Quebec doctors could soon have to make hard life-and-death decisions for COVID-19 patients and others in intensive care, deciding based on age group and how likely they are to survive, among other factors. Some say the province needs to do more to avoid entering this stage.
The rise in the number of COVID-19 infections since the holidays also means an exponential increase in those who have been in contact with an infected person, and who therefore must also be traced by public health -- which has made for a lot of pressure on the system.
A temporary production drop by Pfizer is going to hit Quebec hard, along with the rest of the country, with nearly half the province's forecasted doses between now and Feb. 8 not arriving on schedule.
Kahnawake health officials delivered a hefty fine to a tobacco outlet on Highway 132 which continued to serve customers from outside the community, against pandemic protocols.
Quebec public health officials said Thursday that provincial advisors have recommended a prolonged COVID-19 vaccination schedule of up to 90 days between the first and second dose -- more than double what a national advisory committee recommended a day earlier.
The spread of COVID-19 continues to surge rapidly across the country and federal officials are urging swift action to avoid Canadian doctors having to make 'impossible choices,' such as who gets an ICU bed.
Over the next month Canada will be experiencing a 'temporary' delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments due to the pharmaceutical giant's expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility, with the shortage resulting in an average of 50 per cent of coming doses delayed each week.
A business located in the heart of the village of Lyster, in Center-du-Quebec about an hour southwest of Quebec City, was destroyed by flames on Thursday evening.
Environment Canada is warning Montrealers and those in the surrounding regions to brace for smog in the morning and snow later tonight to begin a weekend of wet, winter weather.
Montreal's fire department has a much bigger job than it used to, and now it has a new chief to do that job: Richard Liebmann, who began as an EMT in Cote-St-Luc and is the first English-speaker to hold the job since the 1930s.
Cat owners are not permitted to take their pets out during curfew on a leash in the same way a dog owner is permitted to, which one feline father finds unfair.
When the Quebec government announced it was imposing an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew to limit the spread of COVID-19, Ita Skoblinski posted a tongue-in-cheek message to her local community Facebook group, offering to let people borrow her dog for late-night walks.
As shops shutter their doors across the province, florists and garden centres are still on the list of businesses authorized to open -- a gift that many entrepreneurs aren’t taking for granted, even if they don’t totally understand it.
A Sherbrooke husband and wife were handed sizeable fines for violating curfew, despite the wife's protests that she was walking her dog and the fact the husband was wearing a leash.
The Quebec government's announcement that it would suspend the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine angered many in the province but a McGill immunologist is making the case that it was the right call.
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.
More than 506,000 Canadians have received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group, in a landmark vaccination effort against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Former Equality Party (EP) leader Robert Libman’s call last month for the creation of a new “single-issue party” that anglophones “can count on” also speaks indirectly to the unhealthy predicament community members and other minority groups face by not having the comfortable election choices that anglophones in other provinces enjoy.
After an awkward and apologetic start, Rick Hillier confidently leading Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
Sending kids back to school while the number of COVID-19 cases continues to skyrocket could lead to a public health disaster, argues environmental health specialist Michael Levy.
If you’re feeling less-than-delighted about the curfew, think of the women struggling with conjugal violence, for whom the home is far from a safe place.
A perfect storm is battering the brand of politicians across party lines and provincial boundaries, worsened by having leaders caught up in the turbulence, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.
An Ontario MPP who sent Premier Doug Ford a two-page letter calling the provincial lockdown "deadlier than COVID" has been kicked out of caucus for his "irresponsible" comments.
Quebec public health officials said Thursday that provincial advisors have recommended a prolonged COVID-19 vaccination schedule of up to 90 days between the first and second dose -- more than double what a national advisory committee recommended a day earlier.
The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said Friday that the impact of new variants of COVID-19 in places like Britain, South Africa and Brazil remains to be seen, citing human behaviour for some recent rises in infection counts.
U.S. President Donald Trump owes millions in unpaid rally expenses to cities across America, accounting for a small sliver of the looming debt he'll face when he leaves the White House.
A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered a far-right conspiracy theorist who left an ominous note for Vice President Mike Pence inside the U.S. Capitol to be detained pending trial, saying he participated in a 'violent insurrection.'
Over the next month Canada will be experiencing a 'temporary' delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments due to the pharmaceutical giant's expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility, with the shortage resulting in an average of 50 per cent of coming doses delayed each week.
The spread of COVID-19 continues to surge rapidly across the country and federal officials are urging swift action to avoid Canadian doctors having to make 'impossible choices,' such as who gets an ICU bed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel as COVID-19 case counts climb across the country.
Canadian economists looking toward the future say 2021 could bring rapid market changes and positive job creation, but any potential growth hinges on a successful vaccine rollout.
Thousands of Indigenous women around the world are sharing photos on social media in solidarity with a 10-year-old Canadian girl who was ridiculed for wearing a traditional ribbon skirt to school last month.
