Sherbrooke marks one year of COVID-19 11 March 2021 at 18 h 14 min Reading time: 1 min
By Gordon Lambie
A ceremony in honour of all those who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic was held outside Sherbrooke’s city hall on Thursday, timed to coincide with the commemoration taking place at the National Assembly in Quebec City. Although kept small and brief in order to respect regulations on public gatherings, the event was attended by several members of the city council and administration, as well as an honour guard made up of police officers and firefighters.
Steve Lussier, Mayor of Sherbrooke, and Dr. Stéphane Tremblay, the President and General Manager of the CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS, spoke briefly to acknowledge the more than 10,000 people who have fallen victim to the virus in the last year across the province and the more than 300 in the Estrie Region specifically.
MONTREAL Quebec spring break will go ahead as planned, the province s education minister confirmed on Tuesday. Jean-Francois Roberge made the announcement at the National Assembly in Quebec City, where politicians returned for the first day of the session. Roberge said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau s announcement Friday about new regulations that would require international travellers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense helped sway the province s decision. “After the prime minister very clearly sent messages from the federal government that we don’t go to Punta Cana or Cayo Coco, et cetera, that’s a reassuring factor,” he said.