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Quebec launches another COVID-19 vaccination campaign for seniors

Quebec health authorities are launching another COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign.

Seniors living in residences in Quebec will be offered another dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Quebec's public finances are good despite a climate of 'very high uncertainty': AG

Quebec's public finances are in order as the Oct. 3 election approaches, but nothing should be taken for granted due to prevailing economic uncertainty, according to the auditor general.

Car, scooter destroyed in suspicious fire in Cote-des-Neiges

Montreal police is investigating after a vehicle was set aflame in the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

An SPVM police cruiser. (CTV News file photo)

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Timely diagnosis puts Quebec boy with rare liver condition on the road to recovery

A timely diagnosis of a rare disorder prompted health-care professionals at the Montreal Children's Hospital to intervene, and a young boy is now on the road to recovery.

Ibrahim Bashir was diagnosed with biliary atresia. Thankfully, it was caught early and treatment began. (Billy Shields/CTV News)

'A different relationship with food and nature': Quebec program brings city kids to the farm

On the edge of the Quebec-Ontario border, a summer camp is giving city kids a chance to get their hands dirty.

Young Roots Farm, a program run by Camp Amy Molson, gives city kids in Quebec a chance to connect with nature. (CTV News)

Pull on your cowboy boots: Montreal's first-ever Lasso Fest kicks off

The distinct twang of country music is rining throughout the air of Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau this weekend as Quebecer group the Mountain Daisies kicked off the Lasso Montreal country music festival Friday night.

Country fans take in a show at Lasso Montreal, the first multi-day country music festival in the city of Montreal. SOURCE: Lasso Montreal

Family says Quebec man denied life-saving liver transplant due to alcohol abuse

The family of a man on Montreal's West Island who is suffering liver failure says he is being denied the chance of a life-saving liver transplant.

'Pocket parks': Montreal hopes to entice workers, tourists downtown with colourful corners

In an alley, just off Peel and Ste-Catherine streets, there's fresh paint – a new mural on a brick canvas and colourful places to sit.

Montreal's First People's Fest returns this week

Montreal's First People's Festival began Tuesday night with a film screening at the Monument-National on Saint-Laurent Blvd. and will run until Sunday, featuring screenings, dance, music and other arts celebrating Indigenous culture.

Montreal's First People's Fest returns this week

No Stanley Cup? No problem. Canadiens fan makes near-exact replica using 3D printer

The Montreal Canadiens haven't brought the Stanley Cup home since 1993 -- but a very convincing replica is sitting in a garage in Boisbriand, Que., about 35 km northwest of Montreal.

Wayward seal surprises boys fishing on Montreal's South Shore in Kahnawake

Three boys out fishing in Kahnawake on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River spotted a seal on Sunday morning, more than 1,000 kilometres from its natural habitat.

COVID-19 IN QUEBEC

What you need to know about getting COVID-19 antiviral medication Paxlovid in Canada

Pfizer’s antiviral medication Paxlovid is designed to reduce the risk of hospitalizations in patients with COVID-19. It’s approved for use in Canada, but the rules about who can prescribe and dispense it vary by province.

Paxlovid pills can be seen in this image. (Intellec7 / Wikimedia Commons)

Young children in Quebec eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

Young children in Quebec will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination next week, the province announced Thursday.

A baby is seen in this stock image. (Pexels)

Is it safe to travel right now? Experts weigh in on how to mitigate COVID risks on vacation

Experts say that while there's no use in postponing vacations indefinitely in the hopes of COVID-19 being eradicated, there are ways to mitigate risks while travelling, from masking indoors to filling the itinerary with more outdoor activities.

Travellers stand in front of the departure board at Kings Cross Station in London, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

'More and more urgent': Governments unprepared for effects of climate change, study finds

National governments are unprepared to adapt to the consequences of the climate crisis, according to a meta-analysis of more than 1,500 scientific papers.

A couple on a moped look at a forest fire near Radeburg in Germany, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. The double blow of heat waves and droughts exacerbated by climate change are making wildfires more frequent, destructive and harder to fight. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

Quebec mothers demand climate justice at premier's Montreal office for 20th week

For the twentieth consecutive Sunday, members of the Mothers Step In (Mères au front) collective will gather outside Premier Francois Legault's Montreal office to demand that the government "respond to climate justice."

Cuttlefish ink could reduce environmental cost of electronic conductor construction, Montreal researchers say

Montreal researchers are trying to reduce the environmental cost of electronic components, thanks to cuttlefish ink. The materials from the cuttlefish could be used to print melanin, which is used as an electrical conductor.

Cap-Saint-Jacques beach still closed due to E. coli contamination

The beach at Cap-St-Jacques nature park in Montreal has been closed due to high bacteriological contamination.

Stricter regulations needed as Montreal sees more heat waves per year

Public health officials are warning that deadly heat waves are becoming more common and people need to learn proper ways to deal with them.

Opinion: Can you do a road trip in an electric vehicle? Yes, you can

In the wake of a two-year COVID-19 pandemic, the urge to travel has taken on a new urgency, but alongside our longing for freedom of movement, we are confronted with an increasingly undeniable climate emergency in which our driving habits are deeply implicated. Taking a road trip in an EV is a possible solution.

Montreal tech company to train future electric aircraft pilots

Montreal-based pilot training and simulator specialist CAE wants to train future electric aircraft pilots.

