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The Quebec health and social services department says vulnerable people should get their shots before the holiday season, adding only some vulnerable people will get free shots.

Experts agree that vaccination is the best way to prevent serious illness and complications from influenza.

Ontario has started its vaccination rollout for COVID-19 and flu vaccines, with high-risk recipients up first, while some provinces have not yet given details of their schedule.

The health authority announced a child with measles was in the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport late Friday and in the Sainte-Justine hospital early on Saturday.

While the majority of Albertans opted to stay in Canada, the referendum highlighted grievances towards the federal government that go back nearly a century. 

Workers will be spreading sweet-smelling baits containing a rabies vaccine through Montreal's parks in the coming weeks to head off an outbreak of the deadly disease.

'Childhood vaccination continues to be one of our most powerful tools to prevent illness and support child health in Canada,' the agency wrote.

Quebec health officials say three more people have received emergency preventative treatment after possible rabies exposure.

The Montérégie Public Health Department confirmed to Global News that three people have received what is known as post-exposure prophylaxis after exposure to a cat with rabies. 

Quebec's measles outbreak has grown to 27 confirmed cases, with the majority linked to the Quebec City area and new exposure sites identified west of the provincial capital.

Another six are isolating in Alberta and British Columbia, and remain asymptomatic for hantavirus, according to provincial health officials.

After Canada lost its measles elimination status on Nov. 10 2025, there have been 907 reported measles cases in the country since the start of 2026.

Gladu stole the show at the Liberal convention after she stunned political circles by unexpectedly crossing the floor from the Tories earlier this week.

'She will vote with the government if there are votes relating to any aspect of that issue as well as the rights of Canadians to be their whole selves,' Carney said.

Liberal party national director Azam Ishmael boasted Thursday that the party expects a "record-breaking number" of supporters to attend the convention — around 4,500 members.

Marilyn Gladu, the former Conservative MP from Sarnia—Lambton–Bkejwanong, crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, Prime Minister Mark Carney said.

Prince Edward Island announced it's changing its screening age eligibility to 45, but other provinces say they're still investigating whether to do so.

Two Quebec mothers say they can no longer volunteer at their children’s schools because they wear hijabs.

During the week of Christmas, Health Canada said the percentage of positive tests for influenza reached a three-year high of 33.3 per cent.

The province is asking Quebecers who are sick to contact the 811 health hotline to seek advice before heading to the emergency room.