About a month after reaching its official COVID-19 testing capacity, on Tuesday the Quebec government launched its long-awaited platform meant to help capture unofficial tests now being done at home. One critic wasn't impressed with its design.
Myocarditis and pericarditis have been observed as a result COVID-19 infections and a side effect of the mRNA vaccines. Studies have shown, however, that the cases are rare and should not dissuade people from getting vaccinated.
After opposition to building the REM along Sherbrooke St. East, the plan is to build it along the Souligny Railway route for 4.5 kilometres, joining back up with the proposed route before Point-Aux-Trembles.
Junior Health Minister Lionel Carmant announced Tuesday that $1.15 billion will be invested over five years, including $361 million in new money in this area.
The most recent polls are not encouraging for the Liberal Party, but the leader claimed that "hundreds of people have raised their hands" to run for office through a special online site.
Frustrated with the lack of data around COVID-19 cases in Quebec schools, one English board has taken matters into its own hands. A citizen website is getting teachers to leak air-quality results; meanwhile, the province says schools are under control, but some parents have helped out.
More than 1,800 confirmed or suspected unmarked graves have been identified so far at former residential school sites in Canada, much of them discovered this year.
A prosecutor in Mexico said Tuesday the killing of two Canadians at a Caribbean coast resort last week was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently dedicated to drug and weapons trafficking.
Truck drivers protesting against the vaccine mandate at the border have raised more than $4.5 million from donors around the world but the fundraising platform GoFundMe has temporarily stopped organizers from using the money.
Vaccine mandates for truckers have raised transportation costs -- but haven't impacted the shipment of goods to stores, the head of one of Canada's largest grocery chains says.
