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• In space, no one can hear you chew: Deep Space Food Challenge calls on Canadian innovators for ideas on feeding astronauts

  Space might be the final frontier, but you still gotta eat while you're there. So scientists, including some in Canada, are always hard at work improving the food that leaves Earth with astronauts – a mission that can pay dividends for those of us stuck on this planet.

  

• Victory! Habs break winless streak by beating Senators 3-1

  Carey Price made 26 saves as Montreal defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Tuesday to give Canadiens rookie head coach Dominique Ducharme his first NHL victory.

  

• Federal bill that would have Quebecers file a single tax return dies in committee

  The Quebec government won't be overseeing its tax returns just yet. A Bloc Quebecois bill which would have allowed the province to do just that was defeated at committee on Tuesday.

• Montreal residential real estate sales fall for first time in six years

  Residential sales in metropolitan Montreal fell in February for the first time in six years as transactions plunged outside Quebec's largest city.

• Quebec man slams 'arbitrary' rules after $10,000 in fines for well-distanced campfire gathering

  An Eastern Townships man says that Quebec's health rules have gone too far -- or rather, that they're too 'arbitrary' -- after six people racked up $10,000 in fines for sitting at a two-metre distance around a campfire this weekend.

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  UPDATED | Two women, ages 60 and 28, dead in double homicide in Laurentians: police

  Two women have died following what police believe to be a homicide in the Laurentians. One of the victims was 60 years old, and the other was 28.

• Recall issued for products from Sherbrooke West bakery

  Quebec's food inspection agency is warning Montrealers not to eat pastry and bakery products from a Montreal store due to their not having been prepared and packaged properly.

• Quebec pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccines on March 15: province

  The Quebec government has reached a deal with pharmacies that will allow them to start administering COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March.

• More than 70 easy-to-use defibrillators coming to Montreal's metro stations

  Potentially life-saving equipment for commuters suffering from a cardiac emergency will soon be installed in Montreal's metro system.

• 'Every week there's something crazy': Montreal man pulls dangerous snowboarding stunt on Olympic Stadium

  “You know, I can’t stress enough how dangerous this is,” said Cedric Cédric Essiminy, spokesperson for the Olympic Stadium.

• Quebec reports 588 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily increase in months

  For the second day in a row, Quebec recorded the lowest daily increase of COVID-19 cases in months, adding 588 new infections on Tuesday.

• AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 'not recommended' in people 65 and older: NACI

  Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to "the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time."

• Forget flying into Trudeau Airport, petition calls for hub to be re-named for Rene Levesque

  A petition calling for Montreal’s airport to be re-named for former premier Rene Levesque is gaining steam among a certain crowd in Quebec.

• Police seek help finding $1 million in jewelry stolen from Montreal home

  Police are looking for anyone with information that could help in their investigation of a major jewelry theft in Montreal.