hanukkah

Toronto

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  Woman, two children found in critical condition at Toronto east end apartment building
• Man arrested after allegedly assaulting police officer in downtown Toronto
• Woman suffers serious injuries, man in custody after stabbing in Toronto’s east end

Montreal

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  Nurses, health workers set to join other Quebec public sector workers on picket lines
• Family of Montreal woman killed by drunk driver demands Quebec lower legal limit
• Expect lots of rain in the Montreal area Sunday and Monday

London

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  Blustery conditions start off the new week
• Driver of fatal hit-and-run still at large
• 'All we are seeing is smiles': Sick children treated to shopping spree in London, Ont.

Vancouver

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  'I feel like they dropped the ball and rolled the dice with my life': B.C. woman says cancer spread after lengthy wait for chemo
• Watch: Dressed up dogs take over Metro Vancouver boardwalk
• Pedestrian struck in New Westminster

Calgary

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  Pro-Palestinian protesters defy police advice, change demonstration location
• Kiwanis Club gifts toys to hundreds of Calgary kids
• Okotoks RCMP seek public assistance identifying suspect in armed robbery

Saskatoon

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  Saskatchewan is a safe space to buy 'sustainable oil,' Scott Moe says
• Saskatoon man in custody following domestic violence assault, collision with police cruiser
• Saskatchewan Rush fall in home opener against Knighthawks

Vancouver Island

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  B.C. announces new three-year action plan to address gender-based violence
• 'He chose me as much as I chose him': Dog found tied to Burnaby shelter gate adopted
• Victoria considering new rules as tonnes of property seized from encampments

Edmonton

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  Family of woman killed by police says her death was "unnecessary"
• Local rescue calls need for homes 'critical'
• Federal dental insurance program to be phased in over 2024, benefits to start in May

Winnipeg

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  Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march on Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• 'Don't' wrap the gift': Holiday travel tips from industry officials
• Winnipeg Ghostbusters celebrate record-breaking fundraising year for Children's Hospital

Canada

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  The Universite de Moncton will not be getting a new name
• 'We're trying not to break down': Sask. family desperate to find their loved one last seen in Toronto
• In Halifax, a call to promote old-growth forests as a guard against future wildfires

Entertainment

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  BTS members RM and V start compulsory military service in South Korea. Band seeks to reunite in 2025
• Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' is No. 1 at the box office, a first for the Japanese anime master
• Ryan O'Neal, star of 'Love Story,' 'Paper Moon,' 'Peyton Place' and 'Barry Lyndon,' dies at 82

World

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  Russia targets Kyiv with ballistic missiles, Ukraine says it intercepted all of them
• Israel battles militants in Gaza's main cities, with civilians still trapped in the crossfire
• Several seriously injured when construction site elevator crashes to the ground in Sweden

Health

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  Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China dies at 95
• A pregnant Texas woman asked a court for permission to get an abortion, despite a ban. What's next?
• Quebec health reform bill passes after government invokes closure

Politics

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  Federal government to announce details of dental insurance plan
• 'No one else has done this on the planet': Guilbeault insists emissions cap delay is due to novelty
• 'People are confused': Survey suggests Canadians need education on Charter rights

Autos

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  Ontario G driving test changes done without safety evaluations, auditor finds
• GM's Cruise robotaxi service faces potential fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident
• BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver