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• Quebec curfew harms intravenous drug users, advocates argue in court

  A Montreal harm reduction group has mounted a legal challenge to Quebec’s curfew, arguing it puts intravenous drug users at risk.

  

• Quebec discontinuing giving out first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

  The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be offered as a first dose in Quebec, the province's health ministery has confirmed.

  

• Small businesses concerned about impacts of Quebec's new French language reform bill

  Small businesses in Quebec already struggling with the toll of the pandemic are worried about the government’s sweeping new reforms to the French language charter and what it will mean when they get back up and running normally again.

• Montreal movers already booked for Moving Day as residents flee to suburbs

  With weeks to go until Montreal’s annual city-wide moving day, several moving companies are already booked up for July 1.

• Quebec reports 781 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

  Quebec has 781 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of people infected to 360,982 since the start of the pandemic.

• Greyhound Canada to cut all routes, end operations

  Greyhound Canada is permanently cutting all bus routes across the country, shutting down the intercity bus carrier's operations in Canada after nearly a century of service.

• Palais des congres: No appointment needed for COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday

  Each day, a few hundred walk-in spaces will be available at the Palais des congrès for anyone looking to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

• View from Above: The Canadiens needs to play the kids

  The likes of Carey Price, Shea Weber and Philip Danault and Brendan Gallagher should be healthy and ready to go against Toronto and while the focus is and should be to win now, the Canadiens also need to keep their eyes on the future.

• Montreal police force trying to attract young people from cultural and Indigenous minorities

  The Montreal police force (SPVM) launched a recruitment campaign Thursday aimed at getting young people interested in a career in policing, particularly those from ethnocultural and Indigenous communities.

• Videotron's tentative agreement to be submitted to members on May 30

  Some 3,000 Videotron employees will finally be asked on May 30 to vote on the agreement in principle reached with the employer to renew their collective agreement.

• Quebec coroner's inquest into death of Joyce Echaquan begins as her family testifies

  The husband of an Indigenous woman who was subjected to disparaging comments from staff as she was dying in a Quebec hospital told a Quebec coroner's inquiry Thursday she didn't deserve to have her life end that way.

• Pierre Arcand returns to Liberal shadow cabinet after January demotion

  Veteran MNA Pierre Arcand is returning to the Quebec Liberal Party shadow cabinet.

• Bilingual municipalities call for 'balance and 'respect' ahead of Quebec language reform

  A group of suburban municipalities with bilingual status is calling for ‘balance’ and ‘respect’ ahead of major language reform set to be tabled in Quebec Thursday.

• Still Talkin’ Habs: Habs conclude strangest of seasons with 4-3 OT loss to the Oilers

  The Montreal Canadiens are headed into the playoffs on the back of a five-game losing streak.