CBC News spoke to three Quebec nurses who’d rather lose their jobs than be vaccinated against COVID-19. With the province imposing a strict Friday deadline for nurses to be vaccinated, some of them are making backup plans.Nurse Chantale Hébert, who works in a longterm care residence in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., told CBC News she feels nurses…
MontrealProvincial police cancelled the Amber Alert, which had been issued Thursday afternoon when Sûreté du Québec said two children had been kidnapped by their mother in Sutton, Que. Police said the children had been found safe.Police said the two children had been located and were safeCBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2021 12:18 PM ET…
The suspect arrested after a five-day-long Amber Alert across Quebec appeared in court by videoconference Monday morning. So far, he is facing one charge for recklessly discharging a gun. Other charges could be levelled against him when he returns to court Oct. 5.The suspect in a five-day-long Amber Alert across Quebec appeared in court by videoconference this…
Environment Canada has confirmed a category EF2 tornado with speeds between 180 and 220 km/h struck Mascouche, Que. on Monday, severely damaging 50 houses. Quebec Premier François Legault right, consoles the family of Jacques Lefebvre, 59, who died in the tornado that hit Mascouche, Que., on Tuesday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)Walking through a neighbourhood that was…
Diagnosed with COVID-19 last summer and soon admitted to hospital, Peter Simard of Gatineau, Que., thought he was going to die, and so did his doctors. Although he was put in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator, his family never gave up hope for a miracle. After nearly nine months of hospitals and…
One of the biggest health regions in Ontarios orders schools closed starting Tuesday. Peel Public Health says schools will close for two weeks in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga. Schools also to close in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph.Arviat once hosted Nunavut’s worst COVID-19 outbreak. But with almost one-third of the territory’s population fully immunized and travel restrictions easing, Premier…
The New Brunswick government has denied a Quebec man’s request to visit his father in New Brunswick while his father can still recognize him. Under rules put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, if his father’s death was imminent, he would be allowed to visit.Mike Pitre, left, with his father, Leonda, who has vascular dementia.…
The Quebec government does not have to make online learning available to every student in the province, the Quebec Superior Court ruled Monday.Quebec’s back-to-school approach has contrasted with other provinces that have given all parents the option of using online learning in order to reduce class sizes amid the pandemic. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)The Quebec…
Following in the footsteps of Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Quebec native Antony Auclair will become the 17th Canadian to appear in a Super Bowl tonight when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers take the field.Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Antony Auclair (82) has come a long way from the village of Notre-Dame-des-Pins. (Chris O’Meara/The Associated Press)There are about 1,700 people in Notre-Dame-des-Pins, a…
Homeless people are no longer subject to Quebec’s curfew, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.The Quebec government has been under pressure to ease curfew restrictions on homeless people. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)Homeless people are no longer subject to Quebec’s curfew, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Chantal Masse said the plaintiff, a group of legal aid lawyers…