Quebec can recycle all the Plexiglas, but can it recover it?

Quebec could recycle or reuse all of the tens of thousands of tons of Plexiglas on its territory, and the fear of a seventh pandemic wave could give it the time it needs to solve the most important obstacle to achieving such a goal: recovering it.

Quebec pressured to cut arsenic emissions from copper factory and preserve 650 jobs

Quebec's government is facing pressure to reduce arsenic levels in the air of a small northwestern city that is home to a copper foundry employing 650 people but emitting 33 times the provincewide standard of arsenic emissions.

Pope's Visit to Canada

Pope Francis in Quebec: Accounts from the ground

Pope Francis was in Quebec for just under three days, drawing far fewer people to the Plains of Abraham than many expected while receiving mixed reviews for his apology to Indigenous people and hope for reconciliation.

Media, security and staff were almost more visible than the faithful who went to the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City for Pope Francis's visit on July 27, 2022. (Daniel J. Rowe/CTV News)

Want healing for residential school survivors? 'Rip up' the Doctrine of Discovery: activist

Paul Dixon, 65, was among many activists in Quebec City this week imploring the Pope to denounce the Doctrine of Discovery, historically used to justify Europe's colonization of Indigenous lands.

Paul Dixon, 65, is one of many residential school survivors who want the Pope to formally condemn the Doctrine of Discovery. (CTV News)

Translation error behind Pope's call for 'investigation' into residential schools: organizers

Organizers of the papal visit say the Vatican has 'clarified' part of Pope Francis's apology to residential school survivors, noting an error occurred during translation.

Surrounded by Grand Chiefs, Pope Francis reads his statement of apology during a visit with Indigenous peoples at Maskwaci, the former Ermineskin Residential School, Monday, July 25, 2022, in Maskwacis, Alberta. Pope Francis traveled to Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for the abuses committed by Catholic missionaries in the country's notorious residential schools. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Crisis line gets double the number of calls for help after Pope's apology

People who provide mental health support across the country have been significantly busier helping those with trauma after Pope Francis arrived in Canada and apologized for evil committed by members of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis expresses 'shame and sorrow' for residential schools in Quebec speech

Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed shame and sorrow for the role Catholic institutions played in the "deplorable" residential school system that tried to strip Indigenous people of their language, culture and world view.

'We need to talk about that hurt': Inside a healing tent in Quebec City

With the Pope en route to Quebec City, Indigenous support workers are offering their services to those in need.

'I want him to see the resilience of our people': Indigenous singer on the Pope's visit to Canada

Award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter Beatrice Deer will be among a group of artists who will perform this week during the Pope's visit to Canada. She spoke to CTV National News about Pope Francis and finding hope through music.

Pope asked to renounce Doctrine of Discovery – what is it?

Amid Pope Francis' 'penitential' journey in Canada, Indigenous people and advocates are calling for the repudiation of the 'Doctrine of Discovery,' a centuries-old policy they say is responsible for colonial and systematic injustices.

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ANALYSIS | Behind the scenes: What it was like travelling across Canada with Pope Francis during papal visit

As Pope Francis' trip to Canada winds down, CTV National News' Jill Macyshon shares her experience meeting the Pope and travelling across Canada with his team during the papal visit.

BILL 96

Quebec towns protecting right to serve residents in English after new language law

Quebec's new language law has dozens of municipalities in the province shoring up their bilingual status, with few considering giving up the right to serve their citizens in both English and French.

A bilingual sign for City Hall is shown in the city of Westmount, on the island of Montreal, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.

Ottawa says it will support First Nations fight against Quebec's new language law

The federal minister of Indigenous services said Thursday she supports the will of Indigenous communities to be exempt from Quebec's new language law, which limits the use of English in the public service and increases French-language requirements in schools.

'Not a time when Quebec can afford to lose young doctors,' province's opposition leader says of ER doctor couple leaving

The leader of Quebec's Liberal Party paused her vacation briefly on Wednesday to react to the news that two young emergency room doctors have quit their jobs in their hometown of Montreal to work in Toronto.

Two young ER doctors quit Montreal jobs, blaming Quebec's broken health-care system and Bill 96

Two young emergency room doctors, raised and trained in Montreal, are leaving their jobs after only two years to move back to Toronto – and they say the Quebec health-care model and Bill 96 are to blame.

Quebec group goes to court over Governor General's lack of French

A group of Quebecers is going to court to argue that Mary Simon's appointment as governor general should be invalidated because she isn't fluent in French.

ON PATROL

Car, scooter destroyed in suspicious fire in Cote-des-Neiges

Montreal police is investigating after a vehicle was set aflame in the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

55-year-old man savagely beaten in Montreal by a group of individuals

A man is lucky to be alive and recovering from his injuries after being savagely beaten in Montreal by a group of individuals.

Montreal police investigating suspicious fire in an affluent DDO residential area

Montreal police have opened an investigation into a suspicious fire that occurred in an affluent residential area in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, on Montreal's West Island.

Trois-Rivieres man in critical condition after being stabbed

One person is in critical condition after an assault with a weapon occurred Friday night in Trois-Rivières, in Quebec's Mauricie region.

Two killed after head-on collision with motorcycle in Oka, Que

A motorcycle collided head-on with a car Friday afternoon in Oka, in Quebec's Laurentians, killing two riders.

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