COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Wednesday
CBC
Note: Quebec's Health Ministry does not publish the number of vaccine doses administered over the weekend.
The province's deadline for mandatory vaccination for health-care workers is about two weeks away, and some 15,000 workers in Quebec are set to be suspended for not being adequately protected against COVID-19.
Health Minister Christian Dubé is encouraging health workers to get vaccinated now, saying he won't back down on suspensions without pay.
Dubé says he's asked all regional health officials to provide him with a plan by Oct. 1, but adds that it's too soon to talk about needing to reorganize services.
At a Tuesday news conference, Dubé explained the health-care workers that remain in the system will have to shoulder the workload of unvaccinated colleagues.
"This is a collective effort from everybody and I think that [...] the pressure is not coming from me, the pressure is coming from their colleagues. Their colleagues that will have to support those that are not vaccinated," he said.
About 7,000 of the unvaccinated health-care workers in the system are in direct contact with patients.
Kayla DeMong fought tears as she described the dire conditions on the front lines, pleading for more help from the province as staff at the harm reduction site she leads try to keep up with the recent spike in overdoses.
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.
Ontario is seeing a massive surge in measles cases as an ongoing outbreak spreads in the province among mostly unvaccinated people.
Prince Edward Island's Affordable Housing Development Program fell short of its intended purpose, the province's Auditor General says.