'I had to lie': Problems plague first day of Quebec's vaccine registration system
Some Montrealers are facing headaches as they try to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their elderly parents.

Some Montrealers are facing headaches as they try to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their elderly parents.
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.
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.
After nine long months of planning, an infectious diseases specialist is finally launching the city’s first post-COVID-19 clinic at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), with patients already scheduled for appointments this Friday.
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.
Experts say filing taxes now will help clear up whether you owe the government money if you accidentally received both employment insurance and CERB.
Data from Employment and Social Development Canada show that 6.5 million people received the $500-a-week CERB during the first four weeks it was available in a largely rural-urban split, with higher proportions of populations relying on the CERB in cities compared to rural parts of the country.
The federal government says some ineligible self-employed Canadians who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit won't be forced to repay the money due to the Canadian Revenue Agency's unclear messaging in the application.
Kinks in the new mass vaccination are being ironed out, says Quebec's health minister, as more than 70,000 people signed up on the first day of registrations Thursday.
Some Montrealers are facing headaches as they try to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their elderly parents.
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.
As people over 85 begin registering for vaccination doses, Quebec reported Thursday that 858 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours bringing the overall total to 285,330 since the start of the pandemic.
'There's a light at the end of the tunnel,' said public safety commissioner Lloyd Phillips in the Thursday announcement. 'I think today that light has gotten much brighter.'
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.
Liberal education critic Marwah Rizqy says CAQ Premier Francois Legault's flagship promise to create more early education resources, which he put his seat at stake over, was only empty words.
Almost a month after their daughter's life tragically ended, Yasaman Salehi's family's grief is strong. They are trying to raise money to help others. But there are still questions lingering, and no healing without answers.
Lady Gaga's dog walker was shot and two of the singer's French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery, police said. The singer is offering a US$500,000 reward.
Until the federal government addresses several underlying deficiencies with the water systems and implements regulatory standards, First Nations communities in Canada will continue to not have reliable access to clean drinking water, according to the auditor general.
Highly-contagious COVID-19 variants are expected to make up about 40 per cent of all cases by the second week of March, new modelling data suggests, leading to a likely increase in daily infections and hospitalizations.
The Canada Child Benefit is running smoothly, says federal auditor general Karen Hogan, aside from a few administrative deficiencies that impact eligibility for the support.
After weeks of uncertainty, Moderna Inc. has confirmed to the Canadian government that it will deliver 1.3 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine next month.
The federal government has been granted one more month to expand access to medical assistance in dying.