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OTTAWA — Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight, the federal government said Thursday as the Liberals urged vacationers abroad to prepare.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms. The contract is worth almost $1.

MONTREAL — Quebec is accelerating its vaccination rollout by inoculating as many people as possible instead of holding back doses to be given later as booster shots.

VANCOUVER — Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded.

OTTAWA — Officials believed in late summer that an economic recovery would not magically happen if lockdowns and public health restrictions disappeared, a newly obtained federal document shows.

A look at news events in July 2020: 01 - Canada, the U.S. and Mexico officially enacted the new North American free-trade deal, after months of gruelling negotiations and several setbacks.

A look at news events in August 2020: 01 - The recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S. died almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation.

A look at news events in February 2020: 01 - The new coronavirus global emergency sent markets tumbling as major airlines announced the suspension of flights to China.

A look at news events in March 2020: 01 - Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden scored a resounding victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary, riding a wave of African-American support to get some badly needed momentum for his White House bid.

A look at news events in January 2020: 02 - The U.S. Pentagon announced a military airstrike at Baghdad's International Airport killed a top-ranking member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.