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The reopening of restaurants and authorization to have small private gatherings now will help breathe some life into Quebecers’ stagnant social scenes, but those who have physically and psychologically adapted to a restrictive lifestyle may be feeling fear and uncertainty.

The Globe and Mail Jacob Serebrin Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer The number of daily, reported COVID-19 infections in Montreal remains at a high plateau, the city’s public health director said Wednesday, and she warned that new cases of novel coronavirus variants may be circul...

Coronavirus: Whats happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday Questions continued to swirl on Tuesday around COVID-19 vaccine deployment as Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who is leading the logistics of the vaccine rollout, said Canada will not get any doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at all next week. Social Sharing The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 19, 2021 2:35 PM ET | Last Updated: January 20 The body of a deceased resident leaves Roberta Place long-term care home in Barrie, about ...

Some provincial authorities saw encouraging signs in the fight against COVID-19 on Monday, January 18, 2021, even as experts warned that it's too soon to draw conclusions from the data and provinces scrambled to deal with a looming shortage of Pfizer vaccines.

MONTREAL — Ontario and Quebec each reported a significant drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases today, but an expert warns it’s too soon to draw conclusions from the data. Quebec reported 1,634 new COVID-19 cases, which included about 200 from the previous day that weren’t noted because of a delay.  The province had […]

Some provincial authorities saw encouraging signs in the fight against COVID-19 on Monday, even as experts warned that its too soon to draw conclusions from the data and provinces scrambled to deal . . .

The Quebec governments announcement that it would suspend the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine angered many in the province but a McGill immunologist is making the case that it was the right call.

  MONTREAL -- As soon as the Quebec government announced it would take the Pfizer COVID vaccines reserved for second doses, and distribute them so they would be able to immunize more people in high-risk groups, Dr. Donald Vinh of McGill University said misinformation started to spread. “I actually heard people in my institution say the second dose was cancelled, and I said that’s not correct. There is no plan by any government -- by the provincial or federal governments -- to cancel the...

MONTREAL — A group of seniors at one of the first long-term care homes in Quebec to receive COVID-19 vaccines have threatened to sue the provincial government if they don’t receive their second doses in the coming days. A formal notice sent to Quebec’s premier and health minister dated Tuesday said residents of Montreal’s Maimonides Geriatric Centre consented to be vaccinated only with the understanding that they would receive two doses according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Qu...

  MONTREAL -- Now that many residents at Maimonides Geriatric Centre who wanted a COVID vaccine have gotten one, health authorities have a new challenge on their hands: addressing the vaccine hesitancy that exists among its employees. “It is a super-priority,” the associate CEO of the West-Central-Montreal CIUSSS told CTV News during a phone interview. Francine Dupuis confirmed that while 95 per cent of residents agreed to be inoculated, only 35 to 40 per cent of employees have signall...