'Strength and delicacy': Quebec chooses the white rose as official flower to remember victims of COVID-19
The Quebec government has chosen the white rose as the emblem of COVID-19's National Day of Remembrance for Victims on March 11.

The Quebec government has chosen the white rose as the emblem of COVID-19's National Day of Remembrance for Victims on March 11.
CTVNews.ca has everything you need to know about getting COVID-19 vaccines in Montreal, including locations, how to register, and who is next in line.
Elementary-school students in Greater Montreal will have to wear a medical mask in class after spring break, The Canadian Press has learned from a reliable source. All other red zones will follow.
Starting Monday, international travellers coming to Canada will have to quarantine in a hotel for three days at their own expense while they wait for the results of a COVID-19 test.
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.
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.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy until June of this year as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Canada Revenue Agency says some taxpayers who repaid COVID-19 related benefits in 2020 are getting incorrect tax slips.
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.
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.
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.
Vaccinations set to take place this week at a Laval seniors' home have been postponed after dozens of residents tested positive for COVID-19.
The Quebec government has chosen the white rose as the emblem of COVID-19's National Day of Remembrance for Victims on March 11.
Men detained at the Laval immigrant holding center began a hunger strike this week to protest what they call “inhuman” conditions inside the facility while community advocates claim detainees have contracted COVID-19.
As of Friday afternoon, there were 236 active outbreaks associated with educational facilities, representing 31.7 per cent of active outbreaks across the province.
Parliamentarians are joining the chorus of surviors of sexual exploitation who are calling for a criminal investigation into PornHub’s parent company, MindGeek.
The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson has been authorized by Health Canada, making it the fourth vaccine that can be administered to Canadians.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are no longer dropping across Quebec as they did in January, according to a new report that says the risk of dangerous variants is making it difficult to predict future trends.
A Second World War veteran who launched a class action lawsuit in a fight for better living conditions at Ste-Anne’s hospital never lived to see the final $19-million settlement.
Quebec reported Saturday that 291,175 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in the province and 10,455 people have died due to the disease since the start of the pandemic.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Pfizer-BioNTech has agreed to move up a portion of its vaccines scheduled for the summer, with an additional 1.5 million doses arriving in March.
Ontario has announced Toronto and Peel Region will move into the grey zone of the province's COVID-19 reopening framework Monday, lifting the stay-at-home order and allowing some businesses to open their doors for the first time since last November.
There's a possibility that British Columbians could be living in a "post-pandemic world" by the summer if things go according to plan, Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday.
The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson has been authorized by Health Canada, making it the fourth vaccine that can be administered to Canadians.
While public health measures to help limit the spread of COVID-19 have made some Canadians feel lonely or isolated, experts say these restrictions have had the opposite effect on others, leaving families and couples who live and work in the same space with little time for themselves.