'Still worrisome': Montreal remains COVID-19 epicentre of Quebec, with hospitals at full capacity
Montreal remains the 'epicentre' of COVID-19 in Quebec, and its hospitals are 'at full capacity,' the city's public health department said Friday.

Montreal remains the 'epicentre' of COVID-19 in Quebec, and its hospitals are 'at full capacity,' the city's public health department said Friday.
A water pipe burst in the middle of a busy street in Montreal early Friday morning, causing a cascade of water that flooded the area and a boil-water advisory for a sector in the area.
Montreal police are trying to track down the owner of a dog that attacked a one-year-old girl in Dollard-des-Ormeaux late Thursday night.
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.
The pandemic has led many Quebecers to seek companionship by getting a furry companion, but as prices for dogs soar, some are fearing that missing pooches may actually have been stolen.
Canada has become a major hub for the conspiracy theory known as Qanon. These Canadians describe what it's like to lose a family member to the cult.
When Peter Doonan recently scrolled through the Longueuil municipal website, he said he was surprised to see all of the English-language pages were missing. While he doesn’t understand why the city would remove the English pages that were already online, he said he’s mostly worried that during a pandemic, anglophone or allophone residents could end up missing important information.
Today is CTV Montreal’s 60th anniversary! First called CFCF, and then Pulse News, gathering news and being a part of the community is a fulfilling challenge for the whole team.
Johnny Watt is a recipient of the Order of Nunavik and helped deliver the measles vaccine, by dog team, in the 1950s. On Sunday he became the first Nunavimmiuk to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
For the first time in history, a Westmount High alum was sworn in as vice president on Wednesday, and residents of her (possibly) favourite province were watching.
The presidency of Donald Trump will come to an end on Wednesday, an expert told CTV News she believes the conspiracy theories he inspired and sometimes encouraged will likely continue to spread.
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.
Canada has administered more than 770,000 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far, in a landmark effort against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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.
The recent Quebec Government’s extension of lockdowns and implementation of curfews to limit the spread of COVID-19 will have more harmful effects on the health and welfare of the population than benefits.
Filing taxes this year may be more complicated than in years past for Canadian small business owners who received government aid during the pandemic, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her blog for CTVNews.ca.
Quebec's healthcare system is under enormous pressure. Lawyers Brigitte Brabant and Nathalie Johnson argue the province needs a public consultation on the government's proposed triage system to answer the unanswerable question of who deserves care.
B.C. announced its full COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan through September on Friday, and while it relies on regular shipments of both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, officials are looking into the safety of mixing doses between the two.
A Manitoba family is reliving the heartbreak of losing their father as they have been asked to dig up his body and move it because the plot the family purchased already had been sold to someone else.
Staff at a Vancouver Value Village were dumfounded this week when they discovered a donated bag containing a large sum of cash that was accidentally included.
A Whitby, Ont. doctor and her husband, who contracted the U.K. COVID-19 variant, have been charged after they allegedly mislead contact tracers.
Predatory sand worms up to two-metres long were striking at prey from beneath the ocean floor near Taiwan some 20 million years ago, according to new research from Simon Fraser University.
A photo of Bernie Sanders in his coat and mittens, bracing against the cold, is now popping up in some unexpected places thanks to some creative edits.
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.
International Olympic Committee member Richard Pound discusses whether or not the 2021 games in Japan will go ahead.
Staff at a Vancouver Value Village were shocked to find thousands of dollars when looking through recent donations.
Baseball legend and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron has passed away. Aaron rose to fame when he broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had strong words and an order to 'cancel' any trips abroad, as mobile phone data revealed more than a million Canadians went on overnight holiday-season travel.
Facing the fallout from the sudden departure of Julie Payette as Canada's governor general, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reassessing the vetting process for top-level appointments to see how it can be improved to avoid future unprecedented departures.
A Manitoba family is reliving the heartbreak of losing their father as they have been asked to dig up his body and move it because the plot the family purchased already had been sold to someone else.
Adherents of conspiracy theory QAnon have rebranded, pivoted to new goals, or been scooped up by even more radical extremist groups after ‘the great reckoning’ failed to appear on Inauguration day.
Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two weeks ago.
A conspiracy theory flyer claiming to promote ‘Facts Not Fear’ about the COVID-19 pandemic is full of misinformation about face masks, lockdowns and coronavirus testing.
The mystery of why virtually all of the seniors and 74 workers became infected with COVID-19 at Roberta Place long-term care is now becoming clear -- one of the new variants of the novel coronavirus was behind the outbreak.
Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball's greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.
President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a violent mob loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Evan Solomon has the latest on the scandal in Ottawa following the resignation of Gov. Gen. Julie Payette.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the new variant, which data shows is more infectious, may also be more deadly.
Prime Minister Trudeau says 'we need to hang on and hold tight' and reminds Canadians to stay home and that travel should be avoided.
Biden will speak with Trudeau on Friday: WH press secretary
WHO says the doses will be delivered to its COVAX partners, which include countries that would otherwise not be able to gain access to vaccines.
Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair outlines government COVID-19 assistance to regions across Canada.