Get ready for end-of-day vaccine clearance doses as Quebec tries to avoid spoilage
Even the tightly controlled system for handling precious COVID-19 vaccines can’t avoid it completely, at the end of the day: wasting some doses.
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Nearly a year after COVID-19 was first detected in Canada, CTVNews.ca asked Canadians how the pandemic has changed their lives. In their candid and heartfelt responses, we learn how some are coping with isolation, loss, heartbreak and new beginnings.
'All hands on deck': Montreal scientists step up in urgent COVID-19 variant hunt
Quebec recently took more than a month to spot two cases of a COVID-19 variant in Abitibi, so what hope does it have of sequencing the DNA of thousands of cases per week? Lots, it turns out, with scientists at McGill and Genome Quebec lending their labs.
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March is fraud prevention month and on CTVNews.ca, financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid highlights the 5 most popular scams Canadians are falling victim to during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feds extending Canada Recovery Benefit eligibility by 12 weeks
The federal government announced it will extend the Canada Recovery Benefit eligibility period by an additional 12 weeks, as some recipients face a cut-off by end of March.
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Canadians will soon be filing their 2020 taxes, an unprecedented tax year that experts say will have several moving parts to consider, such as loss of income and government financial aid.
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Accompanying people must be at least 60 years old to qualify. They also need to spend at least three days per week with the priority group member.
Montreal to tenants with expiring leases: if possible, stay put
Tenants in Quebec have until the end of this month to advise their landlord if they don't want to renew their lease, as the majority of them end on July 1. But the City of Montreal is hoping people will stay put.
Get ready for end-of-day vaccine clearance doses as Quebec tries to avoid spoilage
Even the tightly controlled system for handling precious COVID-19 vaccines can’t avoid it completely, at the end of the day: wasting some doses.
In space, no one can hear you chew: Deep Space Food Challenge calls on Canadian innovators for ideas on feeding astronauts
Space might be the final frontier, but you still gotta eat while you're there. So scientists, including some in Canada, are always hard at work improving the food that leaves Earth with astronauts – a mission that can pay dividends for those of us stuck on this planet.
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Carey Price made 26 saves as Montreal defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Tuesday to give Canadiens rookie head coach Dominique Ducharme his first NHL victory.
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The Quebec government won't be overseeing its tax returns just yet. A Bloc Quebecois bill which would have allowed the province to do just that was defeated at committee on Tuesday.
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Quebec man slams 'arbitrary' rules after $10,000 in fines for well-distanced campfire gathering
An Eastern Townships man says that Quebec's health rules have gone too far -- or rather, that they're too 'arbitrary' -- after six people racked up $10,000 in fines for sitting at a two-metre distance around a campfire this weekend.
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UPDATED | Two women, ages 60 and 28, dead in double homicide in Laurentians: police
Two women have died following what police believe to be a homicide in the Laurentians. One of the victims was 60 years old, and the other was 28.
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Federal officials stress the fact Canada now has three vaccines that can drive down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
Why you probably still shouldn't worry about surface transmission of the coronavirus
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Can we hug our vaccinated grandparents? Experts say it depends
As some provinces open COVID-19 vaccinations to their oldest residents, experts say meeting up with older loved ones who’ve received the vaccine remains a dilemma.
This Ontario nurse worked for 25 years before retiring. Now she's back to help administer vaccines
The pandemic has been full of tragic tales, but it has also inspired some to step up in service of their fellow human beings — such as Junghee Ahn, an Ontario nurse who recently came out of retirement to help administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Nearly 945K vaccine doses arriving this week, including first from AstraZeneca: Anand
As provinces and territories weigh how they'll handle administering the AstraZeneca doses after a national advisory committee cautioned against giving them to people aged 65 and up, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the first 500,000 doses are set to land in Canada on Wednesday.
