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MONTREAL — The Quebec government is asking the public to be prudent as they celebrate the New Year and take steps to avoid the transmission of respiratory viruses at a time when hospitals remain crowded.

MONTREAL — Wellington Street in Montreal's Verdun borough is booming, with cheerful shop facades lining a district bustling with pedestrians.

OTTAWA — Canada's price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter.

A look at news events in December 2023: 1 – Israel's war with Hamas resumes in full force with the renewed hostilities highlighting concerns for about 140 hostages still held captive by Hamas and other militants.

A look at news events in November 2023: 1 - The Ottawa Senators fire general manager Pierre Dorion. The team announces that hockey operations president Steve Staios will take over the job on an interim basis.

A look at news events in October 2023 1 – Two people die after a bear attack in Alberta's Banff National Park. Parks Canada staff kill the grizzly bear for public safety. 1 – It goes down to the wire, but the U.S.

A look at news events in September 2023: 1 – Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett dies at the age of 76. His song ''Margaritaville" was released in 1977 and spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

A look at news events in August 2023: 01 - The last surviving miner from the October 1958 Springhill, Nova Scotia coal mine disaster dies. Harold Brine was 91.

A look at news events in July 2023: 1 – Scores of forest fires burn in Ontario and Quebec, and the smoke drifts hundreds of kilometres into the southern reaches of the provinces and into the central and northeastern U.S.

A look at news events in June 2023.