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Quebec is reporting 586 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with 10 more hospitalizations as new cases continue to spike across the province. 20

The minister responsible for the French language in Quebec has announced phase one of a plan to strengthen the French language in the province. 1

The city of Montreal is renewing its call for vigilance as it moves into the orange zone on the province's new regional alert system -- and is clarifying a few details as to what this level means for Montrealers. 1

Home daycare workers began an unlimited general strike across Quebec Monday, and demonstrated in the morning in front of the Montreal office of the families' minister. 1

The suspect alleged to have sent the poisonous substance ricin to U.S. President Donald Trump is also linked to "several" letters sent to different locations in Texas, including the Mission Police Department, CTV News has learned. 3

With the Montreal region on orange alert as of Sunday evening, the symptoms of seasonal viruses and allergies no longer seem benign and are creating panic in some schools and households.

A hijacked billboard in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood aims to draw attention to the climate crisis around the world.

Montreal is moving up one level, to orange, in Quebec's COVID-19 alert system, the provincial health minister announced. Chaudiere-Appalaches and part of Quebec City are also now orange. A host of new restrictions is following. 20

There are now 272 Quebec schools that have reported at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 since the start of the school year, according to the latest government data.

A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at New York-Canada border, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. 3

The psychological trauma resulting from sexual assault on girls plays a role in the appearance of genital and urinary health problems later in life, according to a recent study by a researcher at the University of Montreal.

Montreal running legend Eddy Nolan took part in his 40th Terry Fox run on Sunday. 4

The uncertainty and instability generated by the coronavirus pandemic is prompting Quebecers to reassess their main method of contraception, according to a new survey by the Leger firm.

A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at New York-Canada border, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. 3

A new plan to move Ormstown's library into a rented space in a commercial building, right next to a couple of highways, isn’t sitting well with many locals -- or town councillors. 1

A Canadian was arrested Sunday evening at the New York-Canada border, according to U.S. law enforcement officials, under suspicion that they had sent an envelope containing poison to the White House -- the latest development in a long history of attempted poisonings using a deadly toxin called ricin. 3

After a major testing operation, a Quebec City school will be closed for two weeks after 20 students and five staff members tested positive, authorities say.

The fish-out-of-water Canadian sitcom "Schitt's Creek" made history for its swan song season at the Emmy Awards Sunday night, nabbing all seven categories in which it was nominated, including best comedy series. 5

The pop culture status that Ruth Bader Ginsburg found -- or rather, that found her -- in recent years was just a side show, albeit one that amused her, to the unique and profound impact she had on women's lives.

Quebec public health authorities announced Sunday that 67,542 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in the province and 5,802 people have died due to the disease since the start of the pandemic. 2

Montreal restaurateurs aren't sure how they'll survive without terrasses. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce estimates that two-thirds of restaurants might be closed for good by the beginning of winter, including those that have already gone under. 1

Nurses at Montreal's Lakeshore General Hospital staged two separate sit-ins today to protest work conditions they called dangerous, for both staff and patients. They were the seventh and eighth sit-ins since July.

If you've been assuming Halloween is impossible this year, don't be so sure. One Montreal health expert says it's one of the lower-risk holidays, and some Montrealers are already working on making it safer. 6

A Quebec child-care workers' federation says all 10,000 of the province's family daycare workers will go on an indefinite general strike as of Monday.

Kacper Przybylko scored late in the first half and early in the second to help the Philadelphia Union beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 4-1 on Sunday night at Red Bull Arena.

Warm and wet climates appear to reduce the spread of COVID-19 while cold and dry weather conditions seem to facilitate virus transmission, according to a systemic review of multiple studies.

A handful of protesters stood outside a Montreal subway station on Saturday, chanting "Liberty!" and waving Quebec flags in one of a number of demonstrations taking part around the province to protest mandatory mask wearing and call for an end to the government state of emergency aimed at fighting the pandemic.

Former Montreal Canadien defenceman Albert '"Junior" Langlois has died at the age of 85, the Habs announced in a news release Sunday afternoon.

When asked by the CAQ youth wing, Premier Francois Legault did not want to commit to make Quebec carbon-neutral by 2050.

Even though the back-to-school season has coincided with a steady rise in Canada's active COVID-19 case count and fears that a second wave may soon be upon us, Canadians are spending less time at home than they were one month ago. 46

According to a new study, sleep helps build the brain's infrastructure until the age of about 2-and-a-half. After that, researchers say sleep's purpose shifts to brain maintenance and repair rather than brain-building.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pummelled Canada's automobile industry but it's the lack of supply that's helping to short-circuit electric vehicle adoption across the country.

An envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin may have come from Canada, investigators say, and the RCMP has been called in to investigate. 3

The hunter who went missing on Saturday in the Saint-Maurice wildlife reserve north of Shawinigan in Quebec was found Sunday and appears in good health.

Driving stoned is illegal and dangerous, but many young drivers are not getting the message, and a new campaign is hoping to change that using language youth can relate to. 1

A woman fell out of a car and onto a busy highway while hanging out of the passenger window to film a Snapchat video, police in the U.K. have said.

Bottles of water, straws, XXX-rated adult DVDs and countless cigarette butts: all were part of the harvest in the vast chore of cleaning the St. Lawrence River that took place Saturday.

A motorcyclist died after an accident Saturday night in the Outaouais, about an hour-and-a-half north of Ottawa.

Nunavut is reporting its first confirmed cases of COVID-19.

No winning ticket was sold for the $5-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw.

Several victims’ families are now seeking court permission to launch a class action lawsuit against the Allan Memorial Institute, McGill University and the Canadian and Quebec governments for CIA-funded brainwashing experiments that ruined their relatives' lives 1

Quebec public health authorities announced Saturday that 67,080 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 and 5,797 people have died due to the disease since the start of the pandemic. 1

Visibility was the point as police began to enter bars and restaurants across Quebec last night, taking notes, to crack down on COVID-19 rule violators. 2

An envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin may have come from Canada, investigators say, and the RCMP has been called in to investigate. 3

A U.S. presidential campaign that was already tugging at the nation's most searing divides has been jolted by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, potentially reshaping the election at a moment when some Americans were beginning to cast ballots. 16

Quebec Premier François Legault, who met one-on-one with new Conservative leader Erin O'Toole on Monday -- and went on to meet with a host of Canada's other political leaders -- got a COVID-19 test and announced Saturday it was negative. 1

With the dreaded second wave of coronavirus increasingly evident, with 427 new cases announced in Quebec, protests were again planned on Saturday to demand an end to the health emergency -- though not many people showed up, at least in Montreal. 1

After successfully tamping down the first surge of infection and death, Europe is now in the middle of a second coronavirus wave as it moves into winter -- raising questions over what went so wrong.

Police are unable to locate suspects -- or a victim, so far -- in the latest report of a shooting in Montreal where the crime scene had emptied out by the time police arrived.