COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Tuesday
CBC
Note: Quebec's Health Ministry does not publish the number of vaccine doses administered over the weekend.
Health Minister Christian Dubé says paramedics will soon be given the power to provide urgent and primary care inside hospitals, long term care homes and clinics, as part of the ongoing effort to ease staffing shortages in the province's health care system.
Dubé says Quebec will start with a pilot project of about 20 paramedics in the Montérégie region. Those first responders will be trained in the coming days and, if things go well, the plan could be expanded to all of Quebec's 6000 paramedics.
Stéphane Smith, a spokesperson for Urgences Santé, expressed concern about the new approach, saying paramedics have regularly been working mandatory overtime and certain regions can't afford to spare any staff.
Stricter masking rules are in effect in schools in some regions of Quebec. There, masks are now mandatory during gym classes, if physical distancing cannot be maintained.
Preschool students also need to wear masks while sitting on buses with students from other grades.
The province says young students remain vulnerable to outbreaks originating in schools until the vaccine is approved for children under 12.
A B.C. woman who has been detained by U.S. immigration officials for 11 days, after trying to enter the country, will be released on Friday, according to her father.
Toronto is doubling the number of automated speed cameras on city streets.
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is alleging the former CEO of Alberta Health Services was unwilling and unable to implement the government's plan to break up the health authority, became "infatuated" with her internal investigation into private surgical contracts and made "incendiary and inaccurate allegations about political intrigue and impropriety" before she was fired in January.
Hudson's Bay Company filed for creditor protection last week, saying it's struggling to pay landlords, vendors and employees — and it's a process that could lead to the sale or closure of Canada's oldest company.
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RCMP say a man died while in police custody on Wednesday in downtown Yellowknife, and Alberta RCMP are investigating the incident.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and federal officials left an hours-long meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying they feel more positive about the Canada-U.S. trading relationship after weeks of bad blood and heated rhetoric.
The Alberta government wants to cut more than $400 million in the fees it pays to doctors, according to a confidential memo obtained by The Canadian Press.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Canada's incoming prime minister needs to immediately and urgently negotiate a way to avoid China's planned tariffs on Canadian canola — even before an election call.
A judge has sentenced a 48-year-old man to life in prison for brutally stabbing his ex-wife and daughter to death in North York in 2022.
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Prince Edward Island's Affordable Housing Development Program fell short of its intended purpose, the province's Auditor General says.
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