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OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he has seen a large jump in the number of dentists who have agreed to provide services under the new dental-care program.

MONTREAL — Hotel workers in three of Quebec’s largest cities are set to walk off the job Thursday in the middle of the busy summer tourist season.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has previously confirmed 18 cases of listeriosis — including two deaths — linked to Silk brand almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk, as well as Great Value brand almond milk.

OTTAWA — The outgoing head of Canada's spy agency is joining an American strategic intelligence firm that is waging war against intellectual property theft.

QUÉBEC — A former Coalition Avenir Québec political adviser has been charged with electoral fraud by the province's elections authority.

The travel advice cautions that even peaceful demonstrations can turn violent at any time and can deteriorate quickly.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

CALGARY — The rat-a-tat of hail was echoing through the terminal as Quinn White made her way to a gate at the Calgary International Airport on Monday evening. As she rounded a corner, there was a more disconcerting sound: running water.

OTTAWA — Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians have a right to know how a man with links to a foreign terror group evaded Canada's screening process to immigrate to Canada and become a citizen.

VANCOUVER — A "grateful" emergency management minister says the threat of a flood disaster along British Columbia's Chilcotin and Fraser rivers appears to have been averted when a massive lake drained overtop of a landslide.