COVID-19 variants rising in Quebec as province announces pharmacy vaccination plan
Accompanying people must be at least 60 years old to qualify. They also need to spend at least three days per week with the priority group member.

Accompanying people must be at least 60 years old to qualify. They also need to spend at least three days per week with the priority group member.
Tenants in Quebec have until the end of this month to advise their landlord if they don't want to renew their lease, as the majority of them end on July 1. But the City of Montreal is hoping people will stay put.
Even the tightly controlled system for handling precious COVID-19 vaccines can’t avoid it completely, at the end of the day: wasting some doses.
Carey Price made 26 saves as Montreal defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Tuesday to give Canadiens rookie head coach Dominique Ducharme his first NHL victory.
The Quebec government won't be overseeing its tax returns just yet. A Bloc Quebecois bill which would have allowed the province to do just that was defeated at committee on Tuesday.
Residential sales in metropolitan Montreal fell in February for the first time in six years as transactions plunged outside Quebec's largest city.
An Eastern Townships man says that Quebec's health rules have gone too far -- or rather, that they're too 'arbitrary' -- after six people racked up $10,000 in fines for sitting at a two-metre distance around a campfire this weekend.
Two women have died following what police believe to be a homicide in the Laurentians. One of the victims was 60 years old, and the other was 28.
Quebec's food inspection agency is warning Montrealers not to eat pastry and bakery products from a Montreal store due to their not having been prepared and packaged properly.
Federal officials stress the fact Canada now has three vaccines that can drive down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
Despite the rise of coronavirus variants that can spread more easily, experts say the risk of surface transmission of the virus continues to be negligible.
The pandemic has been full of tragic tales, but it has also inspired some to step up in service of their fellow human beings — such as Junghee Ahn, an Ontario nurse who recently came out of retirement to help administer COVID-19 vaccines.
As provinces and territories weigh how they'll handle administering the AstraZeneca doses after a national advisory committee cautioned against giving them to people aged 65 and up, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the first 500,000 doses are set to land in Canada on Wednesday.
A new poll has found that the desire among Canadians to drop the monarchy is at its highest level recorded in the past 12 years.
A driver doing doughnuts in the middle of a street in Los Angeles hit a pedestrian, put her in the car, then fled from police.
Scientists used a particle accelerator to learn more about Little Foot, a 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus fossil.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
Montrealer Carlos Viani shares his 'confinement diaries' – images of how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the city.
A 10-second video was sold for US$6.6 million last week, showing just how much the non-fungible token market is booming.
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung sent a plume of ash over 11,000 feet above sea level, the country's volcanic monitoring agency, said.
A Toronto photographer is working with Ugandan girls to preserve their history in pictures.
Comedian and activist Adora Nwofor on how she uses comedy to tackle anti-racism, and what it's like 'living the racism dream' in Canada.