COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Tuesday
CBC
*Quebec's Health Ministry does not publish the number of vaccines administered on weekends and public holidays. It will not be publishing daily COVID-19 data on Dec. 24, 25, and 26, as well as Dec. 31, Jan. 1 and 2.
Health Minister Christian Dubé is set to provide a COVID-19 update today at 1 p.m. after hospitalizations rose dramatically over the holiday period.
On Monday, Dubé reported on Twitter that 320 people were admitted to hospital while 179 were released between Dec. 22 and 26 — a rise of 141.
"Admissions are rising," he said. "We must limit contacts." Also Monday, Premier François Legault urged people to keep New Year's gatherings small and seek out COVID-19 booster shots as soon as they're eligible while he received his third dose at a Montreal vaccine clinic.
Quebecers between the ages of 60 and 64 became eligible for boosters Monday, as long as their last jab was at least three months ago.
Legault said studies have shown that three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine provide about 75 per cent protection against the highly contagious Omicron variant, compared with about 30 per cent after two doses.
However, he pointed out that "75 per cent isn't 100 per cent," and asked Quebecers to make additional efforts in the coming weeks to ensure the province's hospitals don't become overwhelmed.
CHSLD Marguerite-Rocheleau — a long-term care residence for seniors — is reporting a major outbreak among staff and employees.
As of Monday, the facility, located in Saint-Hubert in the Montrérégie, reported 98 active cases. Some 59 residents and 39 staff are infected, and there have been two deaths.
The outbreak began on Dec. 22. Paul Arbec, president of Arbec Health Group, the company that runs the residence, said affected residents will be placed in a "hot zone."
"All the people who aren't doing well are the unvaccinated people," said Arbec, adding that 80 to 95 per cent are without symptoms at all.
He believes the virus entered the CHSLD through community transmission via visitors and employees.
According to a statement from Arbec Health Group, visits to the facility are not recommended "given the presence of variants among reported cases."
New public health restrictions come into effect in Quebec Sunday as COVID-19 case counts soar across the country.
A suspended Moncton structural engineer faces more lawsuits alleging design flaws in buildings that require repair.
Sajjade Tugano has come a long way since he first set foot in Chibougamau, six hours north of Quebec City, in the depths of winter in November 2021.
A national mentor-based hockey organization that helps marginalized youth through the sport is paying tribute to one of its members and youngest coaches.
After months of asking the City of Saskatoon to do more to solve its homelessness crisis, advocate David Fineday took to the stand at city council Tuesday.
A community organization wants to breathe new life into a historic building in Regina.
Some Prince County residents are walking away with more answers after attending Tuesday night's public information session in Albany, P.E.I., on the Wejipek Wind Project.
After just a few months of using vape detectors in a couple of bathrooms, a B.C. high school principal says it's reduced vape use in those areas to basically zero.
Burlington MP Karina Gould gets boost from local young people after entering Liberal leadership race
A day after entering the Liberal leadership race, Burlington, Ont., MP and government House leader Karina Gould was cheered at a campaign launch party by local residents — including young people expressing hope the 37-year-old politician will represent their voices.
Anold Mulaisho was born intersex and wonders where they fit in, in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order for the United States to recognize only two sexes, male and female.
WARNING: This story contains references to suicide.
Subway service is down on Line 1 between Sheppard West and Lawrence West due to a broken power rail, the TTC said Wednesday morning.
A long-term care home in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood has cleared one more hurdle to add desperately needed beds to its property, a move that's been praised by housing advocates but opposed by locals concerned about the impact on the neighbourhood.
A Charlottetown resident is calling on the P.E.I. government to do more to protect homeowners after reading about a recent oil spill very similar to one on his Montague property 20 years ago, which he says ruined him financially.
WARNING: This story includes details of abuse.
Two years after Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly declared she was taking the unprecedented step of moving to confiscate millions of dollars from a sanctioned Russian oligarch with assets in Canada, the government has not actually begun the court process to forfeit the money, let alone to hand it over to Ukrainian reconstruction — and it may never happen.
Alberta business and oilpatch leaders are returning home from Washington this week after the U.S. presidential inauguration festivities — and gritting their teeth after a roller-coaster of emotions.
Youth workers in Toronto's Jane and Finch area are flipping the script on negative stereotypes about their communities with a new fundraising campaign that offers anti-bias training in exchange for donations to bolster their programming.
In a sudden move that came late Tuesday evening, city officials rolled out cots and temporarily opened a warm building in east London as frigid temperatures continued.