Ontario, Alberta re-opening economy as Quebec delays Montreal school start
Even as much of Canada took steps on Thursday, May 14, 2020, toward resuming normal life, with the promise of reopened national parks and provincial economies, Quebec moved in the other direction by shelving plans to have students return to class in Montreal.
Second Cargill plant closes after COVID-19 outbreak
A Cargill meat-processing plant south of Montreal announced it is closing its doors after at least 64 workers tested positive for COVID-19, even as schools across much of Quebec prepared to open theirs to students on Monday.
More wildlife sightings during COVID-19 isolation
When Josianne Plante looked out her window on a recent morning, she was surprised to see a pair of large, bare-headed wild turkeys going for a stroll through her east-end Montreal neighbourhood.
'Worse than any flu': COVID-19 survivors describe the ordeal
Melanie Fournier went to bed a week ago on Thursday, March 26, 2020, feeling grateful that, despite everything going on in the world, she was in the best health of her life.
Thousands of healthcare workers answer call to help with COVID-19 effort
A mother with two children at home, offering to work on evenings and weekends. A senior citizen, hoping to correct misinformation about COVID-19. A newly retired nurse, calling up her hospital and offering to come back.
Quebec orders bars, movie theatres to close to limit spread of COVID-19
Quebec's premier issued an order on Sunday, March 15, 2020, urging a number of public gathering places such as bars, theatres, gyms and cinemas to close their doors for two weeks in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Legault puts Quebec in 'emergency mode' to stem COVID-19 spread
Quebec Premier Francois Legault asked people returning from abroad to self-isolate for 14 days and cancelled large indoor gatherings on Thursday, March 12, 2020, as he called on the population to join the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
McGill defends decision not to divest from fossil fuels
The principal of McGill university is defending the institution's commitment to reducing carbon emissions after a professor resigned over its refusal to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
Quebec conservation areas home to nature lovers and wildlife
Minutes after scaling the snowy wooden staircase that leads into the Alfred-Kelly nature reserve, the air grows fresh and still as the sounds of the city give way to those of chirping birds. The trail is lined with birch and maple trees, as snowshoers and hikers wind their way up the path that soon turns down again, towards snowed-covered Lake Paradis.
Quebec plan to kill wolves to protect caribou angers conservationists
A Quebec government plan to kill wolves that get too close to an endangered woodland caribou herd is raising concern among environmentalists, who accuse the government of sidestepping the true problem of habitat loss.