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The inquiry's main focus will be the deaths that occurred at the Herron, but it will also examine deaths that occurred at other centres.

Article content Since vaccinations began with much fanfare on Dec. 14, Quebec has, on average, provided the first dose to only about 33,000 people per week. In total, just under 300,000 doses have been administered. The pace should pick up in coming weeks. On Monday, the federal government said it expects the single largest vaccine shipment to Canada this week. For Quebec, that will translate into 91,260 Pfizer-BioNTech doses. And for the following six weeks, the average weekly delivery to the province should number 102,000 doses, Ottawa says. In total, between now and April 4, Quebec expects...

Article content Moira Davis still doesn’t know exactly how or under what circumstances her father died in one of Quebec’s long-term care centres last spring. Stanley Pinell, 96, died at Dorval’s Résidence Herron CHSLD in early April. Days later, news reports revealed horrific conditions inside the home as it grappled with a COVID-19 outbreak. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Quebec public inquiry into long-term care deaths to begin Monday Back to video Davis says she repeatedly asked to know whether her father had been tested for COVID-...

Why isn't Montreal following Laval's lead on COVID-19 saliva tests? The reason why there hasn't been a wider use in Quebec may have to do with saliva itself. Author of the article: Jesse Feith  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021  •  February 12, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  “A lot of kids are asymptomatic, so you don’t know if they can be spreading (COVID-19), but with the saliva tests we can stay right on top of it,” says Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board chairman Paolo Galati. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette Article content As Laval moves...