Public health apologizes to Montreal's Hasidic community over repeated flip-flops on gatherings
Montreal's public health department is apologizing to the city's Hasidic Jewish community for its confusing and oft-reversed position on gatherings.

Montreal's public health department is apologizing to the city's Hasidic Jewish community for its confusing and oft-reversed position on gatherings.
Quebec's independent police watchdog has launched an investigation after a police officer and a civilian were injured Monday evening in an altercation.
The man accused of a sword attack in Quebec City, Carl Girouard, will be back in court on Tuesday, where his psychiatric examination will likely be discussed.
Using the power of music and film, two Quebecers are trying to encourage men to be more open about their mental health struggles.
A Montreal action man has been turning heads and raising eyebrows with thrill-seeker videos posted to Instagram that he hopes will brighten people's day.
A coalition is demanding the Quebec government improve sexual education in schools immediately, as many teachers have found they don't have the resources to teach the subject properly.
Rameez Karim is a Montrealer dancer who says that rhythm and movement has helped him connect to his Muslim faith.
The Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawake is being described as a miracle and a statistical anomaly when it comes to fighting the spread of COVID-19. Part of that success has been attributed to the expertise of family doctor and virologist Annick Gauthier.
A formerly homeless Montreal man has taken to YouTube to draw attention to how the city's most vulnerable population is often treated.
Martin Clermont, a Quebec man obsessed with COVID-19 conspiracy theories, was charged after police found a cache of pipe bombs and a semi-automatic rifle at his home. His brother said his family watched him lose touch with reality this year and ended up asking police to step in.
For most autistic kids, it hasn’t been an easy year. But for one boy at a Montreal special-needs school, it’s at least been a great week, after he took the Internet by storm.
Montreal's vacancy rate just hit six per cent, a far cry from what it’s been for the last few years. But prices aren't dropping, nor is the debate around affordable housing, and Quebec's rental board has enacted a strict new measure.
A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found an effective weapon against COVID-19: colchicine, an oral tablet already known and used for other diseases.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced Wednesday that a curfew will begin Saturday with no one permitted out of their homes from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. with some exceptions. Here's a breakdown of how it will work.
Quebec could change its vaccine strategy based on discouraging new data out of Israel about the efficacy of the first dose, on its own, of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, says a top adviser in the province.
Who should be Canada's next governor general? In his latest column for CTVNews.ca, Don Martin gives a Top 10 list of names who represent the calibre of individual Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should consider.
With very few exceptions, Quebec reporters and photographers, eager to bear witness to the plight of patients and health-care staff amid the pandemic, have had their requests for access to hospitals and CHSLDs denied.
These nearly 12 months of the global pandemic have shined a light on economic and social inequalities that were already at play. It has become clear that we are not all equal in the face of confinement, curfews, preventive measures and even COVID-19.
Schools have re-opened with few changes in preventive measures, ignoring warnings of scientists, doctors and infectious disease specialists.
It must be one for the political record books: A demand for trade sanctions against the U.S. within seven hours of the new president being sworn in, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
An Ottawa teen is facing a $561 fine for breaking curfew in Quebec after trying to get home from an ice fishing trip.
Communication problems, inconsistent infection control and disorganization are among the issues raised in an independent, third-party review on the impact of COVID-19 on B.C. care homes and assisted living facilities quietly commissioned by the NDP government last year.
Residents of Ottawa's Trump Avenue are looking to distance themselves from the controversy of the former President of the United States and have called upon their city councillor to help rename their street.
Production of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, a new version of the beloved series, is officially underway at the Calgary Film Centre.
Auldin Maxwell from Salmon Arm, B.C., holds the record for most Jenga blocks stacked on one vertical Jenga block with 693, Guinness has confirmed.
Neighbours in Houston are thanking an Amazon delivery driver for helping to find a baby that was abandoned after an apparent carjacking.
Montreal’s Shina Novalinga is keeping her Indigenous culture alive by throat-singing with her mom on TikTok.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong reported dead at 90. Armstrong lead the team to win four Stanley Cups in the 1960s
Experts say addressing inequities and improving public health messaging are just a couple of the many key takeaways from the pandemic.
The CEO of Great Canadian Gaming has resigned after allegedly flying to the Yukon to jump the COVID-19 vaccine queue.
Donald Trump opened an office in Florida on Monday that will handle his duties as a former U.S. president and seek to further his administration's agenda.
A new report on billions of dollars the federal government has sent to provinces to help safely reopen the economy suggests much of the money is sitting unused.
Pharma giant AstraZeneca has defended the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine after media reports said the German government had doubts about its effectiveness among those over 65.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is "looking seriously" at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for air travellers returning from non-essential trips abroad.
Photos of the Kelly family on their rolling farm in Saskatchewan seem to show a picture-perfect life, but not so long ago, Mathieu Kelly was suffering under a crushing work load, and struggling with his mental health, an issue that affects countless farmers in Canada.
Canada has delivered more than 745,500 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and nearly 90,000 second doses.
MP Ramesh Sangha has been removed from the Liberal caucus over allegedly 'baseless and dangerous accusations against a number of his caucus colleagues,' according to Liberal Whip Mark Holland's office.
There is concern across Canada amid evidence of community transmission of more contagious COVID-19 variants.
Calgary's overall office vacancy rate climbed to a record high for the city and the rate could reach more than 30 per cent downtown, according to a report from Avison Young.
A Vancouver company has developed a touchless interface to replace buttons in elevators.
One person is dead and two others are in hospital from CO poisoning at a home in Toronto's Bridle Path neighbourhood.