Quebec reported Thursday that 258,698 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in the province and 9,667 people have died due to the disease since the start of the pandemic.
Citing concerns of workloads, pay grades, and staff shortages, teachers in the English Montreal School Board voted to adopt a strike mandate Tuesday evening -- the latest of several teachers' unions to do so.
A health advocacy board is warning the province that it could use all possible legal means to prevent the use of a prioritization protocol in intensive care units in an extreme level of occupation.
Many in the international science community reacted with disappointment and not a little frustration on Wednesday, after finally seeing statistical data from a study on the medication colchicine.
Teenagers who were 'evicted' from their McGill dorm this week for seeing friends—against COVID-19 rules—say students were given only a few hours’ notice to find a place to stay for a week.
Quebec's homeless do not have to abide by the province's curfew, as it discriminates and disproportionately hurts them, a Superior Court judge ruled on Tuesday.
As the Quebec government continues to refuse to make exceptions for the homeless during the province's curfew, plans are underway to erect a heated tent in Cabot Square.
Montreal shelter The Open Door has resumed its 24-hour operation just over a week after homeless man Raphael Andre froze to death just steps away from the entrance.
Quebec Premier François Legault said he "hopes" to announce a loosening of COVID-19 restrictions next week -- in some regions, but likely not in Montreal. The province is also considering imposing a quarantine for travellers arriving from other provinces.
No matter what year it is, fall tends to bring a slew of coughing and sneezing, but if you're feeling under the weather in 2020, it's important to know the difference between the symptoms of a cold, influenza, seasonal allergies, or the novel coronavirus.
The novel coronavirus can live on different surfaces, sometimes for several hours, after an infected person coughs or sneezes on them. CTVNews.ca takes a look at some of these surfaces and common areas, and how long the virus can live on them.
