Stricter regulations needed as Montreal sees more heat waves per year
Public health officials are warning that deadly heat waves are becoming more common and people need to learn proper ways to deal with them.

Public health officials are warning that deadly heat waves are becoming more common and people need to learn proper ways to deal with them.
Three years after new rules came into force, the regulator overseeing Canadian airlines has not issued any fines related to passenger compensation claims for flight delays and cancellations.
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante says the city will redirect the remaining funds contracted to Fierte Montreal toward an independent investigation into why the flagship Pride parade was cancelled just hours before it was set to start.
Francois Legault has reiterated his confidence in his MNA and candidate in Cote-du-Sud, Marie-Eve Proulx, despite a new psychological harassment complaint filed against her.
Canadian tennis stars and some of the sport’s all-time greats have some fierce clashes coming up in Montreal and Toronto this week.
In two months, 288,709 more Quebecers have signed up with a family medicine group.
Montreal's First People's Festival begins Tuesday night with a film screening at the Monument-National on Saint-Laurent Blvd. and will run until Sunday, featuring screenings, dance, music and other arts celebrating Indigenous culture.
Quebec health officials confirm 25 more people have died due to COVID-19, a total of 16,069.
The detention and alleged beating by Quebec police of a Senegalese diplomat last week came as a bailiff was attempting to seize property at her residence to pay for a judgment against her.
Expressing concerns over the RCMP's yearslong use of spyware in major investigations, privacy and civil liberties experts say the previously undisclosed tools are 'extremely intrusive' and they are calling for stronger oversight and regulation of spyware Canada-wide.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says through his throne speech that more can be done to ease health system pressures, but is not yet offering up any new solutions.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tried to turn the news of an FBI search of his Florida estate to his benefit, citing the investigation in text messages and emails soliciting political donations from his supporters.
On CTVNews.ca, a satellite map using real-time NASA data shows active wildfires burning around the world.
Twitter was down for thousands of users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Ont. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy was pressed on the provincial government's spending on health care amid ongoing stress in the system.
A golfer has won a new car after achieving a hole-in-one on a Waterloo region golf course.