COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Wednesday
CBC
Note: Quebec's Health Ministry does not publish the number of vaccines administered on weekends and public holidays.
In the greater Quebec City region, seniors who live in retirement homes (RPA) will be able to receive a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine, starting today.
Seventeen mobile vaccination teams will visit the 153 RPAs in the region to vaccinate 16,000 residents again. The third dose of the vaccine will be given at the same time as the flu shot.
Currently, 99 per cent of RPA residents in Quebec are adequately vaccinated
Federal MPs will need to be fully vaccinated to sit in the House of Commons.
In a news release, House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota said MPs have until Nov. 22 to get fully vaccinated before resuming parliamentary work.
The requirement will apply to anyone entering the House of Commons, including MPs' staff, members of the Press Gallery, contractors and consultants.
Certain protective measures that had already been approved by the Board of Internal Economy, such as wearing a masks have also been extended until Jan. 31, 2022.
Public health is organizing a mass testing event at the Lacroix school today and Thursday after two schools in Saint-Georges, Que. reported COVID-19 outbreaks.
Classes and daycare services at the two schools will be cancelled those days to allow for staff, students and their families to get tested as the Beauce region continues to grapple with the highest rate of infection in the province.
The Beauce-Etchemin school board has also cancelled 51 in-person classes and made them virtual to prevent further transmission. There are 230 active cases across the school board.
In Thetford Mines, another town in the region, a debate between mayoral candidates will now be held virtually.
The local chamber of commerce, which is organizing the debate, made the decision to cancel the in-person event after learning that two of the candidates were not vaccinated against COVID-19.
Quebec Premier François Legault said the provincewide state of emergency order that gives the government special powers will be lifted once kids aged five to 11 are vaccinated.
Fort William First Nation is opposing a planned redevelopment of the Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) 117 year old Kakabeka Falls Generating Station, which is located in their traditional territory.
A building that sits at the corner of Sussex Street and Brunswick Avenue has had many lives over the last century — being a church, a school and offices. Now it's set to become housing, at a time when the city sorely needs it.
A Waterloo, Ont., elementary school principal will be sentenced in the new year after pleading guilty to child sexual exploitation charges following a joint investigation that involved the London, Toronto and Waterloo police services.
Students at UPEI have let their student union know what they want from the province this fiscal year, and those priorities are reflected in a 2024-2025 advocacy document brought to the legislature on Wednesday.
Larger communities in the N.W.T. will soon see a boost in their territorial funding to maintain infrastructure and deliver services — like water and waste management — but the increase still falls short of what communities need.
The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what's believed to be an even more potent class of synthetic drugs is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes.
The Liberal government and the NDP have agreed to introduce a two-month GST vacation on certain items before the holiday season, Radio-Canada has learned.
Veterinarians are warning Londoners to make sure their dogs are vaccinated and keeping clean after a deadly virus outbreak was declared in London this week.
Registered nurses rallied in St. John's Wednesday as part of a week-long convention, again calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador government to create permanent solutions to staff shortages and workplace violence.
New poll results released by Narrative Research suggest the Progressive Conservatives are heading into Tuesday's provincial election with a commanding lead over their political rivals.
A measles outbreak in New Brunswick is set to push Canada's annual case count to the highest it's been in five years, highlighting how infectious the disease is and how low vaccination rates have allowed it to take hold, says an immunologist.