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Quebec Premier François Legault responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Quebec curfew lifts Monday, but vaccine passport extended to big box retail

Quebec Premier François Legault says the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Quebec appears to have peaked, allowing him to lift the curfew on Monday, January 17, 2022, that he imposed to protect hospitals from a record surge in infections.

Quebec's proposed tax on the un-vaxxed could be trial balloon

Quebec's announcement that it would tax unvaccinated residents sparked strong reaction and pushed Canadian premiers to take a position on it, but the province's official Opposition says it's unconvinced the government will go ahead with its threat.

People walk by a sign at a restaurant advising customers of Quebec’s COVID-19 vaccine passport in Montreal, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Health experts add heft to call for tighter rules for unvaccinated

As Quebec officials consider tightening the rules for the unvaccinated, health experts in the province say expanding the vaccine passport system is justified because of the high number of COVID-19 patients in hospital who have refused to be jabbed.

32-year-old Canadian shot and killed in a "brutal" and "criminal" attack

A journalist working for a Montreal-based online radio station was killed on Thursday, January 7, 2022, near the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, as he prepared to interview a member of an armed group about the murder of a police inspector.

State of Journalism

A Sunwing Airlines jet prepares to take off at Montreal's Trudeau International Airport, on Friday, March 20, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Investigation called for raucous Sunwing party flight to Mexico

Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has asked Transport Canada to investigate reports of "unacceptable" behaviour on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico.

Coronavirus in Canada

A hotel worker is seen in a hotel window in Mississauga, Ont. by the Pearson International Airport on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 as new air travel rules come into effect in Canada. File photo by The Canadian Press/Cole Burston

Canadian traveller forced to quarantine after negative COVID test

Lennard Skead says he felt like he’d been put in jail for a crime he didn’t commit when he returned to Canada from South Africa on on Thursday, December 2, 2021.

Coronavirus in Canada

Canadians stuck in South Africa as flights cancelled

Megan Tanya Hodgkinson was visiting relatives in South Africa last week when Canada imposed travel restrictions on several African countries after scientists detected a new variant of the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus in Canada

Flood waters cover highway 1 in Abbotsford, B.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Unprecedented B.C. highway repairs needed as winter approaches

Repairing the British Columbia highways washed out by heavy rains and flooding will be complicated by the scale of the damage, the terrain and the coming winter, building experts say.

A man who did not want to be identified holds a lit cigarette while smoking in San Francisco, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. File photo by The Associated Press/Jeff Chiu

Fines upheld for Quebec theatres where actors smoked during performances

Representatives from three Quebec City theatres said on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, a recent court ruling that upheld fines they received for allowing actors to smoke onstage will reduce creative choices and take some of the magic out of live performances.

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante celebrates with supporters after being re-elected, in Montreal, on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. For the second time in a row, Plante has defeated Denis Coderre in a Montreal mayoral election. Photo by The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Valérie Plante re-elected as mayor of Montreal

Plante campaigned on her record leading Montreal during the pandemic and promised to focus on fighting climate change and building more social housing.

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