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• Quebec's summer camps will be allowed to welcome little campers

  Summer camps in Quebec have been given permission to open throughout the province.

  

• Regulation that oversees regional hiring priority in construction maintained

  The regulation that grants regional hiring priority to construction workers will be maintained, at least until spring 2022, when a Quebec court will hear the case on its merits.

  

• Quebec businesses, other entities to be banned from getting English communications from province

  Two decades after a provincial language law was passed, a certain provision will finally come into force next year. All Quebec companies and government bodies will be getting only French communications from the province, at least in writing.

• Quebec prosecutors have issued no tickets for people refusing hotel quarantine

  No one in Quebec has been ticketed for violating the order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine at a hotel, according to the Crown, despite Quebec's government being one of the most vocal in the country for strict border restrictions.

• Weekend Traffic: Expect delays at the Turcot, on the Bonaventure and Ville-Marie due to road work

  Those planning on driving on the weekend would be wise to steer clear of the Ville-Marie Expressway westbound between the tunnel and the Turcot, the Bonnaventure Expressway (A-10) in both directions between Nuns' Island and downtown Montreal, and on the Metropolitan Expressway (A-40) eastbound between the Laurentian Highway (A-15) interchange and Saint-Michel Blvd. Road work is planned in these and other areas on the weekend.

• Montreal police investigating suspicious fire in the Plateau

  Montreal police are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred at a commercial building in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough.

• Plante says tent cities won't be tolerated, while debate over solutions turns political

  After Monday’s dismantling of Montreal's second tent city, Mayor Valerie Plante said her administration won't allow encampments. Her strategy is to create housing units for the homeless. The political opposition suggested turning hotels into rooming houses.

• Quebecers age 12 to 17 eligible soon for shots; digital vaccination proof coming next week

  Quebec will open up vaccination appointments to youth between the ages of 12 and 17 years old and hopes to offer them a first dose before the end of June.

• Still Talkin' Habs: Canadiens embarrassed early, limp to 5-2 loss to the Leafs

  Let’s try to keep this short and sweet. The Toronto Maple Leafs are not a team you want to start slowly against.

• Quebec premier promises COVID-19 deconfinement plan in coming weeks

  Quebec Premier François Legault says he wants to be able to present a deconfinement plan to Quebecers within the next few weeks.

• Montrealers, including ex-mayor, demand answers after developer backs out of promises

  It was advertised as the height of luxury downtown living: a $400 million condo development that has, so far, been known more of a subject of controversy. Community groups now want answers on why promises made over parts of the plan have been broken.

• Vaccination appointments for people 35 and older now open in Quebec

  Quebecers who are 35 and older can now book their vaccine appointments by visiting the Clic Sante website, one day earlier than expected.

• Court approves $5.5 million settlement over first-wave horrors at Herron care home

  A Quebec court approved a $5.5 million settlement for families who had loved ones living at the Herron long-term care home when it was hit hard by the first wave of COVID-19.

• Quebec has 907 new COVID-19 cases, seven more deaths

  Quebec is reporting 907 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of people that have tested positive to 355,297 since the start of the pandemic.