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• Quebec reports 23 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, 14 deaths

  Quebec reported a rise in hospitalizations on Tuesday with 23 more people receiving care than in the prior update. Fourteen more people have also died due to the novel coronavirus.

  

• Quebec road results were generally better in 2021, except for cyclists and other vulnerable road users

  Last year's road toll in Quebec shows an 18 per cent decline in the number of people injured compared to the average for the previous five years, from 2016 to 2020.

  

• Classes cancelled at Royal West Academy due to small fire

  Classes at Royal West Academy in Montreal West have been cancelled due to a small fire on campus.

• OPINION

  OPINION | Tom Mulcair: Legault has weaponized language

  Today, there are two pieces of Quebec legislation that target religious and linguistic minorities. While he often talks about rights, Justin Trudeau has chosen to stand there, arms folded, and do nothing to defend people whose freedoms are being affected. He appears to be afraid of displeasing François Legault, writes former NDP leader Tom Mulcair in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

• Montreal police, health-care workers launch operation to visit isolated seniors

  Montreal police and health-care workers in the city are joining forces for a special operation to reach out to a vulnerable group that is often the target of fraudsters, abusers and thieves: isolated seniors.

• Shortages of some baby formula in Quebec due to panic buying, U.S. supply issues

  Disruptions at Abbott, the largest baby formula maker in the U.S., are causing supply issues for specific hypoallergenic formulas across Canada.

• Quebec English-speakers have higher unemployment, lower income than French-speakers: study

  Who are Quebec's English-speakers in 2022, anyway? A new study shows they're young, extremely ethnically diverse -- and are struggling in the workforce, with higher unemployment and lower income than French-speakers.

• 'Stay out of it,' Bloc Quebecois tell Liberal MPs who attended Bill 96 protest

  The Bloc leader said that Trudeau's Liberals should 'mind their own business' and that they were talking out of both sides of their mouth by attending the protest while saying they believe in the protection of French.

• Downtown Montreal bars fighting noise complaints; city offers $2.1 million plan

  'We literally run around at 11 p.m., close all the doors and windows and shush people outside,' said Brutopia's manager. The city is offering $2.1 million, including to help soundproof, as new neighbours lodge noise complaints.

• Quebec coroner calls for independence in public health director role in final report on long-term care home deaths

  The government of Quebec needs to ensure the role of the public health director is independent and without any 'political constraint,' a Quebec coroner has recommended in a final report into deaths at long-term care homes during the pandemic's first wave.

• Quebec police connect two Laval murders four years apart, appeal to public for clues

  In May 2017, Ezaek Hilaire's body was found in a wooded area of Mirabel. Police now say there was a link between his death and a murder last August in Laval.

• WEATHER

  WEATHER | Thunderstorm to be followed by long, steady rain in Montreal

  After an unseasonable stretch of summery warmth, Southwestern Quebec is getting ready to see heavy rain.

• Laval bus drivers vote 56 per cent for ratifying tentative agreement

  Aside from wage hikes, the union says it's pleased to have managed to include a clause on job protection which will protect its members in the case of the use or acquisition of self-driving buses.

• Quebec should 'ideally' aim for 100,000 immigrants per year, says CPQ

  Quebec should aim to welcome 100,000 immigrants per year, according to the Conseil du patronat (CPQ).

• Gas prices: Montreal reaches another record high of $2.15 per litre

  Montreal commuters woke up to spiking gas prices as some stations' price for regular is currently a record high and over $2.15-per-litre.

• Expanded squad aims to better protect rights of Quebec's temporary foreign workers

  The rights of temporary foreign workers in Quebec will now be better protected year-round. Minister of Labour Jean Boulet announced Monday that the existing squad created to supervise these workers will therefore be expanded to several sectors of activity and would become permanent.