COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Tuesday
CBC
*The new cases are those reported to the Quebec government only. They are believed to be an underrepresentation of the virus's spread, given the limited availability of PCR tests and use of home testing kits.
*Quebec's Health Ministry no longer reports COVID-19 numbers on the weekend.
Canadians travelling with U.S. airlines could be allowed to go maskless on their next flight.
A federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit Monday, and airlines and airports began repealing their requirements that passengers wear face coverings.
The judge's decision freed airlines, airports and mass transit systems to make their own decisions about mask requirements, resulting in a mix of responses.
The Outaouais regional health authority has suspended visits at its hospitals until further notice.
In a news release Friday, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l'Outaouais (CISSSO) said it made the decision to protect the region's health-care workers and most vulnerable people during the current wave of COVID-19.
Caregivers can still visit their loved ones while respecting all public health measures that are in place.
Hospitals in Gatineau, Hull, Papineau, Maniwaki, Shawville and Wakefield are all affected by the decision.
Canada has approved a new antibody-based therapy developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc, designed to prevent COVID-19 infections.
Health Canada has cleared the drug — Evusheld — for use in individuals aged 12 years and older who are immunocompromised and unlikely to mount an adequate immune response to COVID-19 vaccination, or for whom COVID-19 vaccination is not recommended.
Side effects for up to one in 10 recipients are said to potentially include a rash, pain or itching at the site of injection, with a much smaller number of people potentially experiencing headaches, chills or soreness after receiving the shots.
Health Canada said in a statement on Thursday that there is not yet enough data to be sure that Evusheld is safe for use in those pregnant or breastfeeding, so those individuals are advised to discuss the potential benefits and risks with a health-care professional.
The therapy has already been authorized in the United States and its use has also been recommended by the European Medicines Agency.
Another of New Brunswick's new municipal councils has become embroiled in drama and bitter conflict.
Tardiness is nothing new at Via Rail, but late arrivals are reaching historic levels in a key corridor since passenger trains have been forced to slow down at hundreds of rail crossings operated by CN Rail.
Walmart Canada will stop selling machetes — a type of weapon frequently used in violent crimes — in stores across the country, after Manitoba's government pressured the retailer to restrict online sales.
The parents of two 15-year-old girls at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon say they went to police and the school multiple times between June and August 2024 with concerns about escalating online threats from the student now accused of setting one of the girls on fire in a school hallway.
After more than two years of developing an official plan, the City of Charlottetown is getting close to voting on adopting it. Some residents have concerns with higher density housing the plan could make way for, but others are welcoming it.
Premier Danielle Smith is once again headed to the U.S. later this month to continue her diplomatic approach to tariff talks amid a trade war with the United States.
Point Roberts, a U.S. community in Washington state, is so Canadian that it advertises its gas prices in litres as well as gallons.
Ibrahim Hermus arrived in Canada in 2023 with hopes his young daughter, Cena, would receive the medical care she desperately needed for a rare condition.
Advocacy organizations won't appeal an Ontario court's decision to dismiss their Charter challenge of the province's long-term care (LTC) law, which allows hospitals to move people into homes they didn't choose or be charged $400 a day to remain in hospital.
A proposed Thunder Bay lithium refinery has taken a big step forward, getting support from both the provincial and federal governments.
As the consumption and treatment services (CTS) site winds down in Guelph, Ont., the service set to replace it will not be fully operational in time.
It's a lively March day at the Dr. John M. Gillis Memorial Lodge in Belfast, P.E.I., as residents tap their feet and sing along with a guitarist performing The Black Velvet Band in a common room.
The Government of the Northwest Territories is reinstating a $100,000 fund that supports training and in-person meetings for shelters and safe homes across the territory.