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• Quebec administers record-breaking 84,837 vaccine doses in one day; 1,248 new cases reported

  Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube praised the success of the province's vaccination campaign on Thursday reporting on Twitter that Wednesday was 'another record-breaking day', with some 85,000 doses of vaccine administered.

  

• Quebec will raise immigration quotas, minister confirms

  Quebec will have no other choice but to significantly increase its immigration quotas, says the province's minister on the file, Nadine Girault.

  

• Two months after woman died on hospital floor, her family says she 'cannot rest in peace' without answers

  The family of an 86-year-old woman who was found dead on a floor at the Lakeshore General Hospital says they want answers, and aren't getting them, despite a coroner's investigation.

• Legault government will 'probably' use notwithstanding clause for language reform bill

  Quebec’s premier says he will not shy away from using the notwithstanding clause to protect Bill 101 to reform the French-language charter.

• Long wait for Bill 21 appeal is 'disappointing' amid teacher shortage, says EMSB

  Despite a court victory over the province’s controversial Bill 21 on Tuesday, the EMSB, and some people whose life plans hang in the balance, have to put those plans on hold after the government said it will appeal.

• Canada imposes ban on passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days

  The federal government is imposing a 30-day ban on all commercial and private flights from India and Pakistan effective Thursday at 11:30 p.m. EST, as COVID-19 infections continue to surge in those countries.

• City won't forcibly remove homeless encampment, Montreal mayor says

  Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante says she has no intention of forcibly removing the homeless who have settled in an encampment in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.

• Third time's the charm for Quebec City Olympics bid, says new committee for 2030

  Quebec City businesspeople plan to throw in the city's hand, again, to host the Olympics, this time in 2030. Those behind the bid say the two previous unsuccessful bids only put them in a stronger position.

• First case of 'double mutant' COVID-19 variant confirmed in Quebec

  A fifth COVID-19 variant has been reported in Quebec. The health department in the Mauricie-et-Centre-du-Quebec region reported Wednesday that the B.1.617 variant, first sequenced in India, has been reported.

• Robertson: The Canadiens are missing the fans -- and I am, too

  Shea Weber misses the crowd. The Montreal Canadiens captain's comments made me think about the things I miss while calling games at the Bell Centre, without fans in attendance.

• Death on highway construction site the result of poor planning, says CNESST

  The death of another worker on a highway construction site in Quebec was due in part to poor planning of the work, which put the worker at risk, the Quebec's workers health and safety commission says.

• Montreal's Osheaga Festival postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Organizers of Montreal's Osheaga festival are cancelling the event for a second consecutive year.

• Feelings of isolation worse now than at any point during pandemic: report

  A year into the pandemic, a new mental health report by Morneau Shepell says that isolation is taking its greatest toll yet on Canadians.

• Montreal man facing sexual assault charges after targeting women online, police say

  Police allege the suspect arranged meetings with women he met online in his apartment in the Ahuntsic–Cartierville neighbourhood or at their homes.