Quebec

• COVID-19: Montreal protesters denounce 8 p.m. curfew as unscientific, harmful to vulnerable

  Unlike some previous protesters, the ones gathered on Sunday said they supported wearing masks and adopting other health measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  7 hours
• COVID-19: Quebec reports 9 more virus-related deaths, new cases below 1,350

  Hospitalizations dropped by nine to 683, and 175 people are in intensive care — the same number as Saturday.

  Health

  Apr 18
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• Montreal deploys sound truck to encourage resident vaccinations in hard-hit boroughs

  Montreal Public Health is coming up with creative ways to encourage people to get vaccinated. Starting this weekend, a sound truck has been deployed to get the message across.

  Health

  Apr 17
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• Quebec records 10th femicide of the year amid domestic violence crisis

  Police say investigators believe Richard West, 50, took his own life after killing his wife, Dyann Serafica-Donaire, 38, whose death marks Quebec's 10th femicide this year.

  Crime

  Apr 17
• Quebec reports 1,537 cases of COVID-19 as hospitalizations and ICU cases highest since second wave

  This comes as both the Quebec and Ontario governments announced the closure of shared provincial borders in an effort to tighten movement and quell soaring COVID-19 infections.

  Health

  Apr 17
• Most Quebec school boards have no mask recycling plan in place, instead they are thrown in the trash

  It's estimated that Quebec students will use over 318 million surgical masks by the end of the school year, most of which will end up in landfills.

  Environment

  Apr 16
• Quebec and Ottawa reach deal for REM station at Montreal airport

  The project was in jeopardy after the airport authority, which was supposed to finance the station, lost hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues due to COVID-19.

  Canada

  Apr 15
• AstraZeneca vaccine still safe despite ‘stronger link’ to blood clots, Health Canada says

  Health Canada maintains the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe, despite a Tuesday report that a woman in Quebec developed a blood clot shortly after receiving her shot.

  Canada

  Apr 14
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• Hundreds defy 8 p.m. curfew in violent, destructive protest of COVID-19 measure in Montreal

  Montreal police arrested seven people and doled out more than 100 tickets to people flouting COVID-19 public health guidelines after an anti-curfew protest devolved.

  Canada

  Apr 11
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• Hudson, Que., residents protest redevelopment plan for Sandy Beach

  Plans to redevelop Sandy Beach in Hudson, Quebec, have been a topic of discussion for over 20 years. But now residents feel it could become a reality sooner than later.

  Environment

  Apr 11