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'They cannot wait': Quebec cancer doctors say their patients need vaccines, now

Quebec cancer specialists are asking the province to bump their patients up in the priority lineup, not just soon, but now, getting shots alongside the elderly.

This photo taken Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center Pharmacy in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin shows the drug imatinib mesylate, also known as Gleevec, used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML. (Carrie Antlfinger/AP Photo)

Police seek help finding $1 million in jewelry stolen from Montreal home

Police are looking for anyone with information that could help in their investigation of a major jewelry theft in Montreal.

Stolen jewelry in Montreal worth $1 million

Man charged with promoting hatred towards women opts to go straight to trial

The case of a 72-year-old man charged with promoting hatred towards women will go straight to trial.

No compensation coming for red zone hotels who can't re-open pools

The Quebec government will not offer financial compensation to hotels in the province's red zone who cannot open their swimming pools for March break.

Forget flying into Trudeau Airport, petition calls for hub to be re-named for Rene Levesque

A petition calling for Montreal’s airport to be re-named for former premier Rene Levesque is gaining steam among a certain crowd in Quebec.

Long lines among the snafus on first day of Quebec's mass vaccination program

The good cheer of the first day of Quebec's mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign was marred for many Montreal seniors by the long lines to get their shots.

Quebec reports lowest increase in months with 613 new COVID-19 cases as mass vaccinations begin

The province also reported six new deaths due to coronavirus. Of those, one occurred in the last 24 hours, three between Feb. 22 and 27, and two happened before that period.

People in Montreal age 70 and over can now make appointments for COVID-19 vaccines

As of Monday morning, Montrealers 70 and over can now book an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Laval and Cote-Nord have also reduced their minimum age to 70.

One man arrested in alleged shooting attempt in Longueuil

The suspect, a 24-year-old man, allegedly fired at another person, who was not injured.

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 'not recommended' in people 65 and older: NACI

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to "the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time."

A health worker holds up a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to be administered to members of the Italian Army at a vaccination center set up at the military barracks of Cecchignola, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2020. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Alberta allows low-intensity indoor fitness, reopens libraries as part of Step 2

Alberta continued to ease COVID-19 restrictions on Monday as cases of the variant and the positivity rate tick up.

Ontario woman forced to pay $3,458 hotel quarantine bill for one-night stay after returning to Canada from father's funeral

An Ontario woman who went overseas to attend her father's funeral says she feels gouged by the government's 'ill-conceived' hotel quarantine plan that cost her $3,458 for a one-night stay.

COVID-19 vaccination ramps up in several provinces as supply worries ease

Several provinces began expanding their COVID-19 vaccination programs to members of the general population on Monday amid the prospect of more regular deliveries and the imminent arrival of a third approved vaccine.

'Premature' and 'unrealistic' to think COVID-19 will end soon, WHO emergencies chief warns

The World Health Organization's emergencies chief says it's 'premature' and 'unrealistic' to think that the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year.