'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 27-year-old pedestrian is in hospital after being hit by a bus at a Montreal bus terminal on Mansfield St.
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.
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 775,000 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.
Premier Scott Moe says La Loche 'will be a beacon of hope for future generations across Saskatchewan.'
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.
A Friday morning flight from Calgary to Toronto was cancelled as maintenance conducted a checklist to turn off a light on the monitoring system on board the Boeing 737 MAX.
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 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.
Doubts Tokyo Summer Games will take place in 2021
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.
Joe Biden's White House has a lot in common cause with Canada, Justin Trudeau said Friday as he urged people to look past the new U.S. president's decision to kill off the Keystone XL pipeline project.
New cases of COVID-19 have steadily dropped over the last 12 days, a downward trend that experts say offers reason for hope even as the second wave pushes hospitals dangerously close to capacity.
The federal government is mulling a mandatory quarantine in hotels for returning travellers as the country's top doctor warns that easing COVID-19 restrictions too quickly could cause case numbers to shoot up again.
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.
How one Indigenous woman is aiming to revolutionize the makeup industry while putting emphasis on sustainability.
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.
Young people and wealthy, white Canadians were more likely to travel overnight over the holidays despite provincial lockdown measures, according to new analysis of mobile phone data.
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 U.K. couple infected with COVID-19 decided to marry on COVID-19 ward, when the groom-to-be's health deteriorated.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the new variant, which data shows is more infectious, may also be more deadly.
CTV News Infectious Disease Expert Abdu Sharkawy warns more travel restrictions are needed to lower the spread of COVID-19.
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.