COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Tuesday
Premier François Legault says Quebec businesses, museums and hair salons will be allowed to open on Feb. 8, but the curfew will remain in place across the province.
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Posted: Feb 02, 2021 6:42 AM ET | Last Updated: February 2
A health-care worker sets up a welcome station at the new vaccination site at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
A year of coronavirus in Canada: A look back at what we ve faced during the pandemic
It s been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada s first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival of vaccines.
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A skateboarder passes a wall mural with the writing we are all in this together at the George Street Diner in Toronto, on May 31, 2020.(Timothy Neesam/CBC)
It s been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada s first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival of vaccines.
MONTREAL Peter Strouzas and his eight-year-old cat Snow have been forced to abide by the Quebec-wide curfew and watch from the window as dog owners take their pets out after 8 p.m. without risk of getting a fine. Strouzas finds it unfair that dog owners can take their pets out on a leash at night, while he and his leash-trained cat risk picking up a $1,500 ticket when Snow wants to go out to do his business. It s hard taking care of my cat here, said Strouzas. I ve had him almost eight years and he likes to go outside - sometimes 2 o clock in the morning, 12 o clock in the morning - to do his business.
Quebec s fourth priority group in its preliminary vaccination plan consists of isolated and remote communities. While that does include many Indigenous communities, Whiteduck said there s been no information as to where a community like Kitigan Zibi fits in. There s no transparency around this. Sadly, it s going to affect and it s going to probably kill some First Nations people. And that s what I don t want, he said. Maybe the feds need to take control of it and administer for First Nations here on out because Quebec is obviously not doing an adequate job in handling this.
Working in collaboration
Quebec s Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) said it is working in collaboration with Indigenous partners and Indigenous Services Canada to plan a vaccination operation in the Indigenous communities.
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Parc Jean-Drapeau will no longer be able to have late-night festivals at the park in 2021. The city of St Lambert came to an agreement.The agreement stipulates that from May 1 to the first Monday in September of each year, there may not be more than 19 days reserved for holding major events, including a maximum of 15 days between July 1 and the first Monday in September. The following will be considered major events: ‘77 Montreal shows, Heavy MTL, Osheaga, Lasso, and IleSoniq, as well as any other events attended by more than 20,000 spectators.