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Article content In an effort to help them be ready to reopen once allowed, Montreal is giving $4 million in financial aid to bars and restaurants around the city’s downtown core. The money could be used for restaurants looking to add a terrasse in time for summer, to help with costs tied to respecting public health measures or to improve their online services. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Montreal bars and restaurants to receive $4M from city for reopening Back to video Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced the help outside a downtown...

A new independent ombudsman, lawyer Marie Christine Kirouack, will oversee any complaints against members of the church. Author of the article: Jesse Feith  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: May 05, 2021  •  9 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  The previous process "just didn’t work. Whatever was happening was not sufficiently tight and there were no controls,” says Pepita G. Capriolo, retired Quebec Superior Court judge, who wrote a report on the handling of complaints against former priest Brian Boucher. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette files Article con...

Article content Lynne McVey, executive director of the West Island CIUSSS, said the health authority has been working on finding ways of vaccinating the most people possible while using the smallest number of personnel. The drive-thru site is in line with that idea, she said, and the CIUSSS will share what it learns from the site with other health boards to help them develop their own. Dubé said discussions about other potential drive-thru vaccination sites have already started and could be announced soon. Quebec has so far administered more than 3 million first doses and 109,000 second dose...

Article content A planned protest against public health measures has forced authorities to reschedule dozens of COVID-19 vaccination appointments at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday. In an interview Friday on the TVA news network, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé denounced the protest and said the decision was taken to avoid any possible confrontations. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Vaccinations at Big O Saturday rescheduled to avoid anti-lockdown protest Back to video “I find it unfortunate because what we need is to vaccinate peopl...

Article content Quebec will gradually open up COVID-19 vaccination registration to the rest of the adult population starting Friday, and all adults will be eligible to book an appointment within the next two weeks. The last phase of Quebec’s vaccination campaign, detailed on Thursday, will start with registration opening for people in their 50s before quickly moving through age groups until mid-May. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Quebec to gradually open vaccine appointments to all adults by May 14 Back to video In making the announcement,...