Canada tries to blunt the impact of the Omicron variant, as calls grow for a circuit breaker lockdown in Ontario, and pandemic-fatigued Canadians grow frustrated with the advisory on non-essential international travel. But there's a glimmer of optimism among health-care workers: why they believe the fifth wave could be easier to fight than the previous four. Plus, the revelations in a year-end interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: what he says about the military's sexual misconduct crisis, and the Chinese government freeing the two Michaels. And losing hope in Afghanistan: a 10-year-old girl who was approved to come to Canada is killed by the Taliban.