Police are investigating after a brazen daylight robbery at a bank on St-Hubert Street on Wednesday just after noon.

The Big Six banks, which revealed their third-quarter earnings this week, said they were encouraged by consumer spending patterns creeping towards pre-pandemic levels and fewer Canadians seeking loan relief, but they continued to set aside hefty cash reserves to protect themselves from potential credit losses.

RBC chief human resources officer Helena Gottschling says in a memo to bank staff that most employees will work from home until at least 2021.

Some health-care workers say they are being denied services at banks and pharmacies when they reveal their occupations.

"It's an easy way to spread the virus when truck drivers aren't being tested."

Police say the suspect entered the TD Canada Trust branch on Ellis Street, where he demanded cash, then fled with an undisclosed amount of money.

TD says it will add unpaid interest charges to cardholders' balances at the end of each statement period beginning in March.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts came in at 197,329 in December, down from 204,320 in November.

Officers responded to reports of an armed robbery at the TD Bank on Regis Street at approximately 7:50 p.m.

Two Montreal-area men of colour are taking two banks to the Canadian Human Rights Commission over allegations of racial profiling and discrimination.